Galilean journey
Subtitle: the Mexican-American promise
By: Virgilio Elizondo.
Edition: Rev. and expanded ed.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Catholic Church -- United States; Mexican American Catholics; United States -- Church history
Description: "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." "Galilean Journey includes a new autobiographical introduction, as well as a concluding chapter describing the subsequent development of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-144) and indexes.