Revelation in the Vernacular

Jean-Pierre Ruiz teaches on the faculty of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University in New York, where he is also a senior research fellow of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society. He is a noted Nuyorican biblical scholar and theologian, and his publications include the Catholic Press Association Award–winning book Readings from the Edges: The Bible and People on the Move. A past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the U.S. (ACHTUS), he received their Virgilio Elizondo Award for distinguished achievement in theology. During the Obama administration, Ruiz served as a member of the U.S. Department of State's Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy. Ruiz's research interests include the Apocalypse of John, the place of the Bible in the colonization of the Americas, the Bible and migration, and interreligious dialogue (especially Jewish- Christian dialogue).

• Preface to the Series ixCarmen M. Nanko-Fernández, Gary Riebe-Estrella, Miguel H. DíazAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction: Revelation a Long Way from Patmos xviiCharting This Book1. Plura Fecit Deus: Colonial Encuentros on Mona Island 1Encuentros in Cave Eighteen 8Media and Message 272. Verbum Caro Factum Est: The Vernacular and the Incarnation 31Fray Luis and the Americas 37What Fray Luis Read about the Americas 37What Fray Luis Wrote about the Americas 48Convergences: Fray Luis on the Vernacular and the Incarnation 61In Defense of the Vernacular 61The Impact of the Incarnation 733. From the Amazon to the Tiber: Words Incarnate in the World 77Dios Te Perdone 78Contrition and Confession 85Seeds of the Word in Amazonia 94Seeds of the Word: Amazonian Synod 2019 1004. "Seeds of the Word": A Latin American Cartography 107CELAM and the "Seeds of the Word" 107Aparecida 2007 107Santo Domingo 1992 110Puebla 1979 116Medellín 1968 120Seeds of the Word: The Second Vatican Council 126Justin Martyr and Seeds of the Word 136Growing the Seeds: Amplifying Justin 142Querida Amazonia: Dreaming in the Vernacular 146Conclusion: Revelation, a Return to Amona 153Index 159