Description
Book SynopsisExploring Latin@ theologies and the power of revelation.
The Word Became Culture enacts a preferential option for culture, retrieving experiences and expressions from across latinidad as sources of theologizing and acts of resistance to marginalization. Each author in this edited volume demonstrates the many ways in which Latin@ theologies are disruptive, generative, and creative spaces rooted in the richness, struggles, texts, and rituals found at the intersections of faith and culture. With a foreword by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, this book situates Latin@ theologies in the ongoing search for and recognition of the “Word becoming” within the particularities of diverse cultural experiences.
Table of ContentsPreface to the Series | vii
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. Díaz
Acknowledgments | xi
Introduction: A Preferential Option for Culture | xv
Miguel H. Díaz
Foreword | xxi
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
1. The Word That Crosses: Life-giving Encounters with the Markan Jesus and Guadalupe | 1
Miguel H. Díaz
2. Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Rethinking Eisegesis and Rereading Ruth 1:16–17 | 25
Jean-Pierre Ruiz
3. A “Preferential Option”: A Challenge to Faith in a Culture of Privilege | 49
María Teresa Dávila
4. (De)Ciphering Mestizaje: Encrypting Lived Faith | 71
Néstor Medina
5. Playing en los Márgenes: Lo Popular as Locus Theologicus | 93
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández
Index | 115
