Revelation in the Vernacular / / Jean-Pierre Ruiz.

• VerfasserIn: Ruiz, Jean-Pierre,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2023]; 2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)

Association of Catholic Publishers 2022 Excellence in Publishing Awards: First Place, TheologyCatholic Media Association, Honorable Mention in Theology: Morality, Ethics, Christology, Mariology, and RedemptionUnveiling divine mysteries across continents and centuries.Revelation in the Vernacular retrieves a hermeneutics of the vernacular that is rooted en lo cotidi­ano, in everyday life and experience. Traversing time and geography, Ruiz remaps a theology of revelation done latinamente, beginning with sixteenth-century encounters of Spanish colonizers with Indigenous peoples in the Caribbean. Drawing on the theology of the Incarnation articulated by Fray Luis de León (1527-91), he offers rich resources for interreligious engagement by believers in today's religiously diverse world. Through an analysis of the documents of the 2019 Amazonian Synod, including Querida Amazonia, the Postsynodal Exhortation by Pope Francis, he explores a culture of encounter and dialogue that has been a hallmark of this pontificate. From the inscriptions in the caves of la Isla de Mona through the writings of the Latin American Bishops (CELAM), this book establishes a solid basis on which to discern the "Seeds of the Word" in our times.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Series -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Revelation a Long Way from Patmos -- CHAPTER 1 Plura Fecit Deus: Colonial Encuentros on the Island of Mona -- CHAPTER 2 Verbum Caro Factum Est: The Vernacular and the Incarnation -- CHAPTER 3 From the Amazon to the Tiber: Words Incarnate in the World -- CHAPTER 4 "Seeds of the Word" A Latin American Cartography -- Conclusion: Revelation, a Return to Amona -- Index