Decolonial Horizons Reimagining Theology, Ecumenism and Sacramental Praxis

This is the first of two volumes of essays from the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network's 14th International Conference focused on decolonizing churches and theology, addressing oppressions based on gender, racial, and ethnic identities; economic inequality; social vulnerabilities; climate change and global challenges such as pandemics, neoliberalism, and the role of information technology in modern society, all connected with the topic of decolonization.

Part I Migration, Diaspora and Decolonization.

2 Coloniality, Diaspora, and Decolonial Resistance.

4 Decolonizing Among Filipin@ Migrant-Settlers.

Part II Decolonizing Dialogue.

5 “A World in Which Many Worlds Fit”: Ecumenism and Pluriversal Ontologies.

6 Colonization, Proselytism and Conversion: Can Interfaith Dialogue Be the Answer? Pope Francis’ Contribution.

7 Decolonial Options for World Christianity: Thinking and Acting with Santa Teresa Urrea and Prophet Garrick Sokari Braide.

Part III Decolonizing History and Theological Education.

8 Decolonizing the Reformation: Centering Ethiopian Christianity, Decentering the Eurocentric Narrative.

9 Race, Theology, and the Church: A Transatlantic Conversation, and a Model for a Church in Productive Tension.

10 Nuevo Mundo Theology as a Latinx Decolonial Response to the Global Crisis in Theological Education.

Part IV Worship, Rite and Sacrament as Decolonial Events.

12 Toward Decolonizing Penitential Rites: A Diasporic and Ecumenical Exploration of Worship on (Still) Colonized Land.

13 Decolonizing Churches and the Right to the Sacrament.

Raimundo C. Barreto is an associate professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA. His most recent publications include Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics and the Poor in Brazil (2023) and the co-edited volume Alterity and the Evasion of Justice in World Christianity (2023).