Details

Subject(s)

• Theology [Browse]
• Religion and sociology [Browse]
• Latin American literature [Browse]

Series

• New Approaches to Religion and Power, [More in this series]
• New Approaches to Religion and Power, 2634-6079 [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

3-319-66068-3

Doi

• 10.1007/978-3-319-66068-4

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