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Wading through Many Voices brings together the voices of Latino/a, African American, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American scholars to produce a dialogue of public theology: how faith-communities, divided by race, class, ethnicity, and gender, can find a common ground for life together. The authors articulate a multiethnic perspective on public theology that counters the divisive identity politics of U.S. public life with systematic thinking that strengthens the commitment to critically transform social relations in light of a shared vision of public good.

The contributors develop a shared public theology that addresses social divisions while offering readers a broad vision to collaborate and struggle for an improved understanding of the common good for our pluralistic society. In light of emerging social issues, the contributors suggest that a fundamental respect for difference is a required first value for living together in a common social and political space.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. Theology Becoming Public Discourse
Chapter 1: Expanding Our Academic Publics: Latino/a Theology, Religious Studies, and Latin American Studies
Chapter 2: Escaping the Polarity of Race vs. Gender and Ethnicity
Chapter 3: Global Hegemonic Power, Democracy and the Theological Praxis of the Subaltern Multitude
Chapter 4: The Role of Latino/a Ethics in the Public Square: Upholding and Challenging 'the Good' in a Pluralistic Society
Chapter 5: Pluralist Separatism and Community
Chapter 6: American Prophecy: Cesar Chavez In Light of Martin Luther King and Gandhi
Chapter 7: "Salvation and Transformation": Latino Evangelical Political Activism and the Struggle over Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Chapter 8: Theology of Enhancement: Multiculturality in an Asian American Perspective
Part II. Beyond Only Difference
Chapter 9: Is America Possible? The Land that Never has been: Democratic Hope and Creative Exchange
Chapter 10: Foregrounding Our Apocalyptic Heritage in Hopes of Domesticatin

Product details

Published 16 Apr 2011
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 392
ISBN 9781442205833
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 239 x 164 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Harold Recinos

Harold Recinos is professor of church and society…

Contributor

Victor Anderson

Contributor

Nancy Bedford

Contributor

Gaston Espinosa

Gaston Espinosa is the Arthur V. Stoughton Associa…

Contributor

Michelle A. Gonzalez

Michelle A. Gonzalez (Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado)…

Contributor

Luis Leon

Contributor

Lara Medina

Contributor

Harold J. Recinos

Harold Recinos is professor of church and society…

Contributor

Marcia Y. Riggs

Contributor

David Sanchez

Contributor

Tink Tinker

Contributor

Jace Weaver

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