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Latina/o Social Ethics
Miguel A. De La Torre
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Description for Latina/o Social Ethics
Paperback. Explaining why Eurocentric ethical paradigms are inadequate in their attempts to liberate oppressed communities, this title looks at three major ethicists of the twentieth century - Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Stanley Hauerwas - and how ethics is presented in US culture wars, from the Religious Right to the Religious Left. Series: New Perspectives on Latina/o Religion. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 225 x 16. Weight in Grams: 266.
A groundbreaking corrective work, Latina/o Social Ethics strives to create a liberative ethical approach to the Hispanic experience by using its own tools and materials. First explaining why Eurocentric ethical paradigms are inadequate in their attempts to liberate oppressed communities, Miguel De La Torre looks with Hispanic eyes at three major ethicists of the twentieth century--Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Stanley Hauerwas--and how ethics is presented in U.S. culture wars, from the Religious Right to the Religious Left. He deconstructs these ethical paradigms and demonstrates why all are detrimental to and irreconcilable with the Hispanic social location.
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A groundbreaking corrective work, Latina/o Social Ethics strives to create a liberative ethical approach to the Hispanic experience by using its own tools and materials. First explaining why Eurocentric ethical paradigms are inadequate in their attempts to liberate oppressed communities, Miguel De La Torre looks with Hispanic eyes at three major ethicists of the twentieth century--Walter Rauschenbusch, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Stanley Hauerwas--and how ethics is presented in U.S. culture wars, from the Religious Right to the Religious Left. He deconstructs these ethical paradigms and demonstrates why all are detrimental to and irreconcilable with the Hispanic social location.
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Latina/o Religion
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602582941
SKU
V9781602582941
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About Miguel A. De La Torre
Miguel A. De La Torre is Professor of Social Ethics at Iliff School of Theology. His previous books include The Hope for Liberation in World Religions and Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins . He lives in the great Denver, Colorado area.
Reviews for Latina/o Social Ethics
An unprecedented interpretation of Fell as a theological thinker. Sally Bruyneel highlights both Fell's departures from Protestant and Reformed theology.
Thomas D. Hamm, Professor and Archivist, Earlham College Academics unfamiliar with some of the concepts and methodologies of Latina/o theologians will find this short introduction a useful starting point. This provocative book would also be a welcome addition to ... Read more
Thomas D. Hamm, Professor and Archivist, Earlham College Academics unfamiliar with some of the concepts and methodologies of Latina/o theologians will find this short introduction a useful starting point. This provocative book would also be a welcome addition to ... Read more