Effective Inculturation and Ethnic Identity

The present volume is made up of five papers. The first, by sr. Maria de la Cruz Aymes, S. H., and by Rev. J. Buckley, S. J., is about the Catechesis of Hispanics in the United States. The second, by fr. Eugenio Maurer, S. J., deals with the mentality of the conquistadores, and with the inculturation project among the Tseltal Indians. The third, by fr. Charles Nyamiti, examines the catholic teaching on the Trinity in the light of the black African understanding of ancestor veneration. The fourth article, by Rev. William Biernatzky, S. J., develops how effective tools for the study of inculturation can best be developed from the empirical perspective of cultural anthropology. The fifth study, by Rev. George A. De Napoli, S. J., about the inculturation as communication, attempts to spell out in detail some of the complexities in trying to inculturate Christian meanings and values in the different societies.