Choosing the Jesus Way

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

Uplifting Jesus in front of dorms at the American Indian Bible College, Phoenix, AZ, 1982. Source: Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center

Uplifting Jesus in front of dorms at the American Indian Bible College, Phoenix, AZ, 1982. Source: Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center

 
 

Dr. Angela Tarango was nine years old when she visited her first Native American reservation and discovered a history that she wasn't being taught at school. That experience "lit a fire" that has guided her work as a historian. Her book Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle (University of North Carolina Press, 2014) discusses the “indigenous principle,” which encourages missionaries to train local leadership in hopes of creating an indigenous church rooted in the culture of the missionized. In this podcast, Dr. Tarango talks to Dr. Sophia Magallanes about researching overlooked stories, how colonialism expresses itself in Pentecostalism, and what it's like to write others' histories as an outsider.

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Sophia Magallanes

Dr. Sophia A. Magallanes is currently an independent scholar who is an Adjunct Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Seminary. She also teaches a course in Spanish at El Centro Latino. Dr. Magallanes served as an Assistant Professor of Theology & Biblical Studies at Life Pacific University for six years. She holds BA and MA degrees in Biblical Studies from Azusa Pacific University; a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary; and a PhD in Divinity, with an emphasis in Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament, from the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Magallanes specializes in Hebrew Wisdom Literature and Old Testament studies. She has authored several articles in dictionaries, the Wisdom Commentary Series, peer-reviewed journals, and is currently writing a commentary on the Book of Job.

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Angela Tarango

Dr. Angela Tarango is Associate Professor of Religion at Trinity University (TX). Her first book is Choosing the Jesus Way: American Indian Pentecostals and the Fight for the Indigenous Principle (University of North Carolina Press, 2014). She is currently writing a book on material religion and Latino Methodism at San Antonio’s La Trinidad United Methodist Church.

 
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