Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise

by Virgilio Elizondo

Book Overview

This groundbreaking work in Hispanic theology relates the story of the Galilean Jesus to the story of a new mestizo people.

Galilean Journey marks the arrival of a new era of Hispanic/Latino theology in the United States, Virgilio Elizondo described the "Galilee principle" that is, "What human beings reject, God chooses as his very own." This principle is well understood by Mexican-Americans, for whom mestizaje--the mingling of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570753105
• ISBN13: 9781570753107
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Orbis Books
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Essential for all Hispanic Christians...

Whether you are Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, etc....if you consider yourself of Mexican origin you must read this book! This book will impact the way you appreciate your culture and also expand your understanding of Jesus the Galilee in a deeper more significant way.

Thought provoking book

This book changed my view on how the experiences of Chicanos were represented by showing a parallel between Galilean Jews and Chicanos. It is refreshening and liberating. A well read book, and not too heavy on writing style. Easy to read and comprehend on what the author's trying to describe.

Galilean Journey, understanding of differences

Galilean Journey is one of the best books I have read in a very long time. I would have enjoyed it more had the language been in simpler terms, but it defined a culture very different from mine, in such a way, that I will view the world, never the same.

Story of hope for marginalized people

This book is a short, effective treatment of much forgotten aspect of the gospels--the liberative aspect. Fluid and knowledgable, Elizondo backs each point amply with gospel text and other research. While Elizondo focuses primarily on two marginalized groups, the Biblical Galileans and the Mexican-Americans of today, in no way are the ideas exclusive to the two. The liberative aspect of the gospel is easily applicable to all, since all humans are oppressed by sin. Elizondo's prose is light and comprehensible, which is uncharacteristic of many books of theology. The book shouldn't take one long to read, and it is worth the small amount of time spent reading it.