Faith formation and popular religion : lessons from the Tejano experience / Anita De Luna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Luna, Anita.

Series:

Celebrating faith

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituality--Catholic Church.

Spirituality.

Catechetics--Catholic Church.

Catechetics.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xvii, 207 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2002]

Summary:

This book uses political, religious, and cultural history to examine catechesis. Sister de Luna establishes that religiosidad popular, the core theme for Hispanic theology, is Christian and Catholic and traces its elements in Church catechisms of the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. She goes on to examine the relationship between theology of beauty, catechesis, and spirituality establishing that the three disciplines were integral to faith formation in the early church but were separated through the centuries.

Contents:

Introduction: Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, and the Catechetical Text 1

1 Catechesis, Theology of Beauty, and Spirituality 11

2 Religiosidad Popular: Embodying Tejano Spirituality 37

3 Sixteenth Century: Genesis of the Hispanic Catechism 65

4 Tejano Incorporation: The Beginning of the End of the Hispanic/Latino Catechism 99

5 Appropriation: Fostering Spiritual Leaders for Tejanos 131

Conclusions: Tejano Spirituality, A Mestizo Contribution 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-199) and index.

ISBN:

0742513475

0742513483

OCLC:

48989301