Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment
While the growth in both numbers and influence of Hispanics in North American Catholicism and Protestantism has been commented on widely, up until now there has been no systematic attempt to define a Hispanic theology. Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban-American theologian, aware that "Hispanic" and "Latino" can be terms imposed artificially on diverse peoples, finds a common link in the Spanish language and in a shared culture. Central to this culture is the experience of exile, of being a people at the margins of a society, who must find and make their way together. Central also is faith, and its grounding in this experience of being in exile. In delineating the very particular nature and worldview of Hispanic/Latino theology, Caminemos con Jesus challenges both traditional Euro-American theologies and modern Western epistemological assumptions. It examines the implications of this theological method for the Church and the academy, as well as for the future of the Latino community and North American society. Caminemos con Jesus provides lessons in discipleship for non-Hispanics and Hispanics alike, for students of contemporary theology, and all those engaged in pastoral and church-based work.
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Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment
While the growth in both numbers and influence of Hispanics in North American Catholicism and Protestantism has been commented on widely, up until now there has been no systematic attempt to define a Hispanic theology. Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban-American theologian, aware that "Hispanic" and "Latino" can be terms imposed artificially on diverse peoples, finds a common link in the Spanish language and in a shared culture. Central to this culture is the experience of exile, of being a people at the margins of a society, who must find and make their way together. Central also is faith, and its grounding in this experience of being in exile. In delineating the very particular nature and worldview of Hispanic/Latino theology, Caminemos con Jesus challenges both traditional Euro-American theologies and modern Western epistemological assumptions. It examines the implications of this theological method for the Church and the academy, as well as for the future of the Latino community and North American society. Caminemos con Jesus provides lessons in discipleship for non-Hispanics and Hispanics alike, for students of contemporary theology, and all those engaged in pastoral and church-based work.
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Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment

Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment

by Roberto Goizueta
Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment

Caminemos Con Jesus: Toward a Hispanic/Latino Theology of Accompaniment

by Roberto Goizueta

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Overview

While the growth in both numbers and influence of Hispanics in North American Catholicism and Protestantism has been commented on widely, up until now there has been no systematic attempt to define a Hispanic theology. Roberto Goizueta, a Cuban-American theologian, aware that "Hispanic" and "Latino" can be terms imposed artificially on diverse peoples, finds a common link in the Spanish language and in a shared culture. Central to this culture is the experience of exile, of being a people at the margins of a society, who must find and make their way together. Central also is faith, and its grounding in this experience of being in exile. In delineating the very particular nature and worldview of Hispanic/Latino theology, Caminemos con Jesus challenges both traditional Euro-American theologies and modern Western epistemological assumptions. It examines the implications of this theological method for the Church and the academy, as well as for the future of the Latino community and North American society. Caminemos con Jesus provides lessons in discipleship for non-Hispanics and Hispanics alike, for students of contemporary theology, and all those engaged in pastoral and church-based work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781570750342
Publisher: Orbis Books
Publication date: 09/06/1995
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Roberto S. Goizueta, a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, is professor of theology at Boston College. He is the author of Christ, Our Companion (Orbis).

Table of Contents

Preface ix

1 Learning to Walk in an Alien Land 1

2 Caminemos con Jesús U.S. Hispanic Popular Catholicism 18

3 Nosotros Community as the Birthplace of the Self 47

4 Beauty or Justice? The Aesthetic Character of Human Action 77

5 Beauty and Justice Popular Catholicism as Human Action 101

6 Rationality or Irrationality? Modernity, Postmodernity, and the U.S. Hispanic Theologian 132

7 Hacia Una Teología de Acompanamiento The Preferential Option for the Poor and the Proper Place of Theology 173

Bibliography 213

Index 223

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