Podcasts by HTI Open Plaza

Our Year of the Rabbit from 2023-12-04T15:24:50

HTI Open Plaza highlights from 2023

Spirit Nations from 2023-10-09T04:12:56

HTI Open Plaza celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day with inspired selections from our archive

MEDS for Biblical Scholars from 2023-09-25T04:00:53

Self-Made from 2023-09-19T18:33:25

In this episode of OP Talks, Rev. Dr. Tony Lin talks to Dr. Nely Galán, entrepreneur, Emmy Award–winning TV producer, real-estate mogul, author, and podcaster. Her New York Times bestseller Self Ma...

The Institute for Signifying Scriptures from 2023-08-07T07:44:17

Catholic and Indigenous from 2023-07-24T04:43

‘A Book Is Not a One Size Fits All’ from 2023-06-19T04:02:02

Exegeting Bad Bunny from 2023-06-05T04:01:43

Leaning on God from 2023-05-29T04:06:56

Sowing the Sacred from 2023-05-17T13:12:28

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Covering Us from 2023-05-08T04:04

In this episode of OP Talks, sociologist Rev. Dr. Tony Lin talks to New York Times National Correspondent Edgar Sandoval about his start in journalism, writing about Texas, and the nuances of the U...

Faith Arising from 2023-05-01T04:00

In this episode of OP Talks, Emanuel Padilla talks to T.I. Frazier about growing up with parents who were pastors, writing for children, and about his most recent book, Faith Arising (Timothy Frazi...

Writing in the Spirit of Service from 2023-04-24T06:25:19

In this episode of OP Talks, Rev. Dr. Tony Tian-Ren Lin talks to celebrated author Sandra Cisneros about her new poetry collection 'Woman Without Shame' (Knopf, 2022) "Art," she says, "is the medic...

The First Rainbow Coalition from 2023-04-10T04:08:38

In this episode of OP Talks, historian Dr. Felipe Hinojosa talks to filmmaker Ray Santiesteban about his documentary The First Rainbow Coalition (Independent Lens, 2020) and the need for more Latin...

Sense of Mind from 2023-03-06T05:18:27

“The arts is where we find our humanity,” says José Pérez, who spent 20 years in prison and now advocates for the rehabilitative arts and foster children. He credits poetry, and the arts in general...

The Inheritors from 2023-02-27T06:04:44

Theologian Lucila Crena talks to photojournalist Eve Fairbanks, who has lived in Johannesburg, South Africa for thirteen years. Her debut book The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa'...

Watering the Sacred from 2023-02-20T05:19:27

Faith, Love, Outreach, Restoration, Advancing the Gospel—these are the stated values of FLORA Ministries, founded by Noemi Córdova. Based out of Expansion Church in Queens, New York, the organizati...

True Stories of Good People from 2023-02-13T05:03:04

Selections from GoFundMe’s Heroes Podcast

História e política do protestantismo brasileiro from 2023-02-06T05:00:19

No atual turbilhão de incerteza política, os protestantes assumiram um papel central no desdobramento da fusão da política e da religião no Brasil. O livro recente do Dr. Wanderley Pereira Da Rosa,...

Sacred Tech from 2023-01-30T05:16:06

In this episode of OP Talks, Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez V and Rev. Dr. Lis Valle-Ruiz discuss digital platforms for popular theological education. Drawing from his academic training in history and bi...

Black Dignity from 2023-01-09T05:00:30

Everything Black includes rage, love, family, futures, magic, revolution, dignity--as suggested in the table of contents for Black Dignity: The Struggle against Domination (Yale University Press, 2...

Trading Futures from 2023-01-02T05:00

Financialized capitalism is “a pattern of accumulation in which profits accrue primarily through financial channels rather than through trade and commodity production,” according to Greta R. Krippn...

Spirited Away from 2022-12-19T05:06:47

Rev. Dr. Doris García-Rivera is former president of the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico (ESPR). The private mainline Protestant seminary in Río Piedras was founded in 1919 by a group of theolog...

