Re-membering the Reign of God

The Decolonial Witness of El Salvador's Church of the Poor

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo, Laurel Marshall Potter (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

394 Seiten

2024
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-1897-9 (ISBN)

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Reflecting theologically on the 50-year history of ecclesial base communities in El Salvador, this book argues that the church of the poor is a decolonial sacrament of the reign of God. The authors challenge Christians to unlearn colonial expressions of faith, concluding with a retrieval of solidarity in the Catholic social tradition.

What does it mean for an historically colonial church to become the “church of the poor” in a world marked by pervasive and persistent coloniality? Re-membering the Reign of God addresses this question through historical and theological reflection on the decolonial evolution of El Salvador’s ecclesial base communities (CEBs) in their own particular context of coloniality and prophetic hope. The CEBs’ witness represents a rich locus for decolonizing theology and challenging the whole church to join the church of the poor in its prophetic praxis of decolonial solidarity.

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo is associate professor at Wake Forest School of Divinity. Laurel Marshall Potter is a doctoral candidate at Boston College.

Introduction: Otro mundo es posible: Is An-Other Church Possible?

Part I: Un largo caminar: Salvadoran Salvation History

Part II:El reino de Dios es de lxs pobres: Decolonial Theological Reflection in Light of the Ecclesial Base Communities of El Salvador.

Chapter One: Sacramento histórico del reino de Dios: Decoloniality and the Eschatological Horizons of El Salvador's Church of lxs Pobres

Chapter Two: Tomamos la palabra: Decolonial Knowledge in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres

Chapter Three: Celebramos la vida: Decolonial Being in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres

Chapter Four: Luchamos por la justicia: Decolonial Power in the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres

Chapter Five: Si el grano de trigo no muere: The Challenge of Decolonial Solidarity

Erscheinungsdatum	07.07.2022
Reihe/Serie	Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies in Religion and Theology
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	151 x 228 mm
Gewicht	608 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-7936-1897-6 / 1793618976
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-1897-9 / 9781793618979
Zustand	Neuware