The Americas First Theologies


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The Americas First Theologies


The Americas First Theologies
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language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-03

The Americas First Theologies written by and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with Religion categories.


The Theologia Indorum by Dominican friar Domingo de Vico was the first Christian theology written in the Americas. Made available in English translation for the first time, Americas' First Theologies presents a selection of exemplary sections from the Theologia Indorum that illustrate Friar Vico's doctrine of god, cosmogony, moral anthropology, understanding of natural law and biblical history, and constructive engagement with pre-Hispanic Maya religion. Rather than merely condemn the Maya religion, Vico appropriated local terms and images from Maya mythology and rituals that he thought could convey Christianity. His attempt at translating, if not reconfiguring, Christianity for a Maya readership required his mastery of not only numerous Mayan languages but also the highly poetic ceremonial rhetoric of many indigenous Mesoamerican peoples. This book also includes translations of two other pastoral texts (parts of a songbook and a catechism) and eight early documents by K'iche' and Kaqchikel Maya authors who engaged the Theologia Indorum. These texts, written in Highland Mayan languages both by fellow Dominicans and by Highland Maya elites demonstrate the wider influence of Vico's ethnographic approach shared by a particular school of Dominicans. Altogether, The Americas' First Theologies provides a rich documentary case example of the translation, reception, and reaction to Christian thought in the indigenous Americas



The Americas First Theologies


The Americas First Theologies
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Author : Domingo de Vico
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017

The Americas First Theologies written by Domingo de Vico and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.


Contains facsimiles of original document, along with trancriptions in quichâe and corresponding translations into English.



Rewriting Maya Religion


Rewriting Maya Religion
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Author : Garry G. Sparks
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Release Date : 2020-03-06

Rewriting Maya Religion written by Garry G. Sparks and has been published by University Press of Colorado this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-06 with Social Science categories.


In Rewriting Maya Religion Garry Sparks examines the earliest religious documents composed by missionaries and native authors in the Americas, including a reconstruction of the first original, explicit Christian theology written in the Americas—the nearly 900-page Theologia Indorum (Theology for [or of] the Indians), initially written in Mayan languages by Friar Domingo de Vico by 1554. Sparks traces how the first Dominican missionaries to the Maya repurposed native religious ideas, myths, and rhetoric in their efforts to translate a Christianity and how, in this wake, K’iche’ Maya elites began to write their own religious texts, like the Popol Vuh. This ethnohistory of religion critically reexamines the role and value of indigenous authority during the early decades of first contact between a Native American people and Christian missionaries. Centered on the specific work of Dominicans among the Highland Maya of Guatemala in the decades prior to the arrival of the Catholic Reformation in the late sixteenth century, the book focuses on the various understandings of religious analyses—Hispano-Catholic and Maya—and their strategic exchanges, reconfigurations, and resistance through competing efforts of religious translation. Sparks historically contextualizes Vico’s theological treatise within both the wider set of early literature in K’iche’an languages and the intellectual shifts between late medieval thought and early modernity, especially the competing theories of language, ethnography, and semiotics in the humanism of Spain and Mesoamerica at the time. Thorough and original, Rewriting Maya Religion serves as an ethnohistorical frame for continued studies on Highland Maya religious symbols, discourse, practices, and logic dating back to the earliest documented evidence. It will be of great significance to scholars of religion, ethnohistory, linguistics, anthropology, and Latin American history.



Majority World Theologies


Majority World Theologies
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Author : Allen Yeh
language : en
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-01

Majority World Theologies written by Allen Yeh and has been published by William Carey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-01 with Religion categories.


Theology to the Ends of the Earth and Back Again As Christianity’s center of gravity has shifted to the Majority World, many younger churches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America are now coming of age. With this maturing comes the ability to theologize for themselves, not simply to mimic what they have been taught from the West. As theology is an attempt to articulate through human language, culture, and contexts the timeless truths of the eternal and transcendent God, Majority World churches have much to offer the West and the world, as they contribute to a greater understanding of God, discipleship, and mission. Within this volume is an eclectic and fascinating sampling of theologizing from around the world, diverse not just in context but in content, dealing with everything from Christian education, to engaging Buddhists with the gospel, to engagement with Santería, to contextualizing native dance. As Christ’s message has gone to “the ends of the earth,” it has been received, but also incorporated, synthesized, and rebirthed in new and exciting ways that will benefit us all, wherever we live and serve.



