Front Cover; Table of Contents vii; Preface and Acknowledgments ix; 1. Introduction 1; 2. Are We All Mestizos?: The Construction of Identity in Latino/a Theology 15; 3. Are Afro-Latins Black?: The Construction of Blackness in Black Theology 34; 4. Cuban/Cuban-American Identity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives 51; 5. La Caridad del Cobre: Mother and Author of the Cuban People 78; 6. Popular Religion as a Source for Understanding the Church 102; 7. Our Stories: Race in Theological Anthropology 121; 8. Conclusion 141; Notes 151; Bibliography 169; Index 183
Summary
Comparing Cuban American and African American religiosity, this book argues that Afro-Cuban religiosity and culture are central to understanding the Cuban and Cuban American condition. It interprets this saturation of the Afro-Cuban as transcending race and affecting Cubans and Cuban Americans in spite of their pigmentation or self-identification
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index
