Introductory notes on the decolonial challenge for latin american theologies

Abstract

The epistemic decoupling proposed by decoloniality reveals not only the colonization of knowledge, but also of power and of the being, by the dominant cultures. A form of knowledge built in liminal spaces, at the frontiers of the colonial difference is-from the point of view of the subaltern-displacing and absorbing the hegemonic forms of knowledge, as well as empowering new movements of emancipation. Christian theology is affected by such a context and challenged by the liberating exercise of tinkering with its own basis and rethinking its categories from other places of enunciation. Our purpose is to show the necessary steps to acquire a decolonial theological formation.