The Reemergence Of Liberation Theologies


The Reemergence Of Liberation Theologies
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Author : T. Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-07-24

The Reemergence Of Liberation Theologies written by T. Cooper and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-24 with Philosophy categories.


This book brings together prominent voices from the global North and South to present brief analyses of liberation theology's future. It includes leaders in the field along with the newest voices. Each of these pieces was presented in the American Academy of Religion in the first five years of the Liberation Theologies Consultation.



Contextual Theology For The Twenty First Century


Contextual Theology For The Twenty First Century
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Author : Stephen B Bevans
language : en
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Release Date : 2012-07-26

Contextual Theology For The Twenty First Century written by Stephen B Bevans and has been published by James Clarke & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-26 with Religion categories.


In this compact collection of essays on contextual theology, the reader is offered fresh voices from the United States, Latin America and Oceania. The inclusion of diverse cultural voices is one of the book's strengths: these voices emphasize the significance of contextual theology for our twenty-first century. The proposal of the book is to address new ways of doing theology, opening up new and fresh topics for our theological agenda.



Introducing Christian Theologies Volume One


Introducing Christian Theologies Volume One
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Author : Victor I. Ezigbo
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2013-08-21

Introducing Christian Theologies Volume One written by Victor I. Ezigbo and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-21 with Religion categories.


Should Christianity's theological face remain largely European and North American in the twenty-first century in the wake of the expansion of Christianity in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America? The question about the "theological face" of Christianity cannot be ignored. For too long African, Asian, and Latin American theologians have been left out of mainstream theological discussions. Few standard textbooks on Christian theology acknowledge the unique contributions theologians from these continents have made to global Christianity. Introducing Christian Theologies: Voices from Global Christian Communities is a two-volume textbook that alters the predominantly European and North American "theological face" of Christianity by interacting with the voices of the Christian communities from around the globe. Introducing Christian Theologies explores the works of key theologians from across the globe, highlighting their unique contributions to Christian theology and doctrine.



Liberation Theologies Postmodernity And The Americas


Liberation Theologies Postmodernity And The Americas
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Author : David B. Batstone
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1997

Liberation Theologies Postmodernity And The Americas written by David B. Batstone and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Philosophy categories.


First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.



Sor Juana


Sor Juana
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Author : Gonzalez, Michelle A.
language : en
Publisher: Orbis Books
Release Date : 2014-04-10

Sor Juana written by Gonzalez, Michelle A. and has been published by Orbis Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-10 with Religion categories.


Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a seventeenth-century Mexican nun, is one of the most compelling figures of her age. A prolific writer, a learned scholar, and the first woman theologian of the Americas, she was also a defender of the dignity and rights of women in the midst of a fiercely patriarchal culture. In this study, Michelle Gonzalez examines Sor Juana’s contributions as a foremother of many currents of contemporary theology. In particular, in joining aesthetics with the quest for truth and justice, her work and witness suggest new avenues for Hispanic, feminist, and other liberation theologies.



A Pentecostal Political Theology For American Renewal


A Pentecostal Political Theology For American Renewal
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Author : Steven M. Studebaker
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-10-26

A Pentecostal Political Theology For American Renewal written by Steven M. Studebaker and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-26 with Religion categories.


This book argues that Christians have a stake in the sustainability and success of core cultural values of the West in general and America in particular. Steven M. Studebaker considers Western and American decline from a theological and, specifically, Pentecostal perspective. The volume proposes and develops a Pentecostal political theology that can be used to address and reframe Christian political identity in the United States. Studebaker asserts that American Christians are currently not properly engaged in preventing America’s decline or halting the shifts in its core values. The problem, he suggests, is that American Christianity not only gives little thought to the state of the nation beyond a handful of moral issues like abortion, but its popular political theologies lead Christians to think of themselves more as aliens than as citizens. This book posits that the proposed Pentecostal political theology would help American Christians view themselves as citizens and better recognize their stake in the renewal of their nation. The foundation of this proposed political theology is a pneumatological narrative of renewal—a biblical narrative of the Spirit that begins with creation, proceeds through Incarnation and Pentecost, and culminates in the new creation and everlasting kingdom of God. This narrative provides the foundation for a political theology that speaks to the issues of Christian political identity and encourages Christian political participation.