Galilean Journey
Author | : Virgilio P. Elizondo |
Publisher | : Orbis Books |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2000-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781570753107 |
ISBN-13 | : 1570753105 |
Rating | : 4/5 (105 Downloads) |
Download or read book Galilean Journey written by Virgilio P. Elizondo and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking work in Hispanic theology, relates the story of the Galilean Jesus to the story of a new mestizo people. In this work, which marked the arrival of a new era of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States, Virgilio Elizondo described the "Galilee principle": "What human beings reject, God chooses as his very own". This principle is well understood by Mexican-Americans, for whom mestizaje -- the mingling of ethnicity, race, and culture -- is a distinctive feature of their identity. In the person of Jesus, whose marginalized Galilean identity also marked him as a mestizo, the Mexican-American struggle for identity and new life becomes luminous.