Decoloniality and Liberating Hope at the Border The Case of El Faro Border Church in Friendship Park, California, USA

This paper is a practical theological inquiry into the liturgical practice and popular visual art used in the trans-border ecclesial community known as the El Faro Border Church situated on the U.S.-Mexico border in California, whereby participants imagine and perform a decolonial counter-narrative,...

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Main Author: Johnson, Susanne 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: International Academy of Practical Theology 2021
In: (De)coloniality and religious practices: liberating hope
Year: 2021, Pages: 105-112
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Summary:This paper is a practical theological inquiry into the liturgical practice and popular visual art used in the trans-border ecclesial community known as the El Faro Border Church situated on the U.S.-Mexico border in California, whereby participants imagine and perform a decolonial counter-narrative, and resist false claims of the ‘imagined community’ known as the territorial nation-state, especially as imposed by life-diminishing border policies.
Contains:Enthalten in: (De)coloniality and religious practices: liberating hope
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25785/iapt.cs.v2i0.208