I never write about the men in my life. But last week, I started teaching a systematic theology course. And as I was reading and preparing for the discussion on pneumatology –the doctrine about the person and work of the Spirit–, I realized the impact abuelo had in my discipleship. When I was fourteen years [...]
It feels like everywhere we look, there is pain and disaster. With the rapidly changing news cycles, the plethora of videos and photos filling our timelines, and indignation that sometimes has nowhere to go, we can start crumbling from the inside. I am not pretentious with my writing. (At least, I like to think that). [...]
Back in 2020, I was requested to write a poem or prayer on shalom. The Hebrew term, central to the Old Testament, "describes comprehensive well-being."1 Shalom is about "harmony, security, serenity, right relationships, wholeness, health, prosperity..."2 At the time of the request, George Floyd had just been murdered in public by Minneapolis police officer Derek [...]
La reflexión teológica latinoamericana y caribeña es y ha sido históricamente relevante. En palabra y hecho ha respondido activamente a las crisis políticas, socio-económicas, y ecológicas. Sin embargo, esos recursos y discusiones no siempre llegan a nuestras comunidades de fe locales. Aquí le brindamos 7 recursos acerca de feminismo y fe desde las voces y los ojos de teólogas latinoamericanas y caribeñas.
Although Latin American theologies have progressively embraced an intersectional approach, particularly as it relates to class and gender, it has often been a “teología incolora.”
During the past few years, conversations about the embodied reality of Afro-Latinidad have become more frequent on social media and blogs. But Afro-Latinidad is not a new thing, not in Latin America and not in the United States. As Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores write, “The Afro-Latin@ presence in the United States predates not [...]
To the Latin American girl entering seminaryWith her “broken” English To you whose skin wasn’t meant for this coldness That of the winter, and that of the people A ella, who receives stares because her outfit is “too much” or “too little” To you, mi niña, who only see yourself represented in the loving faces [...]
This preface was to have been written by Ignacio Ellacuría and myself. But, as we know, Ignacio Ellacuría is no longer among us. On November 16, 1989, he was murdered, along with five of his fellow Jesuits -Juan Ramón Moreno, Amando López, Segundo Montes, Ignacio Martín-Baró, Joaquín López y López -their cook, Julia Elba, and [...]
Against the Darkness: The Doctrine of Angels, Satan, and Demons, by Graham A. Cole If you ask me, "Who is in your top 3 of theology writers?", Graham A. Cole is a name you will hear. One of my biggest frustrations with many contemporary theologians is the dryness and coldness of their writing. Often, when [...]
Dr. Ahmi Lee's book Preaching God's Grand Drama: A Biblical-Theological Approach came out yesterday! So, her book is our #BookRecommendationTuesday pick and she herself is our #WOCinTheology Crush Wednesday. Dr. Ahmi Lee describes herself as a “third culture kid.” She was born in South Korea, raised in Japan, and educated in an American international school. This [...]
Glocal Theology 