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Latino/a Theology and the Bible: Ethnic-Racial Reflections on Interpretation

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, 2021
ISBN: 9781978705500
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This book explores the use of the Bible among Latino/a theologians today. Latino/a Theology emerged in the 1980s, alongside a broad variety of contextual theological movements and discourses following the Latino/a movement and the formation of Latino/a Studies in the 1960s and 1970s. While much work has been done on biblical interpretation in Latino/a biblical criticism, little can be found regarding interpretation in Latino/a theological reflection. To address this gap in the literature, the contributors, from various ecclesial affiliations and religious traditions, examine the status and role of the Bible in Latino/a Theology.

Acknowledgments

Latino/a Theology and Studies: A Note

About the Contributors

Part 1. Introduction

1.Approaching the Bible in Latino/a Theology: Doing Theological Construction and

Biblical Criticism in an Ethnic-Racial Key

Fernando F. Segovia

Part 2. Latino/a Theology: Approaching the Bible

2.Reading and Hearing Scripture in the Latina/o Pentecostal Community

Sammy Alfaro

3.“She orders all things suavemente”: A Lascasian Interpretation

Edgardo Colón-Emeric

4.Biblical Silence: Where is the Bible in Latino/a Theology?

Michelle A. González Maldonado

5.Is It Truly a “Good” Book? The Bible, Empowerment, and Liberation

Nora O. Lozano

6.Reading against the Grain: Scripture and Constructive Evangélica Theology

Loida I. Martell

7.Darkening the Image: Another Allegory of the Beauty of the Shulamite

Elaine Padilla

8.La Guadalupe, Bible, Pentecost

Nancy Pineda-Madrid

9.Liberation Hermeneutics in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Exegesis: A Latino/a Perspective

Rubén Rosario Rodríguez

10.Popular Ritual as Liberating Pedagogy

Christopher D. Tirres

Part 3. Conclusions

11.How Do Latino/a Theologians Employ Scripture?

Francisco Lozada, Jr.

12.Approaching the Bible in Latino/a Theology: Doing Cultural Analysis in an Ethnic-Racial Key

Fernando F. Segovia

A much needed addition to my library, and hopefully yours, this exciting volume encompasses a kaleidoscope of reflections on the diverse meanings and roles of Christian scriptures in and for Latina/o theologies and Latina/o quests for liberation. By bringing an array of prominent Latina/o theologians into conversation with two leading Latino biblical critics, this collection will be useful to students and scholars alike. A wide-ranging and interdisciplinary discussion, these essays inaugurate far greater space for deeper engagement between Christian theologies, biblical studies, and Latino/a/x studies more broadly.

Like hearing the whisper of roses in blossom, this splendid volume bears witness to the continuing growth of U.S. Latino/a theology as a discursive tradition. But it does even more: it promotes the growth by bringing Latino/a theology back to one of its earlier concerns. Back that is to a critical but constructive consideration of the possible status and role of the Bible in Latino/a theological reflection. It deserves to be read by specialists and interested non-specialists alike!

Lozada and Segovia have organized an impressive and varied cadre of Latinx theologians to contribute to a volume that will significantly impact biblical, theological, and religious studies. These creative theologians, who show how they have consistently engaged with the Bible in their work, also insist and exemplify that to “do theology” from a Latinx perspective one must engage the field of Latinx Cultural Studies. As such, each contributor is skillful and eclectic in their scholarship. Biblical scholars, theologians, and students of religion and culture alike will benefit greatly from this ground-breaking volume.

This book explores the use of the Bible among Latino/a theologians today. Latino/a theology emerged in the 1980s, alongside a broad variety of contextual theological movements and discourses following the Latino/a movement and the formation of Latino/a studies in the 1960s and 1970s. While much work has been done on biblical interpretation in Latino/a biblical criticism, little can be found regarding interpretation in Latino/a theological reflection. To address this gap in the literature, eleven contributors, from various ecclesial affiliations and religious traditions, examine the status and role of the Bible in Latino/a theology.

Generally speaking, Latino/a Theology and the Bible Ethnic-Racial Reflections provide a diverse theological and biblical approach from the Latino/a experience. Each author centers their essays in their social location, which enriches what they have to say about the Latino/a use of the Scripture. In this volume, [readers] will encounter/experience what it means to be Latino/a Christian in print. Those seriously interested in Latinos Studies would find this book promising.

Francisco Lozada Jr. is Charles Fischer Catholic Professor of New Testament and Latinx Studies at Brite Divinity School.

Fernando F. Segovia is Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt School of Divinity.

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