ResCode: Title Copies Author Publisher Pub Yr
 
515.009: Family Pictures 1 Garza, Carmen Lomas Children's Book Press 1990
 
The author remembers her childhood in a South Texas Latino community through vivid paintings and stories. Various scenes show her family making tamales, picking oranges, and playing in the gulf. Text in English and Spanish.

 
515.013: Friends From The Other Side 1 Anzaldua, Gloria Children's Book Press 1993
 
This is the story of a brave young Mexican/American girl who be- friends a boy who has crossed the Rio Grande River from Mexico with his mother hoping for a better life in the United States. The story is told in English and Spanish.

 
515.003: Hope Is The Last Thing To Die 1 PC(USA) 1991
 
This deeply disturbing video tells the story of a few of the eight million "street children" of Brazil who are orphaned or have been abandoned to incredible poverty and violence. The story of the Christian Ministry to these children is the focus of this Mission Yearbook video.

 
515.011: How We Came To The Fifth World 1 Rohmer, Harriet &  Children's Book Press 1988
 
This is a creation story from ancient Mexico with illustrations based on the original Indian picture writings. The Aztec elders believed that the world was created four times before our present fifth world and that the earlier worlds were destroyed because humans were selfish and ignored their gods.  Our fifth world can be saved if people find a way to live together peacefully. Text is in English and Spanish.

 
515.017: I, Rigoberta Menchu 1 Burgos-Debray, Elisabeth -  Verso 1993
 
This book tells the life story of Rigoberta Menchu, a Quiche Indian woman and a member of one of the largest of the twenty-two ethnic groups in Quatemala. Her life story is an account of contemporary history rather than of Guatemala itself. She tells of her relation- ship with nature, life, death, her community, and cultural discrimination.

 
515.007: In The Power Of The Spirit: 1 PC(USA) 1996
 
Subtitled: The Pentecostal Challenge To Historic Churches In Latin America. "All who would like to understand contemporary Latin American church life must learn about Pentecostalism." The essays in this book detail the history and development of Pentecostalism as well as the theological, ecclesiological and pastoral challenges the movement poses for the historic churches.

 
515.014: Invisible Hunters 1 Rohmer, H; Octavio C.;  Children's Book Press 1987
 
The legend of "The Invisible Hunters" documents the first moments of contact between an indigenous culture and the outside world. While this story takes place in the Miskito Indian village of Ulwas in northern Nicaragua, it is also a metaphor for what happens to traditional cultures in many other parts of the world. Story is in English and Spanish.

 
515.004: Liberation Theology: An Introductory Guide 1 Brown, Robert Mcafee Westminster/John Knox 1993
 
This book is a primer on liberation theology as practiced in Latin America. The author speaks to Liberation Theology roots and significance and its consequences for the middle-class church in the United States.

 
515.006: Marathon Of Hope: 1 PC(USA) 1996
 
Subtitled: Renewing The Journey With Central America. This issue of Church and Society focuses on the five Central American countries in which the PC (USA) is present through partner churches and organizations, as well as Presbyterian mission workers. The articles seek to guide us through a new look at Central America in the style of Latin American theology today.

 
515.026: Mutual Mission In A New Millennium: The ITEBA 1 PC (USA) 2000

This video is a glimpse at the relationship between two North American churches (one in Pennsylvania and one in Ohio) and ITEBA, the Institute for Theological Education of Bahia (a theological seminary in northeast Brazil). They are exploring ways they can be in meaningful and sustainable solidarity with each other for the good of the other, for the sake of the world.

 
515.018: Rigoberta Menchu: The Prize That Broke The Silence 1 Sommers, Meredith Resource Center of the 
 
The core of this resource is a simulation exercise based on an indigenous family in a Quatemalan village.  The simulation provides an experience for participants to understand the economic, political and cultural reality of indigenous people and the impact on them of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Rigoberta Menchu. Following the simulation is a guide to discussion questions and projects.

 
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