For the English version, click here. “Estudia, arguye y enseña, y es de la Iglesia servicio, que no la quiere ignorante El que racional la hizo.” -Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Villancico[1] En 1651, México dio a luz a quién es probablemente la primera mujer teóloga en las Américas, Sor Juana Inés de la [...]
For a long time, I have been wanting to do a weekly post in which I recommend some books. Well, today is that day! I officially designate Tuesday as #BookRecommendationTuesday. Not that I have such authority but here we are. This week's choice is Beth Felker Jones' Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living [...]
"¿Qué es el evangelio?" Ya perdí la cuenta de cuántas veces se me ha preguntado o yo he hecho la pregunta. Y una y otra vez se repite la respuesta, "Buenas noticias." Pero buenas noticias ¿para quién? ¿Para aquellas personas que son aceptables ante la sociedad? ¿Para nosotros? ¿Para nuestros familiares y las personas que [...]
For the English version, click here. “Cuando venga a Puerto Rico, recuerde… que vivimos en una pequeña isla entre el Caribe y el Atlántico, donde los avances de un Estados Unidos moderno están echando raíces y creciendo bajo un cielo tropical; que la cultura puertorriqueña ofrece un lugar donde dos formas de vida se encuentran [...]
Para la versión en español, oprima aquí. Editorial note: This post was originally titled "17 Puerto Rican Theologians You Should Know About." In a desire to be more precise, I have updated the title. Also, this list is constantly being updated as I learn about more Puerto Rican theologians and biblical scholars. “When you come [...]
Revolutions start from the bottom up, and they are led by those who are not willing to accept the status quo. They are led by those who are brave enough to hope. For a long time now, many institutions have engaged the so-called diversity conversation. While some have attempted to find better ways of embodying [...]
Editorial Note: This post was updated on November 4th, 2019. “We must genuinely appreciate all cultures as being capable of reflecting biblical faith. We must move away from “American Christian mythology,” which undergirds colonization and its resulting paternalism in Indigenous communities. We must embrace new theological perspectives emerging from Native leaders as being ‘equal.’”[1] -Richard [...]
“Yo sé que no soy la mujer que ustedes quisieran que fuera.” Yo crecí asistiendo a una pequeña iglesia, relativamente rural (porque eso de la ruralidad tiene grados), carismática, de pocos recursos monetarios, pero con muchos recursos humanos excelentes, con un querido pastor, y una teología denominacional legalista. Mi estatus espiritual era medido en base [...]
The histories of the Latin American and the US Latino/a church are complex. We are the Brown Church, but we are not monolithic. Our histories no son la misma cosa - are not the same thing. They are complex and messy. They share differences, continuities, and discontinuities; and it is crucial for seminaries to acknowledge that. Here [...]
"When you come to Puerto Rico remember... that long before the Pilgrims knelt to thank God for their safe arrival, we were praying in churches almost a century old..." -Extract from a publicity pamphlet given to visitors Representation matters. However, too often, when the histories of people of color finally get a chance to be [...]
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