The Unjust Steward from 2022-12-12T05:00

Rev. Dr. Tony Lin talks to Miguel Escobar about his new book The Unjust Steward: Wealth, Poverty, and the Church Today (Forward Movement, 2022). "Here is a book that inspires, yes, but also challen...

Explore from 2022-12-05T05:43:13

Chicana/o studies scholar Dr. Adriana Nieto talks to Rev. Dr. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, Director of the Office of Professional Formation at Iliff School of Theology, about the volume Explore: Vocatio...

This American Life from 2022-11-28T05:00

Selections from the award-winning public radio program

The Scholar’s Guide to Writing a Dissertation from 2022-11-07T05:00:30

In this episode of OP Talks, Stephen Di Trolio interviews Chicano educator, administrator, and institutional strategist Dr. Patrick Reyes. He is the host of the Forum for Theological Exploration (F...

Powers of Pen from 2022-10-24T04:00:22

In this episode of OP Talks, doctoral candidate César "CJ" Baldelomar talks to his teacher and mentor Dr. Mark Jordan, whose work focuses on Christian theology, European philosophy, and gender stud...

Transnational Phenomenon from 2022-10-17T04:02:05

In this episode of OP Talks, Stephen Di Trolio Coakley talks to theologians Dr. Raimundo Barreto and Dr. João Chaves about the rising strength of Evangelicals in Brazilian politics that led to the ...

Christ in the Heights from 2022-09-19T04:02:54

In this episode of OP Talks, Rev. Dr. Tony Lin talks to friend and colleague Rev. Mickey Correa about his work as a pastor in Washington Heights, preparing the next generation of clergy, and never ...

Cultivating Community Cultural Capital from 2022-09-12T04:02:21

'The Tip of the Pyramid: Cultivating Community Cultural Capital' (University of New Orleans Press, 2022) by writer and activist Tony Diaz, known as El Librotraficante, was published ten years after...

Race, Capitalism, and Theology from 2022-08-29T13:50:38

Dr. Vincent Lloyd, Director of Africana Studies at Villanova University, talks to theologian and social theorist Matt Vega about his doctoral research around racial capital, which Vega examines t...

Trends in Christianity in the U.S. and the Global South from 2022-08-22T04:00:57

Untold Stories from 2022-08-15T04:05:55

Cultivating Talent from 2022-08-08T04:12:59

Faith and Power from 2022-08-01T04:01:57

Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez V talks to Dr. Maggie Elmore, Dr. Sergio M. González, and Dr. Felipe Hinojosa about their edited volume on how religion has shaped Latino politics and community building ...

Thinking from Latin America from 2022-07-26T14:23:06

Pensar desde Latinoamérica from 2022-07-26T14:22:50

En este episodio de OP Talks, presentado por Stephen Di Trolio Coakley, el Dr. Rafael Vizcaíno comparte cómo su historia como migrante y su deseo de dedicarse a la filosofía lo llevaron a los campo...

The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico from 2022-07-18T04:07:14

The late Msgr. Neil A. Connolly served as a parish priest for close to 60 years. After his ordination at age 24, he spent eight weeks in Ponce, Puerto Rico, taking part in a pioneering New York Arc...

Queer and Apostolic from 2022-06-27T04:06:33

Meatpacking America from 2022-05-30T04:07:04

Sofia's Theme Park from 2022-05-16T04:08:20

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Becoming Mujeres from 2022-05-09T04:27:51

In honor of Mother’s Day, OP Talks presents a mother-daughter conversation between sociologist and ethnographer Dr. María del Socorro Castañeda and Lupita Tonantzin Castañeda-Liles about keeping th...

Transforming Fire from 2022-04-04T04:22:06

In this episode of OP Talks, President of the American Academy of Religion Dr. Mayra Rivera and American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow Dr. Mark D. Jordan discuss his recent book Transforming ...

Atando Cabos from 2022-03-21T04:01:52

In this episode of OP Talks, Professor of Educational Leadership Dr. Mary Hess talks to Hispanic Bible theologian Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier about her book Atando Cabos: Latinx Contributions ...

