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Brown church : five centuries of Latina/o social justice, theology, and identity / Robert Chao Romero.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2020]Description: 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830853953
  • 0830853952
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Brown churchDDC classification:
  • 277.0089/68 23
LOC classification:
  • BT83.575 .R66 2020
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Brown church -- 1. El plan espiritual de Galilee -- 2. Las casas, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and the birth of the Brown church -- 3. Multicultural voices of colonial resistance: Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca, Guaman Poma, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- 4. Padre Antonio José Martínez, the U.S.-Mexico War, and the birth of “Brown” -- 5. The spiritual praxis of César Chávez -- 6. Social justice theologies of Latin America: liberation theology and misión integral -- 7. Liberation theology in practice: Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador -- 8. Recent social justice theologies of U.S. Latinas/os: Latina/o theology, mujerista theology, and Latina/o practical theology -- Conclusion: The Brown church today and tenets of a “Brown Christian” identity -- Bibliography -- Author and subject index -- Scripture index -- Praise for Brown church -- About the author.
Summary: "The Latina/o culture and identity has long been shaped by its challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo. Robert Chao Romero explores the "Brown Church" and how this movement appeals to the vision for redemption that includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of our lives and the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Brown church -- 1. El plan espiritual de Galilee -- 2. Las casas, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and the birth of the Brown church -- 3. Multicultural voices of colonial resistance: Garcilaso de la Vega el Inca, Guaman Poma, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- 4. Padre Antonio José Martínez, the U.S.-Mexico War, and the birth of “Brown” -- 5. The spiritual praxis of César Chávez -- 6. Social justice theologies of Latin America: liberation theology and misión integral -- 7. Liberation theology in practice: Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador -- 8. Recent social justice theologies of U.S. Latinas/os: Latina/o theology, mujerista theology, and Latina/o practical theology -- Conclusion: The Brown church today and tenets of a “Brown Christian” identity -- Bibliography -- Author and subject index -- Scripture index -- Praise for Brown church -- About the author.

"The Latina/o culture and identity has long been shaped by its challenges to the religious, socio-economic, and political status quo. Robert Chao Romero explores the "Brown Church" and how this movement appeals to the vision for redemption that includes not only heavenly promises but also the transformation of our lives and the world"-- Provided by publisher.

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