Open Plaza 12/28/20 Open Plaza 12/28/20

Revelation in Aztlán

Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo and Dr. Néstor Medina discuss scriptures, utopias, and the Chicano Movement

Open Plaza 11/30/20 Open Plaza 11/30/20

Post-Election Roundup

Dr. Jonathan Calvillo and Dr. Erica Ramírez revisit their Latinx voter predictions

Open Plaza 11/16/20 Open Plaza 11/16/20

Karma Chameleon- Parts I and II

Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo, Dr. Elías Ortega-Aponte, and Dr. Santiago Slabodksy examine facets of academia through the autofictions of Jessica Krug

Open Plaza 10/30/20 Open Plaza 10/30/20

‘Infinite Hope:’ Theological School Leaders Respond to Racial Injustice

Dr. Luis Rivera and Dr. Frank Yamada discuss solidarity statements unprecedented in the world of U.S. theological education

Open Plaza 10/26/20 Open Plaza 10/26/20

The Evangelical Latinx Voter and the Complexity of Collective Identity

Dr. Jonathan Calvillo and Dr. Erica Ramírez unmask the ‘sleeping giant’

Open Plaza 10/19/20 Open Plaza 10/19/20

Answering the Call

Stephen R. DiTrolio Coakley and Rev. Dr. Loida Martell tune into questions of vocation

Open Plaza 9/14/20 Open Plaza 9/14/20

Borderlands Studies

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

Open Plaza 8/24/20 Open Plaza 8/24/20

Try Jesus

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

Open Plaza 8/3/20 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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Transoccidentalism

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

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Choosing the Jesus Way

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

Open Plaza 6/15/20 Open Plaza 6/15/20

Finding Your Way to a PhD in Theology

Dr. Sofia Magallanes and Noemí Palomares talk the walk

Open Plaza 6/8/20 Open Plaza 6/8/20

Race and Ethnicity in the New Testament

Rev. Dr. Eric Barreto and Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo discuss identity and the Book of Acts

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Embracing Hopelessness

Dr. Joshua Bartholomew and Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre push against salvation history

Open Plaza 4/27/20 Open Plaza 4/27/20

The Bible and Migration

Dr. Daniel Carroll Rodas and Dr. Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz revisit the Old Testament for stories past and present

Open Plaza 4/13/20 Open Plaza 4/13/20

'The Border is the Cross': Jornada por la Justicia

Dr. Jeremy Cruz and Dr. Victor Carmona embark on a pilgrimage for justice

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Sintiendo la ausencia y presencia de Dios en tiempos de crisis

La Dra. Doris García-Rivera y la Rvda. Lydia Hernández-Marcial marcan la calma en la tormenta

Open Plaza 3/9/20 Open Plaza 3/9/20

Crescent over Knoxville: Teaching Islam in the “Sort of South”

Dr. Angela Tarango and Dr. Manuela Ceballos discuss pedagogy

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En conjunto: LGBTQ Issues in the Church and in the Academy

Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and Dr. Matilde Moros shed light on pedagogical methods

Open Plaza 2/10/20 Open Plaza 2/10/20

Chisme and its Cultural Importance

Dr. Neomi DeAnda, Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo, and Dr. Matilde Moros dish on gossip