This book contributes to the contemporary and diverse field of Pastoral and Practical Theology by putting forward an intercultural and liberation model of spiritual caregiving and post-pastoral and practical theology from the Greater Antillean Spanish-speaking Afro-Caribben. It provides post-pastoral, spiritual, theological, interfaith, and pedagogical examples of the accompaniment and caregiving of persons and communities for holistic well-being in an Afro-Diasporic sociocultural context. It also offers case studies showing how the post/decolonial and spiritual post-pastoral caregiving process has implications for spiritual Spanish-speaking Afro-Caribbean and the African diaspora, where multiple spiritual and religious participation expresses the struggle for survival, liberation, autonomy, and self-determination. This work is a must for scholars interested in religion and heath care.

Héctor E. López-Sierra is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, and in the Department of Humanities at the General Education College, both at the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico.  He has over 35 years of teaching, research, higher education administration, publishing, counseling, and practicing social justice interventions, religious and practical theological studies, and community social organizations in Puerto Rico, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the United States of America (U.S.A.). Dr. López-Sierra is also a licensed Psychologist in Puerto Rico, Psychotherapist, Substance Abuse therapist and Certified Spiritual Director. Dr. Héctor E. López-Sierra was the Principal Investigator at the Louisville Institute, U.S.A.  Pastoral Study Project Scholarship for the social scientific and practical theological research: “Philanthropic Spirituality & Leadership Success Models in the U.S. and Puerto Rico Hispanic/Latinos Churches” in 2024.