Juan Allende
313 Buttrick Hall
Office Hours:
Tuesday 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Wedenesday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Thursday 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Friday 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
and by appointment on Mondays.
Telephone ext.: 6213; e-mail: juan.allende@asc.scottlan.edu or ness/jallende.

Josefina Gonzalez
357 Buttrick Hall
Office Hours:
To be assigned, and by appointment.
Telephone ext.: 6203; e-mail: josefina.gonzalez@asc.scottlan.edu or ness/jgonzalez.


Description:
POL 342L is the Spanish Language component of POL 342. POL 342L's readings closely complement the readings for POL 342, the English component of the course. The difference is that in this section we are going to read twelve (12) short texts by Latin American authors, published in a number of different sources (books, journals, magazines, video, etc.), and that (with one exception) have not been translated into English. Like POL 342, the readings in POL 342L cover history, theology of liberation, women and religion, Roman Catholicism in El Salvador and Mexico, and Evangelicals (Protestants) in Latin America--in this section we will look at the case of Chile instead of Brazil.

Goals:
1) To give the students the opportunity to "hear" in their own voices scholars and practitioners of religion from Latin America;

2) To widen the number of sources (i.e. sources that rarely or never get translated into English) that can be used to understand the relationship between religion and the state in Latin America;

3) Related to the above, to assess if by reading these authors in their native language one can capture a "deeper" level of understanding in the tension that exists between the Church, poverty, and politics in Latin America;

4) To provide students an opportunity to develop reading skills in Spanish by analyzing different types of texts;

5) To provide students an opportunity to develop writing skills in Spanish;

6) To provide students an opportunity to develop oral skills in Spanish.

Textbooks:
The readings and the lessons for the course will be provided by the Department of Spanish and Political Science.

Requirements:
1) Class attendance and active participation;

2) To complete the weekly lessons that accompany each of the readings. Dates to turn in the completed lessons will be determined after the semesters begins.

3) Two class presentations:
a) Each student will do a short (5 min.) presentation, in Spanish, to their fellow students in POL 342L. Dates will be determined after the semester starts;
b) Students will do a second class presentation, in English, on the material they have read in Spanish, to their fellow students in POL 342 (the English component of the course). For this purpose, students will work in two groups. Dates: October 23 and December 6.

Attendance:
For first year, first semester students, and for those on academic probation attendance at all academic appointments is required.

Class attendance is a central factor in the learning process, and absences will adversely affect students' performance in the determination of their final grade. It is recommended that absences be limited to one (1). After that allowed absence, the following chart indicates the grade for class attendance:

0-1 absence: A 4-5 absences: C
2-3 absences: B 5-6 absences: D
7 or more: F

Class Participation:
Active participation is a must in the learning of a foreign language, and students will be evaluated accordingly.

Grading/Evaluation:
Grading formula:
Attendance 10%
Participation 10%
Presentations 25%
Lessons 45%


LECTURAS
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1a Semana (Sep 6)
Introduccion & antecedentes Historicos
LAC 0 Planning Session.
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2a Semana (Sep 9-13)
LAC 1 "Misioneros del siglo XVI, por el camino de la liberacion de los indios," en Para comprender la Teologia de la Liberacion por Juan Jose Tamayo-Acosta (Estella: Editorial Verbo Divino, 1990), seleccion de paginas
25-29.
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3a Semana (Sep 16-20)
Teologia de la Liberacion
LAC 2 "La evangelizacion en el presente y en el futuro de America Latina," documento aprobado por la III Conferencia General del Episcopado Latinoamericano, Puebla (Mexico), 1979, pp. 48-51.
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4a Semana (Sep 23-27)
LAC 3 Video: "Caminos de liberacion (1994)," sobre la Iglesia Catolica en el Peru.
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5a Semana (Sep 30-Oct 4)
LAC 4 "La iglesia y los derechos humanos en Chile," por Cristian Parker en Revista Chilena de Derechos Humanos, No. 10, Junio 1989, seleccion de paginas 16-25.
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6a Semana (Oct 7-11)

LAC 5 "La sexualidad como fuente de liberacion," en Nuestro clamor por la vida. Teologia latinoamericana desde la perspectiva de la mujer por Maria Pilar Aquino (San Jose: Editorial DEI, 1992), pp. 171-77.
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7a Semana (Oct 14-18)
LAC 6 "Masacres de campesinos por la Fuerza Armada," en De la locura a la esperanza. La guerra de 12 anos en El Salvador por la Comision de la Verdad Para El Salvador (San Salvador-Nueva York: Naciones Unidas, 1992-1993), pp. 118- 121.
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8a Semana (Oct 21-25)

LAC 7 "Mi recuerdo de Monsenor Romero," en Monsenor Romero por Jon Sobrino (San Salvador: UCA Editores, 1989), seleccion de paginas 11-26.
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9a Semana (Oct 28-Nov 1)

LAC 8 "Reunion con Don Samuel Ruiz, Obispo de Chiapas," en Los limites del ajuste y sus alternativas por Red de Centros y Organismos Ecumenicos de Latinoamerica y el Caribe (Santiago: Ediciones Rehue Ltda., 1995), seleccion de paginas 223-37.
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10a Semana (Nov 4-8)
LAC 9 "10 razones eticas sobre el comercio y la integracion economica en America Latina," Declaracion de Superiores Mayores de los Dehonianos en Pastoral Popular, No. 252, Mayo-Junio 1996, pp. 3-7.
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11a Semana (Nov 11-15)

LAC 10 "Iglesias y democratizacion en America Latina," por el Dr. Emilio Castro en Separata Pastoral Popular, No. 202, Septiembre 1992, seleccion de paginas 7-12.
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12a Semana (Nov 18-22)

LAC 11 'Cambios en las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres' en "Mujeres Pentecostales Chilenas. Un caso en Iquique" por Hanneke Slootweg en Algo mas que opio. Una lectura antropologica del pentecostalismo latinoamericano y Caribeno editado por Barabara Boudewijnise et al. (San Jose: Editorial DEI, 1991), seleccion de paginas 77-93.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------00th Week (Nov 25-29)
[00] Nov 27 Vacaciones de Accion de Gracias (Thanksgiving)
[00] Nov 30 Vacaciones de Accion de Gracias (Thanksgiving)
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13th Semana (Dec 2-6)
LAC 12 "Pastor Francisco Anabalon, Iglesia Pentecostal Apostolica (testimonio)" en En tierra e extrana. Itenerario del pueblo pentecostal chileno por SEPADE (Santiago: Editorial Amerinda, 1988), seleccion de paginas 129-156.
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