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Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree Disciplines:
- Theology
Notes
- Abstract:
- The ministerial concern this thesis addresses is the lack of resources from and for Latinoa communities through which the Catholic Climate Covenant (CCC) and other Catholic organizations can promote the Care for Creation theme of Catholic social teaching when ministering with and to Hispanics. This ministerial concern is expressed in the following ministerial question: What are the constitutive elements of a U.S. Hispanic Latinoa theological cosmology that can contribute to the conscientization of those specific Catholic organizations like the Catholic Climate Covenant whose ministry is to embrace and promote the Care for creation theme of Catholic Social Teaching in the United States? The ministerial question raises a very specific theological issue within U.S. Hispanic theology, namely, theological cosmology in the context of a theological anthropology, wherein God is viewed as the Creator, and the cosmos and its creatures as creation. This thesis followed the method proposed in the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry in 1987. This plan employs the methodology of “See-Judge-Act” which was applied with three different groups of Hispanics in Southeast Florida. Each focus group reflected theologically on their conceptions about the two accounts of creation in the book of Genesis and verbalized their personal experiences with God’s creation. The overall outcome of this ministerial project is a workshop addressing a theological cosmology rooted in the richness of U.S. Latinoa experience, the Catholic Church, and Christian theological tradition. This workshop addresses the themes of connection with creation, human responsibility for creation, God’s creation as a gift, God’s creation as Fiesta, and Ecojustice as a response to a creation at risk. The hope is that the articulation of a theological cosmology grounded in the richness of the U.S. Latinoa experience, the Catholic Church, and Christian theological tradition will contribute to the conscientization of the CCC and other organizations who embrace and promote the Catholic social teaching theme of Care for Creation when ministering with and to Hispanics.
- Thesis:
- Thesis (D.Min.)--Barry University, 2017.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-146).
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Barry University
- Holding Location:
- Barry University Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- Copyright Nelson Araque. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder.
- Resource Identifier:
- BT695.5.A73 2017_AraqueNelson ( BU-Local )
- Classification:
- BT695.5.A73 2017 ( lcc )
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