TY - BOOK AU - Delgado,Teresa TI - A Puerto Rican decolonial theology: prophesy freedom T2 - New approaches to religion and power SN - 9783319660684 AV - BV2848.P8 D454 2017 U1 - 230 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Cham, Switzerland PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Postcolonial theology KW - Puerto Rico KW - Religion KW - Puerto RicoPuerto Rico KW - Christianity KW - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : the Vieques story and the critical task of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology -- The story of Puerto Rican oppression and resistance -- Bridging the Puerto Rican story and Christian doctrine -- The works of Esmerelda Santiago : Puerto Rican identity and Christian anthropology -- The works of Pedro Juan Soto : Puerto Rican suffering and Christian soteriology -- The works of Rosario Ferré : Puerto Rican hope and Christian eschatology -- Conclusion : the best of witnesses among the dry bones N2 - This book explores the themes of identity, suffering, and hope in the stories of Puerto Rican people to surface the anthropology, soteriology, and eschatology of a Puerto Rican decolonial theology. Using an interdisciplinary methodology of dialogue between literature and theology, this study reveals the oppression, resistance, and theological vision of the Puerto Rican community. It demonstrates how Puerto Rican literature and Puerto Rican theology are prophetic voices calling out for the liberation of a suffering people, on the island and in the Puerto Rican Diaspora, while employing personal Puerto Rican family/community stories as an authoritative contextual reference point. This work stands within the continuum of contextual theology and diasporic studies of religion in the United States, as well as research in the interdisciplinary field of decolonial and post-colonial studies UR - https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1601770 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1601770 ER -