Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Jurez:

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“This gripping and heartbreaking analysis of the deaths of countless girls and women in a Mexican border city spawns a hermeneutic of social suffering that begins with the particular situation and then asks the universal theodicy question: What is salvation in the face of such evil? Salvation from feminicide requires a renewed community, a community that stands in solidarity with women. Nancy Pineda-Madrid reminds us that the radical message of the Christian gospel remains vital.” TE D PE TERS Professor of Systematic Theology, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union “Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez should be found on the reading lists of all courses in theology and ethics. I highly recommend it.” ELISABE TH SCHÜSSLER FIORENZA Krister Stendahl Professor of Scripture and Interpretation, Harvard Divinity School NANCY PINE DA-MADRID is Assistant Professor of Theology at Boston College. Her many prior publications have focused on Latina theology, popular religious practices, soteriology, and practical theology. “In Suffering and Salvation in Ciudad Juárez, Nancy Pineda-Madrid goes beyond the prevailing theories of the atonement to develop the long-neglected dimension of social salvation. In this work of theological rigor, theoretical sophistication, and deep empathy, she argues that salvation is necessarily linked to active resistance against evil and to active solidarity for justice and good. Pineda-Madrid’s constructive soteriology is a bold step forward in Latina/Latino theology in the service of all God’s creation.” M. SHAWN COPEL AND Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston College RELIGION / THEOLOGY SUFFERING + SALVATION SU F F ERING + S A LVATI ON IN CIUDA D JUÁREZ IN CIUDAD JUÁREZ N A N C Y P I N E D A - M A D R I D P I N E D A M A D R I D Suffering_Salvation_TP_MECH.indd 1 5/3/11 11:18 AM ...