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Title

En la lucha = In the struggle : a Hispanic women's liberation theology / Ada María Isasi-Díaz.

Author

Isasi-Díaz, Ada María

Publication

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c1993.

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Description

xxi, 226 p.; 22 cm.

Alternative Title

In the struggle.

Subject

• Christianity and culture
• Feminist theology
• Hispanic American women > Religious life
• Mujerista theology

Note

• "Elaborating a mujerista theology."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-222) and index.

Language (note)

• English text with chapter summaries in Spanish.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Naming Ourselves. Mujerista Theology and Traditional Classifications in Theology. The Written English of a Cuban -- Ch. 1. Hispanic Ethnicity and Social Locality in Mujerista Theology. Identifying Hispanic Women. Mestizaje -- Embracing and Celebrating Diversity. Survival -- Hispanic Women's Daily Bread. Socio-Economic Reality of Hispanic Women -- Ch. 2. Popular Religiosity, Spanish, and Proyecto Historico: Elements of Latinas' Ethnicity. Latinas' Preferred Future: Our Proyecto Historico. Popular Religiosity as an Element of Mujerista Theology. Spanish: "The Language of the Angels" Latino Ethnicity: Social Construct -- Ch. 3. Mujerista Theology's Methods: Understandings and Procedure. Sociological Methods and Theories. Ethnomethodology. Ethnography. Meta-Ethnography. Mujerista Professional Theologians as Insiders. Why We Use Ethnography and Meta-Ethnography in Mujerista Theology. The Ethnographic Interview -- Ch. 4. In Their Own Words: Latinas as Moral Agents. Who Are These Latinas? Initial Explorations of Latinas' Decision-Making Process. Latinas' Understanding of Themselves. Generative Themes Central to Latinas -- Ch. 5. Conscience, Conscientization, and Moral Agency in Mujerista Theology. Catholic Bishops' Understanding of Conscience Today. Curtailment of Freedom of Conscience. Historical Developments in the Catholic Tradition. Conscience in Historical Protestant, Fundamentalist, and Pentecostal Churches. From Conscience to Moral Consciousness and Conscientization -- Ch. 6. Praxis and Lived-Experience in Mujerista Theology. Praxis in Mujerista Theology. The Lived-Experience of Latinas. Grassroot Latinas as Mujerista Theologians -- Ch. 7. Mestizaje: Symbol of Hispanic Women's Moral Truth-Praxis. Understanding and Valuing Differences. Differences among Hispanic Women. Hispanic Women Opting for Hispanic Women. Mestizaje and Hispanic Women's Moral Truth-Praxis.

ISBN

0800626109 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

LCCN

^^^93009220^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library