I’m a Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic Child of Elegguá – Deal with It. By MIGUEL DE LA TORRE

Miguel A. de la Torre
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 04:00:04 +0000
Religion, Afro Cuba, Cuban America, religion

Latino/a religious scholars speak often of hybridity to describe the mestizaje, the mixture of our cultures, our identities, our different social locations, and yet, the hybridity of our spirituality remains taboo. Hispanic liberationists argue for orthopraxis trumping orthodoxy; however, whichever clique one runs with enforces acceptance or rejection of other Latino/as based on doctrines professed. Ironically, while the Hispanic …