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The Spanish Conquest Of New Worlds In 1492 Summary

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1. What does the reading say about God and human experience?
God cares about the poor and is always accessible to the poor suffering. Hispanics struggle racially, culturally and religiously in the United States. Because of the two conquests: Spain’s conquest of new worlds in 1492 and the United States’ expansion of its national borders by military conquest in the nineteenth century, two religions mix. The mix of the two religions: the Amerindian (indigenous) and the medieval European creates a new form of Iberoamerican Christianity not related to the religious problems of Europe that produced Protestantism and Tridentine Catholicism. The poor experience the mystery of God through this new form of religion since this “popular religion” becomes the embodiment of the faith of the suffering poor in the new world. This new form of Iberoamerican Christianity develops but neither from the European church or the United States church. The center of attention for this new Christianity is the mystery of God. This divine presence is graphic and tangible in …show more content…

The historical argument refers to the two conquests: Spain’s conquest of new worlds in 1492 and the United States’ expansion of its national borders in the nineteenth century. In the first conquest, the mixing of indigenous and Spanish exists. Two different races, cultures and religions blend together. The second conquest places Hispanic in a minority position within the United States who cares little for their history and well-being. Roberto Goizueta, a Hispanic theologist, argues that as long as people desire to relate religious belief to the daily life, then there will always be the Iberoamerican Christianity or popular religion. The Iberoamerican religion brings God into the daily life of the poor because God is always accessible to the ones suffering. Another example of a theological argument is the Virgen Mary, and her struggles as the mother of

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