Editors:
- Addresses questions about how Christianity can still be possible after colonialism and empire
- Offers an important contribution to the field of decolonial thought by drawing on ecumenical and theological voices
- Forms a critically constructive conversation which highlights the perspective of decolonial Christianities in North America
Part of the book series: New Approaches to Religion and Power (NARP)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Indigenous Dreams, Indigenous Resistance
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Front Matter
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Decolonial Politics and Theological Possibilities
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“Decolonial Christianities opens the door to the much needed engagement between the decolonial project and the Christian tradition. Three grounding essays by Enrique Dussel, Luis Rivera-Pagán, and Sylvia Marcos examine the historical symbiosis between Christianities and coloniality. These serve as a platform from which contributors launch a series of reflections that critically place the decolonial project in dialogue with Christianities. Contributors who have navigated decolonial themes in their work on gender, class, race, indigenous liberation, ecclesiologies, and political projects, challenge the reader with complex observations about the violence and damage imposed by this relationship. In turn, they offer honest appraisals of which dimensions of the Christian story bear the seed of unbinding humanity from the specter of local and global relations characterized by colonial domination. As an ethicist this collection pushed me to reconsider how I imagine liberation for multiple marginalities, and to critically assess the tools with which I engage diverse projects for justice and transformation.” (María Teresa Dávila, Lecturer in Religious and Theological Studies, Merrimack College, USA)
Editors and Affiliations
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Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, USA
Raimundo Barreto
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Hope International University, Fullerton, USA
Roberto Sirvent
About the editors
Raimundo Barreto is Assistant Professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Roberto Sirvent is Professor of Political and Social Ethics at Hope International University in Fullerton, California.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decolonial Christianities
Book Subtitle: Latinx and Latin American Perspectives
Editors: Raimundo Barreto, Roberto Sirvent
Series Title: New Approaches to Religion and Power
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24166-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24165-0Published: 20 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24168-1Published: 20 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24166-7Published: 11 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6079
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6087
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 301
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Religion and Society, Postcolonial Philosophy, Imperialism and Colonialism, Latin American/Caribbean Literature, Christian Theology