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PENTECOST AT TEPEYAC? Pneumatologies from the People Orlando O. Espín This study of the cult of Guadalupe by a Latinx scholar finds that rather than an expression of Marian devotion it is instead a popular form of pneumatology, a devotion to the Holy Spirit through Mary. In Pentecost at Tepeyac? Orlando Espin develops a Latinx pneumatology, or theology of the Holy Spirit, by exploring the image and enduring popular devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He argues that all symbols are cultural creations, and furthermore, the Spirit being divine is beyond all cultures. Therefore, no one symbol--whether dove, flame, breath, or any other—can be the only symbol possible. The feminine too can culturally symbolize the divine. To experience and express their faith in God non-European cultures can and must culturally symbolize the divine, in their respective ways. By focusing on the empowering action of the Spirit among the indigent and marginalized majority of humankind and their cultures, Espín provides a clear and compelling vision of the Holy Spirit’s subversive, empowering role in human history, societies and cultures.

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Author:   Orlando Espin
Publisher:   Orbis Books (USA)
Imprint:   Orbis Books (USA)
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781626985605

ISBN 10:   162698560
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   21 February 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix 1 Challenges and Contexts of All Pneumatologies. . . . . . . 1 The First Important Issue in Pneumatology. . . . . . . . . . 1 The Contextualized Reality of All Doctrines About God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cultures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Interculturality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Time and Transience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lived Experience, Expressions, and Doctrine. . . . . . . . . 37 The Non-Innocence of All Pneumatological Expressions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 The Empowering Spirit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 2 Pentecost at Tepeyac? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of . . . Whom?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 What Do Catholics Believe Regarding the Holy Spirit?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 The People Who First “Saw” Guadalupe. . . . . . . . . . . . 82 In Forced Dialogue with the Iberians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Interculturated in “New Worlds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 So . . . Pentecost at Tepeyac? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 In Conclusion: Pneumatologies from the People. . . . . . . 125 Pneumatologies Cannot Downplay the Message of the Reign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Guadalupe and Popular Catholicism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Pneumatologies from the People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Orlando O. Espín is professor emeritus of systematic theology, University of San Diego, where he also served as director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism. A founder of the Academy of Hispanic Catholic Theologians of the U.S (ACTHUS) he is the winner of the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America. His many books include Idol & Grace, The Faith of the People, and Grace and Humanness (all Orbis).

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