Description
In this work, which marked the arrival of a new era of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States, Virgilio Elizondo described the "Galilee principle": "What human beings reject, God chooses as his very own". This principle is well understood by Mexican-Americans, for whom mestizaje -- the mingling of ethnicity, race, and culture -- is a distinctive feature of their identity. In the person of Jesus, whose marginalized Galilean identity also marked him as a mestizo, the Mexican-American struggle for identity and new life becomes luminous.
Author: Virgilio P. Elizondo
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 12/03/2005
Pages: 155
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781570753107
ISBN10: 1570753105
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Inspirational
- Religion | Christian Living | Social Issues
- Religion | Reference