Latinx Perspectives on the New Testament
Latinx Perspectives on the New Testament
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781978705128
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 22/02/2024
Width: 15.1 cm
Height: 22.8 cm
Going against the false perception that all Latinx views on the Bible are homogeneous, the contributors in this book use different hermeneutic perspectives to interpret the New Testament. Each chapter examines one of the twenty-seven documents thematically instead of following the traditional verse-by-verse commentary format.
1. Matthew: Negotiating Tradition and Identity in Matthean and Latinx Contexts
Gilberto A. Ruiz
2. Mark: A Disabled Gospel for a Disabled Community
Osvaldo D. Vena
3. Luke: The Stories We Live By
Leticia A. Guardiola-Sáenz
4. John: The Politics of Recognition
Francisco Lozada Jr.
5. Acts of the Apostles: An Ideological Hispanic Contextual Reading
Rubén Muñoz-Larrondo
6. Romans: Structural Sin and the Justice of God
Elsa Támez
7. 1 Corinthians: A Latinx Reading on Conflict, Leadership, and Liberation
Efraín Agosto
8. 2 Corinthians: An Egalitarian Ideology for the Latinx Church
Aída Besançon Spencer
9. Galatians: Good News for a People under Duress
Nancy Elizabeth Bedford
10. Ephesians: God’s New Humanity, Artisan of Justice and Shalom
Mariano Avila
11. Philippians: Empire and Price, Migrants and Discrimination – A Reading “From Below”
Néstor Oscar Míguez
12. Colossians: Paul’s Teaching and Its Implications for the Latinx Church
Awilda González
13. 1 Thessalonians: Latinx Imaginations a
