The Theology Of Struggle

Author : Eleazar S. Fernandez
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606082362

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Toward a Theology of Struggle by Eleazar S. Fernandez Pdf

The Theology of Struggle is a genuinely popular Fillipino theology rooted in the history and culture of a people who have endured colonial oppression at the hands of Spain, North America, and Japan, as well as neo-colonialism and home grown dictatorship. Because Christianity has played a role in assisting the history of oppression in the Phillippines, a theology of struggle must include a struggle in theology, to wrest Christian symbols from the hands of the oppressors and return them to the poor. This theology, which is otherwise expressed in articles, poems, art, and action, receives its first systematic treatment in Toward a Theology of Struggle. In Part On, Fernandez establishes the historical and cultural context out of which the Theology of Struggle has emerged. Part Two represents Fernandez's own constructive work, in which he shows how a theology of struggle must address the quest for identity and peoplehood. In Part Three, Fernandez explores the question of theological method, outlining the areas of convergence and distinction between the Theology of struggle and other Third World theologies, as well as setting forth the distinctive challenge that this theology of the Philippines poses to the authority and dominance of Western theology as a whole.

Author : Hugh Harmon
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781329196827

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The Theology of Struggle by Hugh Harmon Pdf

In this book find out what struggle is to the believer, the dreamer, the constant aspirant and most importantly how God sees and uses struggle. Pastor Harmon encourages the reader to adopt a mindset that embraces their limitations but trusts completely in the UNLIMITED GOD. He encourages the reader to cooperate with Him fully, so that they may take advantage of the greater possibilities.

Author : Mona Siddiqui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108635424

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Human Struggle by Mona Siddiqui Pdf

The first comparative work to explore how humankind seek out the meaning of life amid suffering and struggle.

Author : Anne Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christian sociology
ISBN : UOM:39015061549989

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Dare to Struggle, be Not Afraid by Anne Harris Pdf

Author : Gustavo GutiŽrrez
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608331246

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On Job by Gustavo GutiŽrrez Pdf

Author : Orlando O. Espín,James B. Nickoloff
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 1566 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814658563

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An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies by Orlando O. Espín,James B. Nickoloff Pdf

Spanning the gamut from "Aaron" to "Zwingli," this dictionary includes nearly 3,000 entries written by about sixty authors, all of whom are specialists in their various theological and religious disciplines. The editors have designed the dictionary especially to aid the introductory-level student with instant access to definitions of terms likely to be encountered in, but not to substitute for, classroom presentations or reading assignments. - Publisher.

Author : Ada Mar’a Isasi-D’az
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608332496

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La Lucha Continues by Ada Mar’a Isasi-D’az Pdf

A sequel to the popular Mujerista Theology that addresses themes relevant at the beginning of the 21st century.Mujerista theology begins with personal experience and moves toward a theology that advances the dignity and liberation of all Hispanic/Latino women. This collection of essays combining personal narratives and theological discourse brings together important insights into the concerns of Hispanic women, the ways in which they can help shape theology, and the roles they can take on in the church.Divided into two sections, Part 1, The Personal Is Political, presents three essays on the author?s religious-theological experiences, showing how they help form her theology. The eight essays in Part 2, In God?s Image--Latinas and Our Struggles, focus on theological understandings essential for justice.

Author : Ansley L. Quiros
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781469646770

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God with Us by Ansley L. Quiros Pdf

For many, the struggle over civil rights was not just about lunch counters, waiting rooms, or even access to the vote; it was also about Christian theology. Since both activists and segregationists ardently claimed that God was on their side, racial issues were imbued with religious meanings from all sides. Whether in the traditional sanctuaries of the major white Protestant denominations, in the mass meetings in black churches, or in Christian expressions of interracialism, southerners resisted, pursued, and questioned racial change within various theological traditions. God with Us examines the theological struggle over racial justice through the story of one southern town--Americus, Georgia--where ordinary Americans sought and confronted racial change in the twentieth century. Documenting the passion and virulence of these contestations, this book offers insight into how midcentury battles over theology and race affected the rise of the Religious Right and indeed continue to resonate deeply in American life.

Author : James H. Cone
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608330386

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God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone Pdf

Author : Kathleen Nadeau
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780313075308

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Liberation Theology in the Philippines by Kathleen Nadeau Pdf

Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution studies the interrelationship of international development policies and local social and economic structures in the Philippines. This ethnography demonstrates that the application of conventional development paradigms to the situation overlooks the human suffering and displacement experienced by the people for whom the policies are supposed to help. By contrast, the Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) movement offers an alternative strategy for development that aims to build a more just and community-oriented society, while promoting sustainable development. The study begins with an historical analysis of the relationship between liberation theology, the Catholic Church, and the nationalist struggle. The remaining chapters look at the real experiences of people living and working in the BECs, as they struggle against some of the negative impacts of traditional approaches to development. In addition, the author illustrates how BECs can fail when environmental and social factors clash with a community's attempts at development, and highlights the theology and religious aspects of the BEC movement. This unique contribution to the study of liberation theology and development will be of interest to scholars, students, and professionals working with development agencies and religious organizations.

