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Re-membering the Reign of God

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

Re-membering the Reign of God

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

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Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9781793618955
Number of Pages: 394
Width: 16 cm
Height: 22.8 cm

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 evolution of El Salvador's ecclesial base communities as decolonial protagonists of the church of the poor in their own particular context of coloniality and prophetic hope. In the first part of the book, the authors present sacred narratives of 'Salvadoran Salvation History,' including histories, songs, and testimonies of ecclesial base communities themselves. In the second part of the book, the authors reflect theologically on these narratives, arguing that these communities embody a decolonial sacrament of the reign of God in and through their ecclesial, social, and cultural reclamation of knowledge, being, and power in the church and the world. These communities therefore represent a particularly rich locus for decolonizing theology and challenging the church in the Global North to join the church of the poor in its prophetic praxis of decolonial solidarity.

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/on 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

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo, Laurel Marshall Potter

Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo is associate professor at Wake Forest School of Divinity.

Laurel Marshall Potter is a doctoral candidate at Boston College.

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