The Power of Contemplative Practice in the Spirit of Convivencia
Artist and Dr. Yohana Junker and Rev. Dr. Aizaiah Yong discuss the transformative practice of integrating art, spirituality, and convivencia with students
La Gente’s Museum
Dr. Johanna Fernández and fellow historian Dr. Felipe Hinojosa discuss the controversy surrounding their proposed exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino
“Making History Together”
An HTI Open Plaza virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino
Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology
Dr. Marlene Mayra Ferreras presents an adaptation of her 2023 HTI Book Prize lecture
Atlas Obscura
Selections from the award-winning guide to the world's most wondrous places
Cultivation of Life
Artist Paolo Piscitelli on sustainable spiritual trajectories
The Sweetcake Ensō
Dr. Annecy Baez experiences the iconic Zen circle, symbol of presentness in lo cotidiano
The Institute for Signifying Scriptures
Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo and ISS Founding Director Dr. Vincent Wimbush discuss the work of the organization and its 20th anniversary
Far and Near
Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos presents excerpts from his latest collection of poetry The Looking Glass
Virgin of Altagracia Medallions
Dr. Jennifer A. Baez on how the popular votives helped model black piety and community membership within a hierarchical socioracial order in 18th-century Dominican Republic
St. Everyday (Part II): Mais Viva!
Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and students ‘heart’ Gabriel García Román’s visit to their Queer Theory class
St. Everyday (Part I): Queer Icons
Dr. Xochitl Alvizo profiles artist Gabriel García Román, creator of the QTPOC portrait series
…And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me
San Antonio-based Chicano artist José Esquivel highlights a career spanning over 50 years
Nuestra Señora De Las Nieves
Beatriz Terrazas seeks a saint in the heart of a war zone
Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada
Jim Nikas digs up how the 19th-century Mexican graphic artist popularized the skull imagery associated with Día de Los Muertos
Sí de Aquí, Sí de Allá
Tyler B. Davis interviews artist Mark Menjívar on storytelling as a way to empathy and action
Our Lady of Lactation
Dr. Neomi De Anda and artist Alicia Sosa-Provencio discuss La Virgen de Guadalupe and the divine power of breastfeeding