{"product_id":"a-critical-introduction-to-religion-in-the-americas-bridging-the-liberation-theology-and-religious-studies-divide-paperback-softback-9781479800971","title":"A Critical Introduction to Religion in the Americas; Bridging the Liberation Theology and Religious Studies Divide (Paperback \/ softback) 9781479800971","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Critical Introduction to Religion in the Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBridging the Liberation Theology and Religious Studies Divide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichelle A. Gonzalez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479800971\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Franklin has penned a valuable book that examines the changing context of youth activism in the post-civil rights era...The book closes by explaining how the issues of today are linked to the past, with particular attention to juvenile justice and the labor movement. This is extraordinarily difficult to do, and the author does it withgreat ease . . . A progressive and valuable book.\" (Choice) \"Thoroughly interrogates methodological presuppositions in contemporary studies of theology and religion. I strongly recommend this book to scholars from either discipline who desire to honestly appraise how we investigate our subjects and what we intend to accomplish in our work.\" - Timothy Matovina,University of Notre Dame \"Gonzalezs work is provocative. Her introduction to Latin American, Black, and Latino\/a liberation theologies is sharply critical.\" (Modern Theology) \"A great resource for introducing the interdisciplinary study of religion in the Americas, with a focus on the relevance of the reflected faith experience and religious practices of marginalized populations for the academic study of religion. Presenting a hemispheric landscape, this book argues for constructive relationships and collaborative methodologies between theology and religious studies in the interest of both engaging todays lived religion and affirming the necessity of Liberation Theologies in todays world.\" - Maria Pilar Aquino,University of San Diego\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Critical Introduction to Religion in\u003cbr\u003e the Americas argues\u003cbr\u003e that we cannot understand religion in the Americas without understanding its\u003cbr\u003e marginalized communities. Despite frequently voiced doubts among religious\u003cbr\u003e studies scholars, it makes the case that theology, and particularly liberation\u003cbr\u003e theology, is still useful, but it must be reframed to attend to the ways in\u003cbr\u003e which religion is actually experienced on the ground. That is, a liberation\u003cbr\u003e theology that assumes a need to work on behalf of the poor can seem out of\u003cbr\u003e touch with a population experiencing huge Pentecostal and Charismatic growth,\u003cbr\u003e where the focus is not on inequality or social action but on individual\u003cbr\u003e relationships with the divine.\u003cbr\u003e By\u003cbr\u003e drawing on a combination of historical and ethnographic sources, this volume provides\u003cbr\u003e a basic introduction to the study of religion and theology in the Latino\/a,\u003cbr\u003e Black, and Latin American contexts, and then shows how theology can be reframed\u003cbr\u003e to better speak to the concerns of both religious studies and the real people\u003cbr\u003e the theologians' work is meant to represent. Informed by\u003cbr\u003e the dialogue partners explored throughout the text, this volume presents a\u003cbr\u003e hemispheric approach to discussing lived religious movements. While not\u003cbr\u003e dismissive of liberation theologies, this approach is critical of their past\u003cbr\u003e and offers challenges to their future as well as suggestions for preventing\u003cbr\u003e their untimely demise. It is clear that the liberation theologies of tomorrow\u003cbr\u003e cannot look like the liberation theologies of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591039906072,"sku":"9781479800971","price":20.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-critical-introduction-to-religion-in-the-americas-bridging-the-liberation-theology-and-religious-studies-divide-paperback-softback-9781479800971","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}