Theologizing in an Insurgent Key

Theologizing in an Insurgent Key
Author: Pineda-Madrid, Nancy
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2022
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1587689189

The author argues that violence against women today requires a rethinking of salvation. Yet, to make this case necessitates an understanding of violence against women in its particularity without which the author's argument, at best, will only limp along, falling flat, or remain an exercise in abstraction.

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax Theology

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax Theology
Author: Orlando O. Espin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2023-03-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1119870321

The new edition of the standard resource for those teaching or learning Latinoax theology Now in its second edition, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax Theology remains the most up-to-date, fully ecumenical collection of scholarship in the field. Bringing together contributions by a diverse panel of established scholars and newer voices within various theological disciplines, this comprehensive volume challenges Western readings of Christianity and offers fresh insights into theological truth from varied cultural and ethnic perspectives. The Companion addresses a wide range of Latinoax contexts while highlighting the thought of female, male, and LGBTQ+ Latinoax scholars in theology, introducing readers to this significant movement. Each chapter provides the historical background of a particular topic, explores its treatment by Latinoax theologians, discusses the current state of the topic, and offers the unique perspective of internationally recognized authors. The revised second edition incorporates recent developments within Latinoax studies, featuring new and expanded chapters that reflect numerous traditions of thought, up-to-date sources and methodologies, diverse intra-Latinoax communities, and contemporary Latinoax theologies and theologians. This invaluable and unique companion: Provides a systematic account of the past, present, and future of Latinoax theology Features new essays by the most influential voices in the field, incorporating recent research from Catholic, Protestant, and Evangelical scholars Addresses the Latinoax experience of alienation and marginalization Represents the wide range of ecclesial and theological traditions Discusses Latinoax in timely contexts such as politics, immigration, feminism, gender, queer theory, and social and economic justice Edited by one of the world’s leading Latino theologians, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax Theology, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for academic scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and instructors in universities and seminaries covering courses in theology, political thought, Latinoax studies, religion in the United States, and related topics.

Formative Theological Education

Formative Theological Education
Author: Griffith, Colleen M.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 194
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080918804X

A collection of essays by faculty of Boston College and the BC School of Theology and Ministry on renewal in theological education, a change in approach from the predominance of rational and abstract reasoning for the sake of cognitive knowledge about matters of faith to one that emphasizes spiritual and ethical formation

Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez

Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez
Author: Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0800698479

Nancy Pineda-Madrid re-conceives traditional Christian notions of salvation by closing attending to the experience of the embattled women of Ciudad Ju rez in Mexico, where hundreds have been slain and where survivors have found healing and salvation in solidarity and community practices that resist rather than acquiesce in the violence.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit
Author: Richard Lennan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809153442

Following their earlier book from Paulist Press, Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fullfillment, the editors have brought together faculty members of the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College to reflect on the Holy Spirit through the lens of their various fields of study-scripture, systematic theology, pastoral ministry, history, ethics, and spirituality.

Understanding Theories of Religion

Understanding Theories of Religion
Author: Ivan Strenski
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2015-03-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1444330845

Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. • A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends • Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism • Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events • Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids

Luther, Conflict, and Christendom

Luther, Conflict, and Christendom
Author: Christopher Ocker
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 539
Release: 2018-08-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1107197686

Martin Luther was the subject of a religious controversy that never really came to an end. The Reformation was a controversy about him.

Doing Contextual Theology

Doing Contextual Theology
Author: Angie Pears
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134115679

Christian theology, like all forms of knowledge, thinking and practice, arises from and is influenced by the context in which it is done. In Doing Contextual Theology, Angie Pears demonstrates the radically contextual nature of Christian theology by focusing on five forms of liberation theology: Latin American Liberation Theologies; Black Theologies; Feminist Informed Theologies; Sexual Theologies; Body Theologies. Pears analyses how each of these asserts a clear and persistent link to the Christian tradition through The Bible and Christology and discusses the implications of contextual and local theologies for understanding Christianity as a religion. Moreover, she considers whether fears are justified that a radically contextual reading of Christian theologies leads to a relativist understanding of the religion, or whether these theologies share some form of common identity both despite and because of their contextual nature. Doing Contextual Theology offers students a clear and up-to-date survey of the field of contemporary liberation theology and provides them with a sound understanding of how contextual theology works in practice.

Paul at the Crossroads of Cultures

Paul at the Crossroads of Cultures
Author: Kathy Ehrensperger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2013-09-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 056746637X

Based on recent studies in intercultural communication Kathy Ehrensperger applies the paradigm of multilingualism, which includes the recognition of cultural distinctiveness, to the study of Paul. Paul's role as apostle to the nations is seen as the role of a go-between – as that of cultural translator. This role requires that he is fully embedded in his own tradition but must also be able to appreciate and understand aspects of gentile culture. Paul is viewed as involved in a process in which the meaning of the Christ event is being negotiated 'in the space between' cultures, with their diverse cultural coding systems and cultural encyclopaedias. It is argued that this is not a process of imposing Jewish culture on gentiles at the expense of gentile identity, nor is it a process of eradication of Jewish identity. Rather, Paul's theologizing in the space between implies the task of negotiating the meaning of the Christ event in relation to, and in appreciation of both, Jewish and gentile identity.

The World, the Text, and the Critic

The World, the Text, and the Critic
Author: Edward W. Said
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1983
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780674961876

Said demonstrates that critical discourse has been strengthened by the writings of Derrida and Foucault and by influences like Marxism, structuralism, linguistics, and psychoanalysis. But, he argues, these forces have compelled literature to meet the requirements of a theory or system, ignoring complex affiliations binding the texts to the world.