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DECOLONIZING EPISTEMOLOGIES TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEOLOGICAL COLLOQUIA Theologyhashoveredfortwomillenniabetweenscripturalmetaphorand philosophicalthinking;ittakesfleshinitssymbolic,communal,andethi- calpractices.Withthegiftofthishistoryandinthespiritofitsunrealized potential,theTransdisciplinaryTheologicalColloquiaintensifymovement betweenandbeyondthefieldsofreligion.Amultivocaldiscourseoftheol- ogytakesplaceintheinterstices,atonceself-deconstructiveinitspluralism andconstructiveinitsaffirmations. HostedannuallybyDrewUniversity’sTheologicalSchool,thecolloquia provideamatrixforsuchconversations,whileFordhamUniversityPress servesasthemidwifefortheirpublication.Committedtotheslowtrans- formation of religio-cultural symbolism, the colloquia continue Drew’s longhistoryofengaginghistorical,biblical,andphilosophicalhermeneu- tics,practicesofsocialjustice,andexperimentsintheopoetics. STEERING COMMITTEE CatherineKeller,Director VirginiaBurrus StephenD.Moore D E C O L O N I Z I N G E P I S T E M O L O G I E S Latina/o Theology and Philosophy E D I T E D B Y A D A M A R´I A I S A S I - D´I A Z A N D E D U A R D O M E N D I E TA fordham university press (cid:2) new york (cid:2) 2012 Copyright(cid:2)2012FordhamUniversityPress Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublication maybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem, ortransmittedinanyformorbyany means—electronic,mechanical,photocopy, recording,oranyother—exceptforbrief quotationsinprintedreviews,withouttheprior permissionofthepublisher. FordhamUniversityPresshasnoresponsibility forthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsfor externalorthird-partyInternetwebsites referredtointhispublicationanddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis, orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. FordhamUniversityPressalsopublishesits booksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Some contentthatappearsinprintmaynotbe availableinelectronicbooks. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Decolonizingepistemologies:Latina/o theologyandphilosophy/editedbyAdaMar´ıa Isasi-D´ıazandEduardoMendieta.—1sted. p. cm.—(Transdisciplinarytheological colloquia) Proceedingsofacolloquium,the8thinaseries ofcolloquia,heldin2008attheTheological SchoolofDrewUniversity. Includesbibliographicalreferences(p. )and index. ISBN978-0-8232-4135-4(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN 978-0-8232-4136-1(pbk.:alk.paper) 1.HispanicAmericantheology—Congresses. 2.Socialepistemology—UnitedStates— Congresses.I.Isasi-D´ıaz,AdaMar´ıa. II.Mendieta,Eduardo. BT83.575.D43 2012 230.089(cid:2)68073—dc23 2011028549 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 Firstedition To grassroots Latinas and Latinos in our communities whose voices are not heard, no matter how loud you speak. For not listening to you, we ask pardon. Do not give up on us, your sisters and brothers in the academy. Keep speaking your truth. CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction:FreeingSubjugatedKnowledge(cid:3) AdaMar´ıaIsasi-D´ıaz andEduardoMendieta 1 KNOWING REALITY DecolonizingWesternEpistemology/BuildingDecolonial Epistemologies(cid:3)WalterMignolo 19 MujeristaDiscourse:APlatformforLatinas’Subjugated Knowledge(cid:3)AdaMar´ıaIsasi-D´ıaz 44 MethodologicalNotestowardaDecolonialFeminism(cid:3) Mar´ıaLugones 68 An(other)InvitationtoEpistemologicalHumility:Notestoward aSelf-CriticalApproachtoCounter-Knowledges(cid:3)OttoMaduro 87 LATINA/O LOCUS HISTORICUS Anti-LatinoRacism(cid:3)LindaMart´ınAlcoff 107 TheActofRemembering:TheReconstructionofU.S.Latina/o IdentitiesbyU.S.Latina/oMuslims(cid:3)HjamilA.Mart´ınez-Va´zquez 127 IfItIsNotCatholic,IsItPopularCatholicism?EvilEye, Espiritismo,andSanter´ıa:Latina/oReligionwithinLatina/o Theology(cid:3)MichelleA.Gonza´lez 151 x (cid:3) contents ‘‘Racismisnotintellectual’’:InterracialFriendship,Multicultural Literature,andDecolonizingEpistemologies(cid:3)PaulaM.L.Moya 169 MAPPING LATINA/O FUTURES Epistemology,Ethics,andtheTime/SpaceofDecolonization: PerspectivesfromtheCaribbeanandtheLatina/oAmericas(cid:3) NelsonMaldonado-Torres 193 ThinkingBodies:TheSpiritofaLatinaIncarnational Imagination(cid:3)MayraRiveraRivera 207 DecolonizingReligion:PragmatismandLatina/oReligious Experience(cid:3)ChristopherTirres 226 TheEthicsof(Not)Knowing:TakeCareofEthicsand KnowledgeWillComeofItsOwnAccord(cid:3)EduardoMendieta 247 Notes 265 ListofContributors 311 Index 313

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