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Asian Latinxs, Mestizaje, and Intercultural Theology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kang, Hanna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian American theology.
- Hispanic American theology.
- Latin Americans--United States--Religion.
- Latin Americans.
- Cultural fusion--United States.
- Cultural fusion.
- Race--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Race.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book conducts an in-depth analysis of mestizaje (cultural and racial mixture), recentering the voices and experiences of Asian Latinxs in Latinx theology.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Asian Latinxs
- Chapter 1: The Varieties of Mestizaje Realities
- Mestizaje in US Latinx Theology
- Virgilio Elizondo: Understanding Liberation and Latinx Theologies
- Double Marginalization and the Emergence of the New People
- Isasi-Díaz: Mestizaje-Mulatez as a Moral Choice
- Later Works on Mestizaje: Complementing the Missing Pieces
- Mestizaje: A Contested Field
- Mestizaje: Beyond Identity
- Mestizaje in El Salvador and Argentina
- Excursus: A Sketch on Asian American Hybridity
- Can We Find Common Ground?
- Chapter 2: Mestizaje: Where Is the Asian Contribution?
- Mexico: Chinese Immigrants in the Country of Mestizaje
- The Myth of Mestizaje and the Arrival of the Unassimilable
- Living on the Border
- Brazil: Japanese Immigrants in the Country of Racial Democracy
- Brazil and Racial Democracy
- The Positive Minority
- Argentina: South Korean Immigrants in the Paris of South America
- Korean Settlement in Argentina
- Creating Ethnic Havens
- Chinos!
- Between Voluntary and Forced Insulation
- Contributions to the Mestizaje Discourse
- Chapter 3: Prophetic Presence: A Theological Reflection on the Asian Latinx Mestizaje
- Triple Consciousness and Mestizo/a Identity in the Third Space
- Third Space Matters
- Asian Latinxs and Mestizaje: Una Mancha Más al Tigre?
- Triple Consciousness and Latinx Theology
- Understanding Prophetic Presence: Latinx Catholics
- What Makes Latinx Catholics a Prophetic Presence?
- Contextualizing Prophetic Presence
- Denunciation: Undivided Spirituality
- Annunciation: Source of Renewal
- Asian Latinxs as a Prophetic Presence
- Revisiting Latinx Identity in the Academy
- Diversity from an Intercultural Perspective
- Nuancing Mestizaje.
- Chapter 4: An Asian Latinx Reading of Hagar and Ruth
- Reading the Bible Latinamente
- Why Hagar and Ruth?
- The Place of Context Within Latinx Biblical Interpretation
- Marginality
- The Cry of Hagar
- Hagar, the Egyptian Concubine
- Marginality and the Relationship Between Hagar and Sarah
- God and Marginality
- Intercultural Encounters, Conflicts, and Marginality
- The Oath of Ruth
- Ruth, the Moabite Wife
- Marginality and the Relationship Between Ruth and Naomi
- Deep Solidarity
- Deep Solidarity in Latinx Theology
- Conclusion
- Conclusion: The Many Voices in the Wilderness
- Appendix: Further Reading
- Bibliography
- Index
- Index Locorum.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781978763135
- 9798216264385
- OCLC:
- 1597392134
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