Re-Membering the Reign of God

Elizabeth O&#039;Donnell Gandolfo; Laurel Marshall Potter

doi:10.5771/9781793618962

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What does it mean for an historically colonial church to become the “church of the poor” in a world marked by pervasive and persistent coloniality? Re-membering the Reign of God addresses this question through historical and theological reflection on the decolonial evolution of El Salvador’s ecclesial base communities (CEBs) in their own particular context of coloniality and prophetic hope. The CEBs’ witness represents a rich locus for decolonizing theology and challenging the whole church to join the church of the poor in its prophetic praxis of decolonial solidarity.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-1895-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-1896-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 380
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. About the Cover Art No access
3. Contents No access
4. List of Abbreviations No access
1. Another World Is Possible: Coloniality and Decoloniality in the Twenty-First Century No access
2. Is An-Other Church Possible? Ecclesial Base Communities Decolonize the Church of the Poor No access
3. 1. Naming Our Own Positionality and Commitments No access
  2. Inspired by the Legacy of Latin American Liberation Theology No access
  3. Toward a Decolonizing Theological Method No access
  4. A Brief Word about Words No access
4. Roadmap of the Book No access
5. Con la hermandad y solidaridad de siempre No access
6. Notes No access
1. 1. Before the Conquest No access
  2. Invasion and Conquest No access
  3. Spanish Colonialism No access
  4. Indiodependence No access
  5. The Salvadoran Republic No access
  6. Imperialism and the Great Depression No access
  7. La Matanza of 1932 No access
  8. Between Massacre and Civil War No access
2. 1. Loving the Damned No access
  2. Exodus of the People of God No access
  3. A New Way for the Salvadoran Church of lxs Pobres No access
  4. In the Desert No access
3. 1. The Tepetitán Declaration No access
  2. Pedro Geoffroy Rivas Remembers No access
  3. Roque Dalton Remembers No access
4. The Librito of the Prophet Prudencia Ayala No access
5. The Librito of the Prophet Farabundo Martí No access
6. 1. Romero Walks with the Church of lxs Pobres No access
  2. Romero’s Homilies No access
  3. Resurrection in the People No access
7. 1. Prologue No access
  2. Zacamil No access
  3. From Zacamil to Other Neighborhoods No access
  4. Padre Octavio Ortíz No access
8. 1. Campesinos in Suchitoto No access
  2. Celebrants of the Word No access
  3. Rutilio in Aguilares No access
  4. Rutilio Grande, Martyr133 No access
9. 1. How the Ocote Caught Fire No access
  2. Sparks Everywhere No access
  3. Mass behind Enemy Lines No access
10. 1. Refugee CEBs No access
  2. Segundo Montes No access
  3. Cacaopera No access
  4. Bajo Lempa No access
  5. Pentecost No access
11. Letter from the Community “Pueblo de Dios en Camino” No access
12. Letter from the Community “Rutilio Grande” No access
13. 1. The Parish of San Bartolo No access
  2. A New Parish Administration No access
  3. The Reign of God No access
14. 1. The National Week of a Pastoral de Conjunto No access
  2. Rome’s Response No access
  3. Padre Tilo’s Prophecy No access
15. 1. Prologue No access
  2. The Stoning of Romero No access
  3. The Stoning of the Church of lxs Pobres No access
  4. The Beatification of Romero No access
  5. Epilogue No access
16. 1. The First Meetings with the Archbishop No access
  2. The Canonization of Monseñor Romero No access
17. The Librito of the Prophet Reina Greisi Leiva No access
18. The Librito of the Prophet Miguel Zepeda Santos No access
19. The Librito of the Prophet María Ángela Domínguez Pérez No access
20. The Librito of the Prophet José Adonay Pérez No access
21. 1. Wake Up, Humanity! No access
  2. The Murder of Berta Cáceres No access
  3. Guardian of the River No access
22. 1. Prologue No access
  2. Letters to Ellacu No access
  3. Drawing God No access
  4. Notes No access
1. 1. 1. The Centrality of the Reign of God in the CEBs No access
    2. The Reign of God, Coloniality, and Decoloniality No access
    3. The Reign of God in the Theology of the CEBs: A Decolonial Horizon No access
  2. Decoloniality and the Church of lxs pobres as Historical Sacrament of the Reign of God No access
  3. Notes No access
2. 1. 1. A Decolonial Method No access
    2. Historical Memory No access
  2. 1. The Decolonial Danger of Adult Faith for Catholic Ecclesiology No access
    2. The Coloniality of Tradition and Authority in Roman Catholic Ecclesiology No access
    3. The CEBs Decolonize Tradition and Authority No access
  3. Notes No access
3. 1. 1. Decolonial Narrative No access
    2. Decolonial Art and Artesanía No access
    3. Decolonial Song No access
    4. Decolonial Liturgy and Sacraments No access
  2. 1. The Coloniality of Priesthood in Roman Catholicism No access
    2. The CEBs Decolonize the Lay-Clergy Binary No access
    3. The Coloniality of Roman Catholic Sacramental Practice57 No access
    4. The CEBs Decolonize Liturgy and Sacrament No access
  3. Notes No access
4. 1. 1. From Colonial Control of Subjectivity to the Decoloniality of Collective Struggle No access
    2. From Colonial Control of Economics to a Decolonial Economics of Solidarity No access
    3. From Colonial Control of Authority to a Decolonial Politics of Justice and Peace No access
    4. From Control of Gender and Sexuality to the Decolonization of Gender Roles and Resistance to Sexual Violence No access
    5. From Colonial Control of Nature toward a New Heaven and a New Earth No access
  2. 1. The Coloniality of Power in Ecclesial Governing Authority No access
    2. The Decoloniality of Power in the CEBs’ Praxis of Ecclesial Organización No access
  3. Notes No access
5. 1. 1. Pope Francis and Solidarity with the Church of the Poor No access
    2. North American Christian Solidarity with Latin America No access
  2. 1. Unsettling Solidarity No access
    2. To Be Known No access
    3. To Be Created No access
    4. To Be Organized No access
    5. A Concrete Example No access
  3. Cultivating Decolonial Solidarity: Vulnerability and the Grace of Resilience for the Work of Resistance No access
  4. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 359 - 372
Index No access Pages 373 - 378
About the Authors No access Pages 379 - 380