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1 online resource (1 volume). |
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Moral traditions
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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A Political Theology of Guadalupe and Juan Diego -- Rawl's Liberal Imagination -- Nussbaum's Liberal Aesthetics -- Lifting Up the Lowly -- The Aesthetic Dimension of Solidarity. |
| Summary |
"Latinx Catholics have used Our Lady of Guadalupe as a symbol in democratic campaigns ranging from the United Farm Workers movement to the Chicano movement to the movement for just immigration reform. In diverse ways, these groups use Guadalupe's symbol and narrative to make claims about justice in society's basic structures (law, policy, institutions, for example) while seeking to generate greater participation and representation in US democracy. Yet, Guadalupe is illegible within a liberal political framework that seeks to protect society's basic structures from religious encroachment by relegating religious speech, practices, and symbols to the realm of the background culture. In response to this problem, religious ethicists have argued for expansions of the liberal framework that would make religious language, arguments, and practices communities legible within a pluralistic society without capitulating to anti-democratic modes of governance that undermine pluralism. What remains unexplored is the way that the aesthetic dimensions of particular religious traditions can be engaged toward cultivating a more participatory democracy that invites substantive contributions to society's common life from religious people and communities. Instead, in conversation with political liberalism, Latinx theological aesthetics, and Catholic social thought, The Aesthetics of Solidarity examines the use of particular religious symbols to make democratic claims and generate greater participation and presence in the life of US democracy. After evaluating liberalism's capacity for constructive engagement with religion toward strengthening democratic participation, the project employs Latinx theological aesthetics and Catholic social thought to offer a constructive framework for interpreting religious symbols in the context of a religiously pluralistic and participatory democratic life"-- Provided by publisher. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political theology -- United States.
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Christian sociology -- Catholic Church.
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Guadalupe, Our Lady of.
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Solidarity -- Religious aspects.
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Solidarity -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government.
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Hispanic Americans -- Religion.
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Religion and politics -- United States.
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Solidarity -- Religious aspects |
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Solidarity -- Political aspects |
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Religion and politics |
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Political theology |
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Hispanic Americans -- Religion |
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Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government |
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Guadalupe, Our Lady of |
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Christian sociology -- Catholic Church |
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq |
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Project Muse. distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781647120924 (electronic bk.) |
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1647120926 (electronic bk.) |
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9781647120900 |
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164712090X |
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9781647120917 |
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1647120918 |
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