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En conjunto

Dr. Daniel Ramírez offers a personal meditation on the history of the Hispanic Theological Initiative

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Mentorship in the Academy
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Mentorship in the Academy

Victoria Pérez Rivera and Dr. Sophia Magallanes honor their mentee-mentor relationship

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Borderlands Studies
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 9/14/20 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 9/14/20

Borderlands Studies

Dr. Francisco Lozada, Jr. talks to Jon Rodríguez about transforming students’ perspectives

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Open Pathways to College
blog Open Plaza 9/7/20 blog Open Plaza 9/7/20

Open Pathways to College

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo walks from first day to graduation day

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Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Parts 1-3
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Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Parts 1-3

César ‘CJ’ Baldelomar urgently calls for imaginative critical theology theorists

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Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 3: Expanding Circles of Theological Knowledge Production
blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 8/31/20 blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 8/31/20

Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 3: Expanding Circles of Theological Knowledge Production

César ‘CJ’ Baldelomar in search of critical theology theorists and decolonial methodologies

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Try Jesus
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 8/24/20 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 8/24/20

Try Jesus

Stephen R. DiTrolio Coakley and Rev. Dr. Loida Martell ruminate on the ubiquitous phrase

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Present but Unseen
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/17/20 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/17/20

Present but Unseen

Dr. Matthew Pettway examines African Cuban spirituality and emancipation in the liturgy of 19th-century poet Juan Francisco Manzano

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Spirit of the Crossroads
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Spirit of the Crossroads

Dr. Matthew Pettway opens pathways with a reading from his debut book, Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection

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Hermenéutica elefantina
blog Open Plaza 8/10/20 blog Open Plaza 8/10/20

Hermenéutica elefantina

Dr. Kay Higuera Smith on listening with humility and grace

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Greek for Spanish Speakers
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 8/3/20 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 8/3/20

Greek for Spanish Speakers

Dr. Juan Hernández, Jr. talks to Stephen R. DiTrolio Coakley about teaching the original language of the New Testament to bilingual students

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The Bio-logical Order of Human Dignity in Brazil
AfroSpiritus, CO-VIDA 19, blog, OPAnniversary1 Open Plaza 7/27/20 AfroSpiritus, CO-VIDA 19, blog, OPAnniversary1 Open Plaza 7/27/20

The Bio-logical Order of Human Dignity in Brazil

Vinicius Marinho for uniting corpo e alma in heady times

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Dios mío
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Dios mío

Dr. Gerardo Rodríguez-Galarza prays in protest

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Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 2: Collective and Individual Meaning Making
blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 7/20/20 blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 7/20/20

Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 2: Collective and Individual Meaning Making

César ‘CJ’ Baldelomar demonstrates how theology remains an epistemologically white discipline

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Transoccidentalism
podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/13/20 podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/13/20

Transoccidentalism

Dr. Oscar García-Johnson and Dr. Kay Higuera Smith look beyond the west-side story

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The Vote
blog Open Plaza 7/6/20 blog Open Plaza 7/6/20

The Vote

Dr. Annecy Baez has a dream…

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Choosing the Jesus Way
podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/29/20 podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/29/20

Choosing the Jesus Way

Dr. Sophia Magallanes and Dr. Angela Tarango discuss Native American Pentecostals and the fight for the “indigenous principle”

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The Sin of Racism in America is not “Unbelievable”
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/22/20 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/22/20

The Sin of Racism in America is not “Unbelievable”

Dr. Elsie Miranda interrogates disbelief with the principles of her beliefs

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Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 1: Narrative Logic and Meaning Making
blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 6/22/20 blog, Critical Theology Open Plaza 6/22/20

Toward a Critical Theological Imagination, Part 1: Narrative Logic and Meaning Making

César ‘CJ’ Baldelomar traces the epistemic power of storytelling

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Finding Your Way to a PhD in Theology
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/15/20 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/15/20

Finding Your Way to a PhD in Theology

Dr. Sofia Magallanes and Noemí Palomares talk the walk

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