A Puerto Rican Decolonial Theology: Prophesy Freedom (new Approaches To Religion And Power)
by Teresa Delgado /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in
the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology,
soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial
theology. Using an interdisciplinary methodology of
dialogue between literature and theology, this study reveals the
oppression, resistance, and theological vision of the Puerto
Rican community. It demonstrates how Puerto Rican literature and
Puerto Rican theology are prophetic voices calling out for the
liberation of a suffering people, on the island and in the Puerto
Rican Diaspora, while employing personal Puerto Rican
family/community stories as an authoritative contextual reference
point. This work stands within the continuum of contextual
theology and diasporic studies of religion in the United States,
as well as research in the interdisciplinary field of decolonial
and post-colonial studies.
This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in
the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology,
soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial
theology. Using an interdisciplinary methodology of
dialogue between literature and theology, this study reveals the
oppression, resistance, and theological vision of the Puerto
Rican community. It demonstrates how Puerto Rican literature and
Puerto Rican theology are prophetic voices calling out for the
liberation of a suffering people, on the island and in the Puerto
Rican Diaspora, while employing personal Puerto Rican
family/community stories as an authoritative contextual reference
point. This work stands within the continuum of contextual
theology and diasporic studies of religion in the United States,
as well as research in the interdisciplinary field of decolonial
and post-colonial studies.