Jewish in The Americas from 2022-03-14T04:00:02

Feminism and Christianity from 2022-03-07T05:01:09

Beyond Profession from 2022-02-14T05:04:53

Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) former director Dr. Justo L. González and Rev. Dr. Daniel O. Aleshire, longtime Association of Theological Schools (ATS) executive director, discuss what theol...

Commodified Communion from 2021-12-20T09:16:18

Dr. Antonio “Tony” Alonso talks to Dr. Erica Ramirez about what informed his recently published book Commodified Communion: Eucharist, Consumer Culture, and the Practice of Everyday Life (Fordham U...

Diversity Among Latinx Evangelicals from 2021-11-08T20:14:17

Sí de Aquí, Sí de Allá from 2021-10-25T04:02:52

Publica intellectualis from 2021-10-11T04:02:55

Sociologist Carlos Martínez García is an opinion columnist for the Mexican national daily La Jornada . He writes on various topics, beginning with his advocacy for religious and other minorities in...

Renewing the Church by the Spirit from 2021-09-27T07:42:26

In most parts of the world and especially where Christianity is flourishing, Pentecostal and charismatic movements predominate. What would it look like for the Western world—beset by the narrative ...

Visiting Angels from 2021-09-13T18:50:17

Creating the Conditions for Scholars of Color to Thrive from 2021-08-23T04:09:16

Christianity, Empire and the Spirit from 2021-08-09T04:00

Creating Meaning and Purpose from 2021-07-26T04:02:10

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Complicated Grief in Extraordinary Times from 2021-06-14T04:06:39

Rev. Dr. Loida Martell talks to psychologist Rev. Dr. Yvonne Martínez Thorne about complicated grief in extraordinary times. “We have been going from grief to grief in grief,” says Rev. Dr. Martíne...

Faith, Justice, and Immigration from 2021-05-31T04:00:45

Rev. Miluska (Milly) Aquije’s mother brought her to the United States from Peru at the age of three, but it wasn’t until Milly applied to college that she learned she was undocumented. Her immigrat...

Brown in Red Orange County from 2021-04-26T04:05:14

Dr. João Chaves talks to sociologist Dr. Jonathan Calvillo about his research and about life in Santa Ana, a hub of Latinx activity in one of the most conservative counties of California—a city onc...

Predicadores from 2021-04-12T04:21:37

Rev. Dr. Tito Madrazo sees ethnography as a way of "bearing witness, of bearing testimony." In this episode of OP Talks, Dr. João Chaves talks to Rev. Dr. Madrazo about his new book Predicadores: H...

‘I Am Not Your Virus’: COVID-19 and Creation Care from 2021-03-22T04:00:21

Stewardship of God's creation (“creation care”) is key to the ministries of both Rev. Dr. Loida Martell, a veterinarian by training, and of board-certified chaplain Alexandra Zareth. In this episod...

En sintonía/Tuned In… from 2021-02-22T06:52:43

Nuestras selecciones de Radio Ambulante, el podcast pionero en español de NPR que cuenta crónicas latinoamericanas Our selections from Radio Ambulante, NPR's pioneering Spanish-language podcast t...

Apostles of Change from 2021-01-18T05:35:17

Dr. Felipe Hinojosa grew up in Brownsville, on the Texas-Mexico border. Steeped in the work of Iglesia Menonita del Cordero, where his father was pastor, he saw early on “the need to dream collecti...

Prosperity Gospel from 2021-01-11T05:07

Dr. João Chaves and Rev. Dr. Tony Lin discuss his book Prosperity Gospel Latinos and Their American Dream (The University of North Carolina Press, 2020). In this ethnography, Rev. Dr. Lin explores ...

Revelation in Aztlán from 2020-12-28T05:20:58

Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo speaks with Dr. Néstor Medina about the questions that shaped her first book, Revelation in Aztlán: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), ...

Post-Election Roundup from 2020-11-30T06:11:32

Dr. Erica Ramírez and Dr. Jonathan Calvillo revisit the Latinx voter outcomes they projected in a recent HTI podcast episode about the 2020 presidential election. With the national media attention ...

Karma Chameleon- Parts I and II from 2020-11-16T05:57

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

‘Infinite Hope:’ Theological School Leaders Respond to Racial Injustice from 2020-10-30T04:11:05

On June 3, 2020—after the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd—the Black presidents and deans of schools and departments of theology and religion released a statement, ”Black ...

