Narco-culture : a visual soundtrack for a theological approach to the Mexican drug war

Narco-culture : a visual soundtrack for a theological approach to the Mexican drug war /

Abstract. Amidst severe tensions and divisions caused by the current drug war in México, theology can promote reconciliation and Christian endurance. The visual arts offer a hermeneutical gateway to enter the Mexican drug-dealing culture. This interpretive gaze becomes the basis for a theological li...

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Main Author: Valenzuela, Jorge Arturo Ochoa
Corporate Author: Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.
Subjects:
Catholic Church. > Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano. > Que en Cristo nuestra paz México tenga vida digna : exhortación pastoral del Episcopado Mexicano sobre la misión de la Iglesia en la construcción de la paz, para la vida digna del pueblo de México.
Catholic Church. > Consejo Episcopal Latino-Americano. > Departmento de Pastoral Social. > Narcotrafico, un reto para la pastoral.
Catholic Church. > Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano.
Catholic Church.
2000-2099
Church and social problems > Mexico > Catholic Church.
Reconciliation > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Peace > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Violence > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Drug abuse > Mexico > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Drug traffic > Mexico.
Drug dealers > Mexico.
Drug abuse > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Violence > Mexico.
Violent crime > Mexico.
Violence in art.
Art, Modern > 21st century.
Christian art and symbolism > Mexico.
Corridos > Mexico.
Popular music > Mexico.
Music > Social aspects > Mexico.
Popular culture > Mexico.
Cartels > Mexico.
Organized crime > Mexico.
Gangs > Mexico.
Hermeneutics > Religious aspects > Catholic Church.
Church and social problems.
Reconciliation.
Peace.
Violence.
Drug traffic.
Drug abuse.
Drug dealers.
Christian art and symbolism.
Art, Modern.
Corridos.
Popular music.
Music > Social aspects.
Music.
Popular culture.
Cartels.
Organized crime.
Gangs.
Social conditions.
Hermeneutics.
Church and social problems > Catholic Church.
Mexico > Social conditions.
Mexico.
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Summary:Abstract. Amidst severe tensions and divisions caused by the current drug war in México, theology can promote reconciliation and Christian endurance. The visual arts offer a hermeneutical gateway to enter the Mexican drug-dealing culture. This interpretive gaze becomes the basis for a theological listening to the prophetic voice of God through the songs of the narco-culture, calling to conversion and compassion. But to respond properly to this call, it is Christian spirituality that offers a sensory scope to contemplate and to relate to Christ in the objects that represent the apparent absence of God during the war. Material/sensory culture goes far beyond the spoken word, opening up the means for a safe, empathetic, and contemplative theological approach. Through this theological approach, the so-called offenders can appear as human beings with a story of horror and terror to tell, a theological locus where God's voice calls us to conversion, and the setting for an alternative use of the spiritual senses when darkness comes.
Physical Description:v, 111 leaves : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 106-110).

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