Addresses the potential of diverse Latino/a spiritualities, origins, and status against the landscape of decolonization of the US economic and cultural empire in the twenty-first century. This book explores the impact of Indo-latinos and Afro-latinos in the United States.

Part I Introduction; Introduction Latin@s and the “Euro-American Menace”, Ramón Grosfoguel, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, José David Saldívar; Part II Latin@s in World-Historical Perspective; Chapter 1 Latin@s: What’s in a Name?, Immanuel Wallerstein; Chapter 2 “Ser Hispano”, Enrique Dussel; Chapter 3 Huntington’s Fears, Walter D. Mignolo; Part III Decolonization, Afro-Latin@s, and the African Diaspora; Chapter 4 Afro-Latin@ Difference and the Politics of Decolonization, Agustín Lao-Montes; Chapter 5 Black Latin@s and Blacks in Latin America, Lewis R. Gordon; Part IV Indigenous People in the Americas; Chapter 6 Indigenous Struggles over Autonomy, Land, and Community, James V. Fenelon, Thomas D. Hall; Chapter 7 Running for Peace and Dignity, Roberto Hernández; Part V Decolonizing Spiritualities; Chapter 8 A Latin@ Jewish Disruption of the Holocaustic U.S.-Centric Constellation of Suffering, Santiago E. Slabodsky; Chapter 9 Decolonizing Spiritualities, Laura E. Pérez; Part VI Latinization and Decolonization; Chapter 10 Sociopolitical Logics and Conflicting Interpretations of “Latinization” in the United States, James Cohen; Chapter 11 Decolonization from within the Americas, Susanne Jonas; Chapter 12 Latin@ Century, Pacific Century, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer;