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Benedictine Blackboard
blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/6/21

Benedictine Blackboard

High-school religion teacher Stephen Adubato illuminates the cracks in postmodernism

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Facing Nihilism with High School Seniors
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

Facing Nihilism with High School Seniors

Stephen Adubato develops a syllabus to confront the big questions

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Learning Useless Things
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

Learning Useless Things

Stephen Adubato touches on incarnational learning in Catholic schools with a letter to his Benedictine-high school students

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College Orientation and the Long Loneli</a>ness
blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21 blog, Benedictine Blackboard Open Plaza 9/6/21

College Orientation and the Long Loneliness

Stephen Adubato remembers his freshman year

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Complex Dynamics
blog Open Plaza 8/30/21 blog Open Plaza 8/30/21

Complex Dynamics

Mathematician Dr. Robert D. Ogden reflects on being an Anglo in Anglican Hispanic ministry

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Creating the Conditions for Scholars of Color to Thrive
OPTalks, podcast, Books Open Plaza 8/23/21 OPTalks, podcast, Books Open Plaza 8/23/21

Creating the Conditions for Scholars of Color to Thrive

Stephen R. Di Trolio Coakley and Héctor Herrera talk to Dr. Patrick Reyes about his journey into theological education

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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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Attempt Great Things for God
video, OPTalks, TEBT, Books Open Plaza 8/2/21 video, OPTalks, TEBT, Books Open Plaza 8/2/21

Attempt Great Things for God

Rev. Dr. Sammy Alfaro and Dr. Chloe T. Sun celebrate theological education in diaspora

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Creating Meaning and Purpose
OPTalks, podcast, AfroSpiritus, Books Open Plaza 7/26/21 OPTalks, podcast, AfroSpiritus, Books Open Plaza 7/26/21

Creating Meaning and Purpose

Dr. Robin Owens and Dr. Patrick Reyes offer perspective

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World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity
blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21 blog, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 7/19/21

World Christianity, Urbanization, and Identity

Dr. Raimundo Barreto, Rev. Dr. Moses Biney, and Dr. Kenneth Ngwa introduce the third book in the six-volume series World Christianity and Public Religion

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Dominicana
Bundle, Books Open Plaza 7/12/21 Bundle, Books Open Plaza 7/12/21

Dominicana

Writer Angie Cruz in conversation with Stephen Adubato; bilingual novel excerpts; translation by Kianny N. Antigua

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The Wafers
blog, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21 blog, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21

The Wafers

Angie Cruz presents an excerpt from her novel Dominicana

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Hostias
blog, español, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21 blog, español, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21

Hostias

Angie Cruz presenta un extracto de su novela Dominicana, traducida por Kianny N. Antigua

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The Stories We Tell Each Other
video, OPTalks, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21 video, OPTalks, Dominicana Open Plaza 7/12/21

The Stories We Tell Each Other

Stephen Adubato talks to Angie Cruz about the theological themes and imagery in her novel Dominicana

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Theological Education between the Times
video, OPTalks, TEBT, Books Open Plaza 7/5/21 video, OPTalks, TEBT, Books Open Plaza 7/5/21

Theological Education between the Times

Dr. Antonio Eduardo Alonso, Lucila Crena, and Rev. Dr. Ted A. Smith introduce a project out of HTI member school Emory University Candler School of Theology

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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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Say Their Names
blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/28/21 blog, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 6/28/21

Say Their Names

Rev. Joanne Rodríguez calls for support of the Open Letter from the Association of Theological Schools Latinx Presidents and Deans. Photo: Mateo Zapata

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The Harlem Lynching Tree, with Poems for Alma
blog, AfroSpiritus, College Students Open Plaza 6/21/21 blog, AfroSpiritus, College Students Open Plaza 6/21/21

The Harlem Lynching Tree, with Poems for Alma

Taylor Alexis Baker presents inspired excerpts from her novel in progress

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Complicated Grief in Extraordinary Times
OPTalks, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, podcast Open Plaza 6/14/21 OPTalks, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus, podcast Open Plaza 6/14/21

Complicated Grief in Extraordinary Times

Rev. Dr. Loida Martell and psychologist Rev. Dr. Yvonne Martínez Thorne discuss coping strategies and how caring for the whole matters

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