El Cuerpo De Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U. S. Catholic Church

by Peter J. Casarella

Interdisciplinary studies by leading Hispanic scholars investigate the religious, cultural, and artistic dimensions of Hispanic/Latino Catholicism in the United States, revealing the promise it holds for the Church of the next millennium. Uncovering the riches of Hispanic/Latino Catholicism, the essays in this volume explore its roots in the Spanish colonial and Amerindian traditions of Latin America as well as the cultural and religious breadth of contemporary Latino faith.

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Peter J. Casarella, Ph.D. (Religious Studies, Yale University, 1992; M.A., Yale University, 1986; B.A., Religious Studies, Yale College, 1985) is Professor of Theology, specializing in systematic theology, world religions, world church at Duke Divinity School. Previously, he was associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame (2013–2020) and served as director of the Latin American North American Church Concerns (LANACC) project in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, and served as professor of Catholic Studies at DePaul University (2007–2013), where he was also the founding director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology.