Hispanic Ministry @ Boston College

On its website, The Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism describes this book as follows: "... a “programatic” anthology by some of the more influential authors. The volume demonstrates and explains the teología en conjunto approach, and gives you some very solid starting points in many standard areas of theology. Of course, follow the leads and the bibliography cited in the endnotes. This collective volume remains, possibly, the most useful of the muti-authored books that have appeared in the past two decades or so."

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas and Anthony B. Pinn have brought together a stellar group of liberation theology scholars to provide a synthetic introduction to the historical development, context, theory, and goals of a range of U.S.-born liberation theologies.

This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of Hispanic American religiosity, contextualizing the roles of Latino and Latina Americans within U.S. religious culture.

These essays by leading Latino/a theologians, both Protestant and Catholic, represent an exciting new stage in the development of Latino/a theological identity, while also making an important contribution to the wider cause of ecumenical dialogue. As Orlando Espn observes, "No ecumenical relation or dialogue today in the United States can be truly reflective of our respective churches unless Latinos/as (and their faith and their lives) are acknowledged as indispensable and equal conversation partners."

Este libro es un intento sistemático por definir una teología hispana. Roberto Goizueta, un teólogo laico cubano-americano, consciente de que «hispano» y «latino» pueden ser términos impuestos artificialmente a diferentes personas, encuentra un vínculo común en el idioma español y en una cultura compartida. Constitutiva de esta cultura es la experiencia del exilio, el ser un pueblo en los márgenes de una sociedad, que debe encontrar y hacer su camino como comunidad. Otro aspecto central es su fe, y su fundamento en esta experiencia de encontrarse en el exilio.

The first major dialogue between Latin American feminist theologians and Latina theologians. Feminist theologians from thirteen countries in North, Central, and South America analyze the relationships of religion, culture, feminism, and power and explore how they can work together to develop a critical feminist theology that will encompass their different cultures and further their collaborative work.

Barbara E. Reid, O.P., here pays attention to the role of women in the accounts of Jesus' passion and observes that some of the interpretations of Jesus' death in the New Testament open us up to life and liberation, while others have been used to perpetuate cycles of violence and victimization. When women have identified their suffering with that of Jesus, this has sometimes given them strength, but has also led to a harmful acceptance of unjust suffering. Reid explores five theological "images" of the death of Jesus through conversation with the voices of women from Mexico, Bolivia, and Peru and examination of the roles of women in the New Testament accounts. The result is an illuminating combination of New Testament exegesis with a liberative constructive theology.