The Unacknowledged Knowable Face of G*d: Health, Spirituality and Religious Life
Carlos Alejandra Beltrán Acero
Feminist Theology August 12, 2023 DOI: 10.1177/09667350231183063 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Ayahuasca |
| Key points | Argues that theology should be written without censorship, moving from war to democracy, and that liberation theology must be transcended through transgression of limits. The author credits Ayahuasca with a role in recovering his health and proposes trans-canonical hermeneutics, informed by postcolonial, queer, feminist, and critical religious studies, as a path toward world peace building. |
Abstract
This article is an account of my theological journey of spiritual and scientific transformation. It deals with the digestion of god in my life and the production of a new theological mode. My first description deals with the need of writing theology as if there was no censorship. What does it mean to go from war to democracy in theology? Then I register the need to go beyond the theology of liberation, pointing out some blocking rocks in the way. The need to transcend liberation theology pushes us toward the transgression of some limits. I recall the importance of sacred plants such as the Amazonian drink called Ayahuasca and its role in the process of the recovery of my health. Then, using postcolonial, queer, feminist, and critical religious studies, I examine the possibilities for trans-canonical hermeneutics on the horizon of world peace building.