Books in the Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology series

This volume uses political, religious and cultural history to examine catechesis. Sister de Luna establishes that "religiosidad popular", the core theme for Hispanic theology, is Christian and Catholic and traces its elements in Church catechisms of the 16th to the 20th centuries.

When Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492, there began a new way of the cross, traced for 500 years in the lives of the poor and oppressed peoples of the Americas. These short meditations on the stations reflect on the passion of Christ against the background of conquest.

The Christian mystery, celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgy, is a sensible mystery, and calls out for artistic expression. This work explores the Christian mystery and points to the need for a liturgical aesthetic as a means to encounter the divine mystery.

Profane & Sacred analyzes the role of religion in Latino-American literature, exploring questions of cultural and community identity, theology, and spiritual practices.

Presents homilies and meditations on Guadalupe from contributors renowned for their pastoral leadership and theological creativity. This volume is suitable for preachers, pastoral agents who serve with Hispanic communities, and all believers who seek authentic Christian faith more firmly rooted in the native soil of the Americas.

Offers an account of the Great Guadalupan Event and its historical and spiritual importance. As part of the series "Celebrating Faith Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology", this work explores the Guadalupan apparition narrative using historical documents and investigations.

Presents an insightful approach to the sacraments from the perspective and actual practice of Latinos over the centuries. This work offers a distinctive take on the belief and enculturation of the sacraments in the Latino experience and context. It is suitable for theology courses, as well as directors of ministerial programs and their students.

Best known as the leader of the farm workers' struggle and of the Latino civil rights movement, Chvez, like Ghandi and Dr Martin Luther King, was a religious figure whose faith and spirituality guided his public life. This book uses the leader's own words to bring attention to his faith and the way this faith shaped his leadership.

The Virgin Mary is said to have appeared on a hill in Guadalupe, Mexico in 1531. This book examines the impact of this vision on the rise of Catholicism and considers the Virgin of Guadalupe from a Lutheran perspective.

This text celebrates a number of Guadalupan sermons that serve as the fundamental source of the Mexican people's spiritual devotion and identity.

This is a powerful, first-hand account of a religious ministry that reaches out to console, heal, and build the lives of poor and desperate immigrants who come to the United States in search of a better life.