Made in the Margins

Latina/o Constructions of US Religious History

by Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez

Published by: Baylor University Press

Series: New Perspectives on Latina/o Religion

Imprint: Baylor University Press

Sales Date: 2013-02-28

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Though the writing of US religious history has become increasingly open to new voices, Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez argues that those voices have yet to challenge effectively the dominant Eurocentric historical perspective. In this first Latina/o American religious historiography, Martínez-Vázquez critiques the traditional narrative not for what it says, but for what it does not say. Made in the Margins considers the ways in which traditional historiography has favored a specific understanding of US religious history and offers a new method of constructing Latina/o histories as "subaltern." And, in so doing, Made in the Margins ably begins the necessary conversation about truly doing history from within previously marginalized communities and disciplines.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Historiography?

A Look at U.S. Religious Historiography

1. The Canon of U.S. Religious History

2. New Themes, Old Silences

A Look at Latina/o Religious Historiography

3. Catholic Histories

4. Protestant Histories

Theories and Methodologies from a Postcolonizing Perspective

5. The Postcolonizing Project

6. Lived Religion

7. Feminist History

Conclusion: Theorizing and Conocimiento

Selected Bibliography

Index

Hjamil A. Martínez-Vázquez is an independent scholar serving as Online Instructor for institutions such as Azusa Pacific Online University and the University of Phoenix.

Martínez-Vázquez addresses big issues that no analyst of Latino/a religious history or North American religion can afford to ignore.
~Timothy Matovina, University of Notre Dame

Martínez-Vázquez successfully proposes a thorough decolonizing approach to Latina/o religious history--one that dares to acknowledge, deconstruct, and overcome the colonial gaze that all too often surreptitiously undergirds even most of our own liberatory efforts to know otherwise. Made in the Margins is a must-read for any and all interested in how to re-conceive Latina/o religious history in the United States.
~Otto Maduro, President, American Academy of Religion and Professor of World Christianity, Drew University Theological School

Made in the Margins is an important challenge to traditional histories and stands as a worthy addition to the field of U.S. religious history. Martínez-Vázquez provides a significant methodological synthesis that can benefit those interested in Latina/o religious history to identify, resist, and counteract the normativity imposed by dominant discourses.
~João Chaves, Perspectivas