Faith Formation and Popular Religion: Lessons from the Tejano Experience: A Tejana Approach (Celebrating Faith: Explorations in Latino Spirituality and Theology) - Softcover

Anita De Luna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742513483 ISBN 13: 9780742513488

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2002

Synopsis

This book 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 sixteenth through the twentieth centuries. She goes on to examine the relationship between theology of beauty, catechesis, and spirituality establishing that the three disciplines were integral to faith formation in the early church, but were separated through the centuries. An in-depth analysis of six selected catechisms reveals that popular religion as a combination of faith and culture was evident at the beginning of Hispanic Catholicism in the sixteenth century. The investigation notes the gradual elimination and eventual replacement of the cultural aspects in the catechetical texts in the nineteenth century. The author concludes that the reunification of the cultural spiritual symbols with the presentation of doctrine could revitalize catechesis and bring Christian evangelization to a renewed effectiveness.

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About the Author

Anita de Luna, MCDP, is assistant professor of religious studies and director of the Women's Center at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio. She is adjunct faculty for Seattle University and the Mexican American Cultural Center in San Antonio, Texas, and a national and international lecturer and catechist.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742513483
• ISBN 13: 9780742513488
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240