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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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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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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 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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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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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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