{"product_id":"encountering-god-in-haiti-paperback","title":"Encountering God in Haiti - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmmanuel Buteau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBryan Froehle\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA work of decolonial practical theology, \u003ci\u003eEncountering God in Haiti\u003c\/i\u003e relies on insights from a diversity of disciplines including ethnology, philosophy, history, art, and, of course, theology. It explores the power of the Haitian everyday to mediate the encounter with God. Here, encounter is presented as the movement of God's activity in the world through the Spirit. This movement promises to deepen the potential of religious experience, restoring its character as a place of dynamism, possibility, hope, and tangible healing. But encounter goes beyond the religious; sometimes it negates it. The religious may be attached to God, but God is not beholden to it. Encountering God in Haiti puts in question religious dogmatism, including the understandings of God on which it is built. In encounter, history can be redeemed, the everyday transformed, and even calamities such as the 2010 earthquake (Goudougoudou) transfigured into symbolic sites for the emergence of a new theological language, new ideas and ways of being Haitian. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67859071729971,"sku":"9798385245338","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/IbhKTEqbQr9798385245338.webp?v=1793586714","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/encountering-god-in-haiti-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}