{"product_id":"religion-in-the-amzsricas-trans-hemispheric-and-transcultural-approaches-9780826367778","title":"Religion in the Américas: Trans-Hemispheric and Transcultural Approaches","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligion in the Américas\u003c\/em\u003e explores the fluid, dynamic, and complex nature of religion across Latin America and its diasporic communities in the United States. Utilizing a transdisciplinary and trans-hemispheric lens, this groundbreaking anthology transcends traditional scholarly boundaries--geographical, disciplinary, and temporal--as it explores ideas and cultural practices that share a common history of Iberian colonialism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis robust collection of essays forges a dialogue among scholars throughout the Americas who represent a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The book is divided into five sections: \"Fluidity in the Afro-Latine Diaspora,\" \"Aesthetics in Las Américas,\" \"Critical Feminist Epistemologies and Activism,\" \"The Limits of Institutional Religion,\" and \"Spiritual Invasions and Contagions.\" Throughout the volume, the concept of \"experience\" serves as a foundational lens, as chapters examine how individuals and communities actively interpret and negotiate their realities within diverse historical and social contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFocusing on religion as a culturally conditioned epistemic practice, \u003cem\u003eReligion in the Américas\u003c\/em\u003e invites readers to engage with religion in the Americas on multiple, intersecting levels of knowledge, including local insights, scholarly analyses, and the positionality and queries of readers themselves. The book's dialogical approach encourages not only continual reevaluation of the complexities of religious experience in the Americas but also creative innovation that will inspire new avenues of inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTirres, Christopher D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristopher D. Tirres\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Michael J. Buckley Endowed Chair at Santa Clara University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiberating Spiritualities: Reimagining Faith in the Américas \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics and Ethics of Faith: A Dialogue between Liberationist and Pragmatic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDelgado, Jessica L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJessica L. Delgado\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies and history at Ohio State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLaywomen and the Making of Colonial Catholicism in New Spain, 1630-1790\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Unm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552722682130,"sku":"9780826367778","price":93.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a824ce63-f529-4507-8d70-3116ee45321f.jpg?v=1754900877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-in-the-amzsricas-trans-hemispheric-and-transcultural-approaches-9780826367778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}