A review by emmacolon
Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas

5.0

i can't begin to describe the emotion i felt reading this book. it is something special and rare to read a book that integrates latina scholarship, latina theology, and everyday latina experience. it was like this book was written for me. as a 3rd generation, half-anglo boricua in the U.S., i felt so seen by kat's explication of in-betweenness and sacred exile. her family's stories were my family's stories. my eyes are welling with tears just reflecting on the beauty and wisdom of this book. kat armas has a way of using intense scholarship paired with welcoming life stories to lead the reader into a sense of la Espíritu Santa - the Wild Child of the Holy Trinity, as armas calls Her - in the everyday and the ways in which the women of the Bible and the modern world embody and share that Espíritu for the survival and liberation of themselves and their communities. this book thrilled me and taught me SO MUCH (like, i will never read the Bible the same again). i am so grateful for it. estoy orgullosa y me siento amada por eso. gracias, kat. :')