Decolonial Christianities: Latinx And Latin American Perspectives (new Approaches To Religion And Power)

What does it mean to theorize Christianity in light of the decolonial turn? This volume invites distinguished Latinx and Latin American scholars to a conversation that engages the rich theoretical contributions of the decolonial turn, while relocating Indigenous, Afro-Latin American, Latinx, and other often marginalized practices and hermeneutical perspectives to the center-stage of religious discourse in the Americas. Keeping in mind that all religions—Christianity included—are cultured, and avoiding the abstract references to Christianity common to the modern Eurocentric hegemonic project, the contributors favor embodied religious practices that emerge in concrete contexts and communities. Featuring essays from scholars such as Sylvia Marcos, Enrique Dussel, and Luis Rivera-Pagán, this volume represents a major step to bring Christian theology into the conversation with decolonial theory. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Raimundo Barreto, Roberto Sirvent)....Pages 1-21 Front Matter ....Pages 23-23 Epistemological Decolonization of Theology (Enrique Dussel)....Pages 25-42 Towards a Decolonial Theology: Perspectives from the Caribbean (Luis N. Rivera-Pagán)....Pages 43-61 Mesoamerican Women’s Indigenous Spirituality: Decolonizing Religious Belief (Sylvia Marcos)....Pages 63-87 Front Matter ....Pages 89-89 Mapping the Autochthonous Indigenous Church: Toward a Decolonial History of Christianity in las Américas (Jennifer Scheper Hughes)....Pages 91-105 Indigenous Christianities: Ritual, Resilience, and Resistance Among the Nahuas in Sixteenth-Century Mexico (Verónica A. Gutiérrez)....Pages 107-127 Iglesia Autóctona: An Indigenous Response to Colonial Christianity (Michel Andraos)....Pages 129-145 Indigenous Decolonial Movements in Abya Yala, Aztlán, and Turtle Island: A Comparison (Néstor Medina)....Pages 147-163 Front Matter ....Pages 165-165 Decolonizing the Cosmo-Polis: Cosmopolitanism as a Rehumanizing Project (Yountae An)....Pages 167-182 Inversion and Diasporas: Decolonizing Racialized Sexuality Transnationally (Matilde Moros)....Pages 183-202 ¡Sin maricones no hay revoluciones! (Without Queering, There’s No Revolutioneering!): Mexico’s Queer Subversions of Public Space and the Decolonization of Marriage Heteronormativity (Ángel F. Méndez Montoya)....Pages 203-216 A Critique of the Coloniality of Theological Knowledge: Rereading Latin American Liberation Theology as Thinking Otherwise (Nicolás Panotto)....Pages 217-237 Front Matter ....Pages 239-239 Cuando el pobre crea en el pobre: Decolonial Epistemology in the Ecclesial Base Communities of El Salvador (Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo)....Pages 241-254 Reimagining the Church as a Decolonial Ally: Pedro Casaldáliga’s Liturgies of Repentance (Ann Hidalgo)....Pages 255-266 Front Matter ....Pages 267-267 A Decolonial Prayer (Cláudio Carvalhaes)....Pages 269-287 Back Matter ....Pages 289-301 "What does it mean to theorize Christianity in light of the decolonial turn? This volume invites distinguished Latinx and Latin American scholars to a conversation that engages the rich theoretical contributions of the decolonial turn, while relocating Indigenous, Afro-Latin American, Latinx, and other often marginalized practices and hermeneutical perspectives to the center-stage of religious discourse in the Americas. Keeping in mind that all religions--Christianity included--are cultured, and avoiding the abstract references to Christianity common to the modern Eurocentric hegemonic project, the contributors favor embodied religious practices that emerge in concrete contexts and communities. Featuring essays from scholars such as Sylvia Marcos, Enrique Dussel, and Luis Rivera-Pagán, this volume represents a major step to bring Christian theology into the conversation with decolonial theory."-- Provided by publisher