Call of God, The
Women Doing Theology in Peru
Publication Year: 2003
Published by: State University of New York Press
Cover
Title Page, Copyright Page
Contents
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pp. v-vi
Preface
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pp. vii-ix
In 1997 I arrived in Peru on an all-night flight from California. By six o’clock that morning, I was at one of the Jesuit residences in Lima, tired, trying to think in Spanish, and ready for some sleep. My Peruvian friend, Lucho Herrera, S.J., introduced me to a woman who was in the lobby of the residence. ...
Chapter 1. Introduction
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pp. 1-10
This book aims to illuminate the words and deeds, the reflections, and the faith of a group of women who live and work in El Agustino, one of the poorest barrios (neighborhoods) of Lima, Peru. Such barrios were created by a massive influx of people into Lima from the 1960s to the present as Peruvians sought relief ...
Chapter 2. The Context
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pp. 11-42
El Agustino is built upon the traditions of the barrio, the city, the country, and the foreign cultures brought to, and assimilated into, Peruvian culture. We must understand this past and look for the theological and systemic links that have been carried forward. A historical perspective affords the opportunity to understand ...
Chapter 3. The Women of El Agustino
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pp. 43-78
In their lives, work, words, and faith, the women of El Agustino reveal the dialectic between God’s salvific covenant and the necessity of human effort to work toward this promise. There exists no sense of merely waiting patiently for God to improve miraculously (or otherwise) their human state of affairs. ...
Chapter 4. The Theology
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pp. 79-124
We have examined the way in which the women of Servicios Educativos El Agustino (Educational Services El Agustino or SEA) exist in a constantly changing, challenging, and pluralistic environment. Crucial to our understanding of their theology is that it, too, is evolving in the same diverse climate. ...
Chapter 5. The Path Ahead
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pp. 125-138
Fifty years ago, El Agustino hardly existed. Today it is a community of over 152,000 people. This pueblo joven (young town), like so many throughout the city of Lima and throughout the country of Peru, has been the site of a sociological phenomenon as multiple cultures, languages, and religious traditions unite to form community. ...
Appendix
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pp. 139-142
Notes
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pp. 143-164
Glossary of Spanish Words and Terms
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pp. 165-168
Bibliography
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pp. 169-176
Index
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pp. 177-184
E-ISBN-13: 9780791486566
Print-ISBN-13: 9780791457894
Print-ISBN-10: 0791457893
Page Count: 194
Publication Year: 2003
