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Home Among the Clouds
blog, video, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/27/24 blog, video, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/27/24

Home Among the Clouds

A new short film by Kogi screenwriter Jacinto Zarabata and the Tairona Heritage Trust for the Sierra Nevada of Colombia

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“Making History Together”
blog, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/18/24 blog, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/18/24

“Making History Together”

An HTI Open Plaza virtual tour of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino

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Insurrectionist Wisdoms
podcast, OPTalks, Books, SpiritNations, 2023 Book Prize Open Plaza 9/4/24 podcast, OPTalks, Books, SpiritNations, 2023 Book Prize Open Plaza 9/4/24

Insurrectionist Wisdoms

Dr. Neomi De Anda talks to 2023 HTI Book Prize winner Dr. Marlene M. Ferreras, whose work looks toward a North American indigenized pastoral theology

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Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology
blog, Books, SpiritNations, 2023 Book Prize Open Plaza 9/4/24 blog, Books, SpiritNations, 2023 Book Prize Open Plaza 9/4/24

Toward a North American Indigenized Pastoral Theology

Dr. Marlene Mayra Ferreras presents an adaptation of her 2023 HTI Book Prize lecture

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The Land, Indigenous Communities, and Their Church
podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations, Critical Theology Open Plaza 8/14/24 podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations, Critical Theology Open Plaza 8/14/24

The Land, Indigenous Communities, and Their Church

Scholars Rebecca Mendoza and Anthony Trujillo discuss the work of the Terralogian and what it means to decolonize religious practices

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GOOD DOCS
blog, Compilation, video, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/2/23 blog, Compilation, video, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/2/23

GOOD DOCS

Selections from the award-winning collection of documentaries that do good in the world

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Catholic and Indigenous
podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/24/23 podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/24/23

Catholic and Indigenous

Theologian Jonathan Hamilton-Diabo, anthropologists Dr. Valentina Napolitano and Dr. Kristin Norget discuss reconciliation, Indigenous Peoples, and the Catholic Church

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Will New Mexico Sing Their Spanish in Heaven?
blog, SpiritNations, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 7/17/23 blog, SpiritNations, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 7/17/23

Will New Mexico Sing Their Spanish in Heaven?

Christian Silva on embodiment, prayer, and Spanish-nuevomexicano

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Intervenxions
AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23 AfroSpiritus, blog, Compilation, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/12/23

Intervenxions

Selections from the online publication of The Latinx Project at NYU

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Penitential Pilgrimage
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 10/10/22

Penitential Pilgrimage

Anthropologists Dr. Valentina Napolitano and Dr. Kristin Norget on Pope Francis, reconciliation, and the state

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The Tip of the Pyramid
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 9/12/22

The Tip of the Pyramid

El Librotraficante Tony Diaz presents excerpts from his new book on Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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Thinking from Latin America
podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/26/22 podcast, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/26/22

Thinking from Latin America

Stephen Di Trolio Coakley and Dr. Rafael Vizcaíno discuss liberation philosophy and anti-fetishism

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Pensar desde Latinoamérica
podcast, español, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/26/22 podcast, español, OPTalks, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/26/22

Pensar desde Latinoamérica

Stephen Di Trolio Coakley y el Dr. Rafael Vizcaíno hablan sobre la filosofía de liberación y el anti-fetichismo

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The Needle and the Thread
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/11/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 7/11/22

The Needle and the Thread

Victor Mancilla and Jim Nikas on their forthcoming film about the Jumano-Apache people and 17th-century Franciscan nun Sor María de Ágreda

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Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera
Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 2/21/22 Books, blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 2/21/22

Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera

Reyes Ramírez presents a story excerpt from his debut collection The Book of Wanderers

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Return to Padre
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22

Return to Padre

Journalist and anthropologist Cecilia Ballí tells a legal and personal history of South Texas

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Calavera Images and José Guadalupe Posada
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/1/21

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

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A Coyolxauhqui Imperative
blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21 blog, CO-VIDA 19, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/16/21

A Coyolxauhqui Imperative

César “CJ” Baldelomar ruminates on writing, memory, and death

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Christianity, Empire and the Spirit
OPTalks, podcast, Books, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/9/21 OPTalks, podcast, Books, SpiritNations Open Plaza 8/9/21

Christianity, Empire and the Spirit

Dr. Neomi De Anda talks to Dr. Néstor Medina about his book on (re)configuring faith and the cultural

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Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 6/28/21

Symbols of Latinidades in the 2020 Election

Dr. Michael DeAnda decodes signs of the times

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