En la lucha = In the struggle : a Hispanic women's liberation theology /

In the 1970s, feminist theology emerged, with its focal point the liberation of women from all forms of human oppression. Elizabeth Johnson's She Who (CH, Feb'93) is the finest yet written on this subject. In the 1980s womanist theology came on the scene, with a different focus on black women's experience and its tridimensional oppression: racism, sexism, and classism. Katie Cannon's Black Womanist Ethics, 1988, is the best model for black feminist theological discourse. And now we have "mujerista theology," featuring "a Hispanic woman who struggles to liberate herself not as an individual but as a member of a Hispanic community." Ada Mar'ia Isaac-D'iaz is the leading exponent, co-authoring her earlier Hispanic Women: Prophetic Voice in the Church, 1988. The liberation themes are all there--"the moral agency of Hispanic women," a preferential option for the poor and oppressed, base Christian and Hispanic communities, liberative praxis, conscientization, and the like--with some catchy phrases thrown in. This is a solid and well-written book. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty. D. W. Ferm; Colby College