Author : Catherine Keller
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231548618

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Political Theology of the Earth by Catherine Keller Pdf

Amid melting glaciers, rising waters, and spreading droughts, Earth has ceased to tolerate our pretense of mastery over it. But how can we confront climate change when political crises keep exploding in the present? Noted ecotheologian and feminist philosopher of religion Catherine Keller reads the feedback loop of political and ecological depredation as secularized apocalypse. Carl Schmitt’s political theology of the sovereign exception sheds light on present ideological warfare; racial, ethnic, economic, and sexual conflict; and hubristic anthropocentrism. If the politics of exceptionalism are theological in origin, she asks, should we not enlist the world’s religious communities as part of the resistance? Keller calls for dissolving the opposition between the religious and the secular in favor of a broad planetary movement for social and ecological justice. When we are confronted by populist, authoritarian right wings founded on white male Christian supremacism, we can counter with a messianically charged, often unspoken theology of the now-moment, calling for a complex new public. Such a political theology of the earth activates the world’s entangled populations, joined in solidarity and committed to revolutionary solutions to the entwined crises of the Anthropocene.

Author : Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506433424

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Embracing Hopelessness by Miguel A. De La Torre Pdf

This book will attempt to explore faith-based responses to unending injustices by embracing the reality of hopelessness. It rejects the pontifications of some salvation history that move the faithful toward an eschatological promise that, when looking back at history, makes sense of all Christian-led brutalities, mayhem, and carnage. To embrace hopelessness moves away from a middle-class privilege that assumes all is going to work out in the end. By upsetting the norm, an opportunity might arise that can lead us to a more just situation, although such acts of defiance usually lead to crucifixion. Hopelessness is what leads to radical liberative praxis.

Author : Dorothee Soelle
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498295765

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Thinking about God by Dorothee Soelle Pdf

Developing out of a series of public lectures given to a large audience of non-theologians, this is one of the most attractive introductions to theology which has appeared so far. Perhaps, as Dorothee Soelle points out, in fact, "introduction" is not the right word, for this is above all an invitation to share her enthusiasm for theology, her delight in the beauty and the power of religious and theological language and the themes it expresses. The book covers all the major areas of modern theology. After discussing the nature of systematic theology and comparing orthodox, liberal, and radical approaches, it looks at the use of the Bible in theology. Then follow chapters on creation, sin, feminist liberation theology, the understanding of grace, Black theology, Jesus, cross and resurrection, the kingdom of God and the church, the theology of peace, the end of theism, and the question of God. Each chapter is followed by a bibliography, and Dorothee Soelle, who is familiar with theology on both sides of the Atlantic, has herself revised these for the English-language edition.

Author : Jeremy Begbie,Daniel K. L. Chua,Markus Rathey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198846550

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Theology, Music, and Modernity by Jeremy Begbie,Daniel K. L. Chua,Markus Rathey Pdf

Theology, Music, and Modernity addresses the question: how can the study of music contribute to a theological reading of modernity? It has grown out of the conviction that music has often been ignored in narrations of modernity's theological struggles. Featuring contributions from an international team of distinguished theologians, musicologists, and music theorists, the volume shows how music--and discourse about music--has remarkable powers to bring to light the theological currents that have shaped modern culture. It focuses on the concept of freedom, concentrating on the years 1740-1850, a period when freedom--especially religious and political freedom-became a burning matter of concern in virtually every stratum of Western society. The collection is divided into four sections, each section focusing on a key phenomenon of this period--the rise of the concept of 'revolutionary' freedom; the move of music from church to concert hall; the cry for eschatological justice in the work of black hymn-writer and church leader Richard Allen; and the often fierce tensions between music and language. There is a particular concern to draw on a distinctively 'Scriptural imagination' (especially the theme of New Creation) in order to elicit the key issues at stake, and to suggest constructive ways forward for a contemporary Christian theological engagement with the legacies of modernity today.

Author : Ada María Isasi-Díaz
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080063599X

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In the Struggle by Ada María Isasi-Díaz Pdf

Examines the everday struggles, insights, attitudes, and lives of Hispanic women from the perspective of Hispanic identity in North American society, with summaries of the sources, aims, goals, and tenets of mujerista theology.