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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813771703321

Titolo

Christianity and culture in the city [[electronic resource] ] : a postcolonial approach / / edited by Samuel Cruz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, c2013

ISBN

1-299-13742-3

0-7391-7676-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CruzSamuel

Disciplina

261.0973/091732

Soggetti

City churches - New York (State)

City churches - New Jersey

Christianity and culture - New York (State)

Christianity and culture - New Jersey

Postcolonial theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Use of Roman Catholic material culture, ritual, and devotional practices in Haitian vodou in the greater Newark, New Jersey area: the urban context / Peter Savastano -- Between the runway and empty tomb: bodily transformations and Christian praxis in New York City's House Ball community / Edgar Rivera -- Praying aloud, in Spanish, in the South Bronx / Nicolas Dumit Estevez -- Troubling the waters: intimate violence and the church-breaking the hold of shame and secrecy / Michelle L. Nickens -- Revelation 12-13: a guerilla reading / Charlene Sinclair -- Church, the city, and its mission in the 21st century: a view from the margins / Elieser Valentin -- Praxis of integral liberation in a (post) colonial world a critical and compelling conversation / David Traverzo.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume examines how the manifestation and development of diverse expressions of Christianities in the city offer potentialities and innovative models for the liberation struggles and gospel incarnation within various social, historical, economic, cultural/ethnic, sexual, and gender realities. In the thick of struggling communities in our changing city contexts, this book offers a conceptual and practical map for



viewing the complex realities that shape and impact the presence and transformation of Christianities in city life.