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Podcast: New Books in Latino Studies
Episode: Kat Armas, "Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength" (Brazos Press, 2021)
Description: Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength (Brazos Press, 2021), written by Kat Armas was published by Brazos Press in 2021. In this honest and insightful book, Kat takes us deep into the complexity of the survival theology, and leads us back with her abuelita’s lived experience and resilience.Kat Armas, a second-generation Cuban American, grew up on the outskirts of Miami's famed Little Havana neighborhood. Her earliest theological formation came from her grandmother, her abuelita, who fled Cuba during the height of political unrest and raised three children alone after her...