Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration

This book examines the conjunction between migration and biblical texts with a focus on Latinx histories and experiences. Essays reflect upon Latinxs, the Bible, and migration in different ways: some consider how the Bible is used in the midst of, or in response to, Latinx experiences and histories...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Agosto, Efraín, editor (editor), Hidalgo, Jacqueline M, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2018.
Colección:The Bible and Cultural Studies.
Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38020269*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: Reading the Bible and Latinx Migrations/the Bible as Text(s) of Migration
  • 2. The Bible as Homing Device Among Cubans at Claremont's Calvary Chapel
  • 3. Gendering (Im)migration in the Pentateuch's Legal Codes: A Reading from a Latina Perspective
  • 4. Channeling the Biblical Exile as an Art Task for Central American Refugee Children on the Texas-Mexico Border
  • 5. zOut of Egypt I Called My Sony: Migration as a Male Activity in the New Testament Gospels
  • 6. The Flight to Egypt: Toward a Protestant Mariology in Migration
  • 7. Whence Migration? Babel, Pentecost, and Biblical Imagination
  • 8. Islands, Borders and Migration: Reading Paul in Light of the Crisis in Puerto Rico
  • 9. Border Crossing into the Promised Land: The Eschatological Migration of God's People in Revelation 2:1-3:22
  • 10. Reading (Our)Selves in Migration: A Response.