Abuelita Faith
What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength

Magnificent! Kat's exegesis is impeccable and her stories are captivating. She weaves personal and international stories with stories of women in the Bible. The result is a tour de force -- a compelling invitation to reconsider what counts as theology and to (re)discover the voices of those hiding in......more

Reading this book solidified for me that we *need* to listen to a wide variety of commentary on the Bible or we WILL miss things. I loved the author's retelling and explanations of lesser-known women in the Bible I hadn't given much thought (or EVER heard sermons on). Even if you don't agree with al......more

I value Armas’ perspective on life as a woman of color living in Western Christianity, and she gives some good insight into women of the Bible and Latina women throughout history. However, I believe liberation theology takes the truth that God values justice and offers freedom, and places it on a pe......more

I highly suggest reading Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength alongside Of Women and Salt—it helps provide more texture and concreteness to the kinds of women Kat Armas describes in the book. I loved this book for its centering of women on the mar......more

I never knew a book could make me cry until I read this one. Saying that Armas’s storytelling is captivating is really short selling her work here. This is both devastating and hopeful; both disheartening and empowering. What a beautiful collection of stories. “We are creatures of the dirt, bound tog......more