Abuelita Faith
What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength
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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.
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Armas, a Cuban-American theologian and host of The Protagonists podcast, urges readers to respect the faith and wisdom of women—especially immigrant and Indigenous women—in her powerful debut. She combines stories from the Bible "that convinced me that God had uniquely called me and empowered me to lead" with stories from her grandmother's life—she survived political upheaval in Cuba, lived in the U.S. during exile from her homeland, and raised a family as a widow—to create a distinctive view of Christian theology that pays close attention to the experiences of the marginalized. The faith Armas champions wrestles with a "story of displacement and belonging" between colonialist readings of Scripture and the marginalized voices of women who are "the heroines of someone else's story." Armas's passion for her community and family history shines throughout, and her biblical exegesis powerfully lifts up lesser known tales—such as the mysterious wise woman of Abel, and Rizpah, one of Saul's concubines, who responds to the death of her sons with silence. Armas makes a forceful argument that society's most downtrodden merit respect and attention. This persuasive testament will appeal to Christians interested in the lesser-known women of the Bible.
