Atando Cabos

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Dr. Mary Hess and Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier discuss her book on theological education and tying the loose ends left over from the history of Latinx Christianity

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In this episode of OP Talks, Professor of Educational Leadership Dr. Mary Hess talks to Hispanic Bible theologian Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier about her book Atando Cabos: Latinx Contributions to Theological Education (Eerdmans, 2021). “We find ourselves in a time when the forms of ‘church’ are transitioning,” writes Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier. “Theological education may become more of a journey that responds to the needs of that pilgriming community of discernment and activism than an institutional place with courses representing academic or church traditions to be transmitted. Let us follow the Spirit, who, like the wind, is universal, unpredictable, and outside our control.”

Along with the book, this conversation is part of the Theological Education between the Times (TEBT) series, an initiative out of HTI member school Emory University Candler School of Theology that "gathers diverse groups of people for critical, theological conversations about the meanings and purposes of theological education. The project begins with a recognition that theological education is between the times, on the way. And it works in the confidence that we do not walk this road alone."

 
 
 

“With her usual ability to ground education on reality and her enduring commitment to the theological formation of the people of God, Dr. Conde-Frazier weaves critique with guidance and challenge with hope in a fashion that well merits the attention of anyone seeking paths into the future of theological education.”

— Justo L. González
Author of The History of Theological Education

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Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier is a multicultural educator, theologian, writer, and expert in the history and development of Biblical Institutes and pastoral training programs. She is the Director of the Asociación de Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH), as well as the creator of its Network of Theological Entities (ReDET, for its name in Spanish), and served as Vice-President and Dean of Esperanza College. Previously, Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier was a professor of religious education at the Claremont School of Theology and taught Hispanic theology at the Latin American Bible Institute in California. Rev. Dr. Conde-Frazier was also the first director of the Orlando E. Costas Latin American Ministries Program at Andover Newton Theological Seminary. Dr. Conde-Frazier holds a PhD in theology and religious education from Boston University, and an MDiv from the Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of many publications in areas of multicultural education, Latin feminist theology, academic spirituality, and education for justice, including Hispanic Bible Institutes: A Community of Theological Constructions (University of Scranton Press, 2005); Listen to the Children: Conversations With Immigrant Families / Escuchemos a los niños: Conversaciones con familias inmigrantes (Judson Press, 2011); and Atando Cabos: Latinx Contributions to Theological Education (Eerdmans, 2021).

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Mary Hess

Dr. Mary E. Hess is Professor of Educational Leadership, and Chair of the Leadership Division at Luther Seminary, where she has taught since 2000. She holds a BA in American Studies from Yale, an MTS in theological studies from Harvard, and a PhD in religion and education from Boston College. As an educator straddling the fields of media studies, education and religion, Dr. Hess has focused her research on exploring ways in which participatory strategies for knowing and learning are constructed and contested amidst digital cultures. She is particularly interested in dialogic forms of organizational development, and the challenges posed to communities by oppressive systems such as racism, classism, sexism, and so on. Her most recent book, co-written with Stephen S. Brookfield, is Becoming a White Antiracist: A Practical Guide for Educators, Leaders and Activists (Stylus Publishers, 2021).

 
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