Exploring Latin@ theologies and the power of revelation.
The Word Became Culture enacts a preferential option for culture, retrieving experiences and expressions from across latinidad as sources of theologizing and acts of resistance to marginalization. Each author in this edited volume demonstrates the many ways in which Latin@ theologies are disruptive, generative, and creative spaces rooted in the richness, struggles, texts, and rituals found at the intersections of faith and culture. With a foreword by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture, this book situates Latin@ theologies in the ongoing search for and recognition of the “Word becoming” within the particularities of diverse cultural experiences.
Зміст
Preface to the Series | vii
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. Díaz
Acknowledgments | xi
Introduction : A Preferential Option for Culture | xv
Miguel H. Díaz
Foreword | xxi
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
1. The Word That Crosses: Life-giving Encounters with the Markan Jesus and Guadalupe | 1
Miguel H. Díaz
2. Beyond Borders and Boundaries: Rethinking Eisegesis and Rereading Ruth 1:16–17 | 25
Jean-Pierre Ruiz
3. A “Preferential Option”: A Challenge to Faith in a Culture of Privilege | 49
María Teresa Dávila
4. (De)Ciphering Mestizaje: Encrypting Lived Faith | 71
Néstor Medina
5. Playing en los Márgenes: Lo Popular as Locus Theologicus | 93
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández
Index | 115
Про автора
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi is President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Culture and President of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archeology. A professor of exegesis of the Old Testament, he taught in Milan at Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Settentrionale and from 1989 to 2007 he served as prefect of the Ambrosian Library. Since March 2012 he has been president of the cultural association Casa di Dante in Rome, dedicated to making the works of Dante known throughout Italy and abroad. In 2011, he inaugurated the initiative, “The Court of the Gentiles, which earned him international acclaim. This initiative sought to bridge Christian faith and reason by engaging in critical conversations with a wide range of publics. He is a prolific writer who has authored some 150 volumes, mostly in biblical studies, as well as numerous popular publications.