Racism and God-talk : a Latino/a perspective / / Ruben Rosario Rodriguez

• Autore: Rodriguez Ruben Rosario
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 277.0089
• Soggetto topico: Racism - Religious aspects - Christianity; Race relations - Religious aspects - Christianity; Racism - North America; Theology - Latin America; Theology - North America
• Soggetto geografico: North America Race relations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Beyond Black and White: understanding race in North America -- Exploring Mestizaje as theological metaphor -- The public relevance of theology -- Guadalupe: Imago Dei reconsidered -- The Mestizo Christ -- The spirit of community -- Conclusion: toward a Mestizo church.
• Sommario/riassunto: The apostle Paul wrote that ""All of you are one in Christ Jesus."" Given Paul's vision of God's kingdom defined by the breakdown of all distinctions and relationships of domination-no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female-how do we make sense of ethnic particularity within the church's theological formulations?. Racism and God-Talk explores the biblical and religious dimensions of North American racism while highlighting examples of resistance within the Christian religious tradition. Social historians have seldom analyzed the problematic of race from a primarily theological pers
• Titolo autorizzato: Racism and God-talk
• ISBN: 0-8147-7628-0; 0-8147-7736-8; 81-477-6280-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821540203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II