The Latino Christ in Art, Literature, and Liberation Theology

Published by UNM Press
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About the Book

This exploration of Iberian, Latin American, and US-Hispanic representations of Christ focuses on outliers in art, literature, and theology: Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, Mexican muralist José Clemente Orozco, Argentine writer Jorge Borges, Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno, Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, and Mexican philosopher José Vasconcelos.

About the Author

Michael R. Candelaria is a principal lecturer in the Religious Studies Program and the Department of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of The Revolt of Unreason: Miguel de Unamuno and Antonio Caso on the Crisis of Modernity and Popular Religion and Liberation: The Dilemma of Liberation Theology.

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Product Details

  • Publisher: UNM Press (April 15, 2018)
  • Length: 248 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826358790

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The book provides an important introduction to Hispanic/Latina/o perspectives on Christ.--Abel Rios, Western Historical Quarterly

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As a whole the book remains a welcome contribution to the cultural studies of transatlantic visual arts and literary texts with an emphasis on aesthetic and theological discourse.--The Americas

In this excellent book the author skillfully locates liberation theology within the larger context of Latin culture, and he does so masterfully.--Harvey Cox, author of The Market as God

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