Faith Formation and Popular Religion : Lessons from the Tejano Experience Paperback / softback
by Anita De Luna
Part of the Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology series
Paperback / softback
Description
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. An in-depth analysis of six selected catechisms reveals that popular religion as a combination of faith and culture was evident at the beginning of Hispanic Catholicism in the sixteenth century.
The investigation notes the gradual elimination and eventual replacement of the cultural aspects in the catechetical texts in the nineteenth century.
The author concludes that the reunification of the cultural spiritual symbols with the presentation of doctrine could revitalize catechesis and bring Christian evangelization to a renewed effectiveness.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:23/11/2002
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- ISBN:9780742513488
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date:23/11/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780742513488
