Our encounter with death

  • Héctor Laporta
Keywords: death, theology and culture, decolonial thought, Day of the Dead

Abstract

The global collective experience of the Pandemic has confronted us with the meaning of life, tragedy and death. What can we say from Theology? In this Essay we analyze funeral ideas and rituals about death in pre-Hispanic societies, during the Colony and today, with the celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico. We approach this work from a decolonial perspective, attempting to challenge our theological epistemologies.

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Author Biography

Héctor Laporta
Doctor en Teología en Union Theological Seminary de Nueva York; Máster en Antropología en la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO). Profesor de Teología en el Seminario Báez Camargo (México) y Vicerrector académico de la Comunidad Teológica de México. Contacto: hlaporta8@gmail.com
Published
2021-12-14
How to Cite
Laporta, Héctor. “Our Encounter With Death”. Vida y Pensamiento 41, no. 2 (December 14, 2021): 37-53. Accessed July 3, 2024. https://revistas.ubl.ac.cr/index.php/vyp/article/view/264.