Wading Through Many Voices
Toward a Theology of Public Conversation
Contributions by Victor Anderson, Nancy Bedford, Maria Teresa Davila, Gaston Espinosa, Eleazar S. Fernandez, Michelle A. Gonzalez, Luis Leon, Lara Medina, Andrew Sung Park author of From Hurt to He, Harold J. Recinos Southern Methodist Univer, Marcia Y. Riggs, David Sanchez, Mark Lewis Taylor author of The Theological and the Political: On the Weight of the World, Tink Tinker Iliff School of Theology, Jace Weaver Edited by Harold Recinos
Publication date:
16 April 2011Length of book:
392 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
239x164mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781442205833
Wading through Many Voices brings together the voices of Latino/a, African American, Asian American, Native American, and Euro-American scholars to produce a dialogue of public theology: how faith-communities, divided by race, class, ethnicity, and gender, can find a common ground for life together. The authors articulate a multiethnic perspective on public theology that counters the divisive identity politics of U.S. public life with systematic thinking that strengthens the commitment to critically transform social relations in light of a shared vision of public good.
The contributors develop a shared public theology that addresses social divisions while offering readers a broad vision to collaborate and struggle for an improved understanding of the common good for our pluralistic society. In light of emerging social issues, the contributors suggest that a fundamental respect for difference is a required first value for living together in a common social and political space.
The contributors develop a shared public theology that addresses social divisions while offering readers a broad vision to collaborate and struggle for an improved understanding of the common good for our pluralistic society. In light of emerging social issues, the contributors suggest that a fundamental respect for difference is a required first value for living together in a common social and political space.
Public theologians have something very important to say about and to culture. Unfortunately its voice, more often than not, has been co-opted by political manipulators. This is why Recinos’ book, as a corrective, is so important. Wading Through Many Voices moves beyond just one dominant theological voice by bringing into the discourse the often ignored voices residing within marginalized communities. This book effectively brings the voices on the periphery to the center of the public conversation.