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In this forty-day devotional, Cuban American writer Kat Armas shows
us that reading the Bible with fresh eyes allows us to experience
God in new and liberating ways. Many Christians today are seeking
to disentangle biblical teaching from power structures that
marginalize women and people of color. There's a hunger for a new
kind of devotional that offers refreshing and relevant ways to
connect with God and the Bible--ways that challenge readers to seek
out a more liberated and embodied faith. Drawing from personal
narrative and Scripture, Armas highlights biblical passages that
point toward decolonized themes centered on creation, wisdom,
spirit, the body, and the feminine. Sacred Belonging helps us see
how Scripture directs us to live a liberated faith, where we belong
to God, the earth, and one another.
Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living &
Discipleship) Outreach 2022 Recommended Resource (Christian Living)
"[A] powerful debut. . . . This persuasive testament will appeal to
Christians interested in the lesser-known women of the
Bible."--Publishers Weekly "Armas expertly weaves her own
abuelita's history of personal faith and resistance into each
chapter and intersects it with biblical text, creating an
approachable work."--Library Journal What if some of our greatest
theologians wouldn't be considered theologians at all? Kat Armas, a
second-generation Cuban American, grew up on the outskirts of
Miami's famed Little Havana neighborhood. Her earliest theological
formation came from her grandmother, her abuelita, who fled Cuba
during the height of political unrest and raised three children
alone after her husband passed away. Combining personal
storytelling with biblical reflection, Armas shows us how voices on
the margins--those often dismissed, isolated, and oppressed because
of their gender, socioeconomic status, or lack of education--have
more to teach us about following God than we realize. Abuelita
Faith tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians in
society and in the Bible--mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and
daughters--whose survival, strength, resistance, and persistence
teach us the true power of faith and love. The author's exploration
of abuelita theology will help people of all cultural and ethnic
backgrounds reflect on the abuelitas in their lives and ministries
and on ways they can live out abuelita faith every day.
?Que pasaria si algunos de nuestros mas grandes teologos no fueran
considerados como tales, en absoluto? Kat Armas es una
cubanoamericana de segunda generacion que crecio en las cercanias
del famoso vecindario La Pequena Habana de Miami. Su temprana
formacion teologica provino de su abuela, que huyo de Cuba durante
el apogeo de los disturbios politicos y crio a sus tres hijos sola
tras la muerte de su esposo. Combinando la narracion personal con
la reflexion biblica, Armas nos muestra el modo en que las voces
marginadas --las que a menudo son rechazadas, aisladas y oprimidas
debido a su genero, estatus socioeconomico o falta de educacion--,
tienen mas que ensenarnos en cuanto a seguir a Dios que lo que nos
damos cuenta. Abuelita fe cuenta la historia de teologas anonimas e
ignoradas en la sociedad y en la Biblia --madres, abuelas, hermanas
e hijas-- cuya supervivencia, fuerza, resistencia y perseverancia
nos ensenan el verdadero poder de la fe y el amor. La exploracion
de la autora en cuanto a la teologia de abuelita ayudara a personas
de todos los origenes culturales y etnicos a reflexionar sobre las
abuelitas en sus vidas y sus ministerios, y sobre las formas en que
pueden vivir la fe de abuelita cada dia. Kat Armas (magister en
Divinidades y en Teologia del Seminario Teologico Fuller) es una
escritora y oradora cubanoamericana, que presenta el podcast The
Protagonistas, en el que destaca historias de mujeres de color
comunes y corrientes, incluidas escritoras, pastoras, lideresas de
iglesias y teologas. Ha escrito para Christianity Today,
Sojourners, Relevant, Christians for Biblical Equality, Fuller
Youth Institute, la revista Fathom y Missio Alliance. Armas tambien
trabaja en el proyecto Living a Better Story en el Fuller Youth
Institute y habla periodicamente en conferencias sobre asuntos
raciales y de justicia. Vive en Nashville, Tennessee.
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