The Evangelical Latinx Voter and the Complexity of Collective Identity from 2020-10-26T04:01:15

Sociologists Dr. Erica Ramírez and Dr. Jonathan Calvillo discuss the Latinx vote—the so-called "sleeping giant"—that seems to resurface every election cycle. Latinos are often touted as a coveted s...

Answering the Call from 2020-10-19T04:01:51

Borderlands Studies from 2020-09-14T04:25:24

Try Jesus from 2020-08-24T04:00:14

Greek for Spanish Speakers from 2020-08-03T04:27:14

Transoccidentalism from 2020-07-13T10:25:50

Choosing the Jesus Way from 2020-06-29T04:49:59

Finding Your Way to a PhD in Theology from 2020-06-15T04:10:06

Race and Ethnicity in the New Testament from 2020-06-08T14:38:26

Embracing Hopelessness from 2020-05-18T23:32

The Bible and Migration from 2020-04-27T18:26:19

'The Border is the Cross': Jornada por la Justicia from 2020-04-13T19:43:44

Dr. Jeremy Cruz and Dr. Victor Carmona, who both teach theology and religious studies, talk about what’s happening at the U.S.-Mexico border, and about...

Sintiendo la ausencia y presencia de Dios en tiempos de crisis from 2020-03-31T02:31:53

La Dra. Doris García-Rivera y la Rvda. Lydia Hernández-Marcial concuerdan en que, en medio de una crisis, la naturaleza humana es preguntar, ¿Dónde está Dios? Plantean que las tribulaciones igual n...

Crescent over Knoxville: Teaching Islam in the “Sort of South” from 2020-03-09T18:27

In this episode of HTI Open Plaza, Dr. Angela Tarango and Dr. Manuela Ceballos discuss what it's like to teach Islam in Tennessee. What challenges does a Colombian-born professor Dr. Ceballos face ...

En conjunto: LGBTQ Issues in the Church and in the Academy from 2020-02-23T14:07:58

In this pedagogical methods conversation, Dr. Xochitl Alvizo and Dr. Matilde Moros discuss their teaching of gender, sexuality and women’s studies. They each share how they navigate their individua...

Chisme and its Cultural Importance from 2020-02-10T05:00

Chisme, bochinche, tea—whatever you call it, gossip has a cultural importance in our communities. Dr. Neomi DeAnda, Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo, and Dr. Matilde Moros dish on what D...

Motherhood and the Academy from 2020-01-27T06:00

Dr. Matilde Moros and Dr. Melissa Pagán discuss their experience as mothers in graduate school and, later, as professors.

Hermeneutics in the Latinx Context- Episode 3 from 2019-12-23T05:57

Looking through a Latina Lens

It is important to read the Bible through a self-consciously Latina interpretive, or hermeneutical, lens. In this three-epi...

Hermeneutics in the Latinx Context- Episode 2 from 2019-12-23T05:53

Looking through a Latina Lens

It is important to read the Bible through a self-consciously Latina interpretive, or hermeneutical, lens. In this three-epi...

Hermeneutics in the Latinx Context- Episode 1 from 2019-12-16T20:28

Looking through a Latina Lens

It is important to read the Bible through a self-consciously Latina interpretive, or hermeneutical, lens. In this three-epi...

Hermeneutics in the Latinx Context, Episodes 1-3 from 2019-12-16T18:42

Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo and Dr. Kay Higuera Smith on what we mean by “hermeneutics,” including Latinx hermeneutics

Leadership and Youth Development in Local Congregations from 2019-11-23T05:30

Leadership development is a life-long process, and churches have proved to be the perfect training ground for young people to develop leadership skills. In this Open Plaza podcast, thre...

Millennial Latinxs Reconnect with Ancestral Wisdom from 2019-11-23T05:30

In this Open Plaza Podcast, Stephen Rocco DiTrolio talks to Dr. Lauren Frances Guerra about how millennial Latinxs attempt to decolonize their spiritual lives through Curanderismo, Sant...