The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latino/a Theology

Orlando Espin is Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of San Diego. He is also director of USD's Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism, which he founded in 1994. Espin is author or editor of nine books including the award-winning Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies (edited with James B. Nickoloff, 2007), Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (2009) and Idol and Grace: On Traditioning and Subversive Hope (2014).

Notes on Contributors xi Introduction 1 Orlando O. Espin Part I Contexts 13 1 Lo Cotidiano as Locus Theologicus 15 Carmen M. Nanko-Fernandez 2 History and Latino/a Identity: Mapping a Past That Leads to Our Future 35 Daisy L. Machado 3 Sources and En Conjunto Methodologies of Latino/a Theologizing 53 Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez 4 The Ecumenical Narrative and the Latino/a Experience 71 Jose R. Irizarry Part II Theologizing the Theological Tradition 89 5 Revelation 91 Efrain Agosto 6 The Bible and Latino/a Theology 111 Jean-Pierre Ruiz 7 The Latino/a Theology of God as the Future of Theodicy: A Proposal from the Dangerous Memory of the Latino/a Jesus 129 Sixto J. Garcia 8 Jesus the Christ 155 Neomi De Anda 9 Theological Musings toward a Latina/o Pneumatology 173 Nestor Medina 10 Catholic Ecclesiology 191 Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD 11 Protestant Ecclesiology 199 Edwin David Aponte 12 Grace, Sin, and Salvation 215 Roberto S. Goizueta 13 Eschatology and Hope 231 Luis G. Pedraja 14 Latino/a Ethics 249 Maria Teresa Davila 15 Liturgies and Sacraments Latinamente 269 Eduardo Fernandez, SJ Part III Theologizing Latino/a Realities 281 16 Mestizaje: The Latina/o Religious Imaginary in the North American Racial Crucible 283 Jorge A. Aquino 17 Theologizing Social and Economic Justice 313 Matilde Moros 18 Queer Theory and Latina/o Theologizing 329 Robyn Henderson-Espinoza 19 Feminist Theory and Latina Feminist/Mujerista Theologizing 347 Nancy Pineda-Madrid 20 Theologizing Immigration 365 Victor Carmona 21 Theologizing Popular Catholicism 387 Rebecca M. Berru-Davis 22 Theologizing Popular Protestantism 401 Edwin David Aponte 23 The Study of Spirituality 421 Gilberto Cavazos-Gonzalez, OFM 24 Latina/o Practical Theology: Reflections on Faith ]Based Organizing as a Religious Practice 439 Altagracia Perez 25 Latino/a Religion and Politics 453 Elieser Valentin 26 Inter ]Religious Dialogue: Why Should It Matter to Our Academic and Grassroots Communities? 475 Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi Index 493