While the first volume in the Theological Education ¡Latinamente! Series lays the theoretical and historical groundwork for reconceptualizing Latinidad within the context of theological education, this second volume explores how one towering figure—the Rev. Dr. Daisy L. Machado—pursued scholarly, pedagogical, and administrative innovations within this sector. After years as a social worker, minister, and public school teacher, Daisy L. Machado entered theological education with a unique vantage point and acumen for innovation. As a scholar her work on borderlands weaved church history, borderland studies, theology, and ethics to generate new understandings not only of the U.S.-Mexico Border but of constructions of power and the nation itself. As a teacher her centering of communities of color and embrace of immersive teaching led her to innovative pedagogical institutions at multiple institutions. As an administrator who served as Dean of two institutions as well as founding Director of the Hispanic Theological Initiative and Executive Director of the Hispanic Scholars Program, she has put vision to action and grown the organization always with an eye toward community care. Pushing against the traditional festschrift model, the essays in this volume critically explore how Machado innovated in theological education and what lessons it yields for the next generation of theological leaders.
Expected Publication Date: June 2027
Series and Volume Editor:
Jorge Juan Rodríguez V
Associate Director for Strategic Programming
Hispanic Scholars Program
Contributors:
Tim Van Meter
Associate Professor in the Alford Chair of Christian Education and Youth Ministry Coordinator of Ecological Initiatives
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Cristian De La Rosa
Associate Dean for Students and Community Life; Clinical Assistant Professor of Contextual Theological and Practice
Boston University School of Theology
Eduardo Fernandez
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry
Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University
Francisco Lozada, Jr.
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty; Professor of New Testament Studies
Christian Theological Seminary
Felipe Hinojosa
John and Nancy Jackson Endowed Chair in Latin America and Professor of History
Baylor University
Maria Pilar Aquino
Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Diego
Cláudio Carvalhaes
Professor of Worship and Practical Theology
Union Theological Seminary
Angela Tarango
Professor of Religion
Trinity University
Janay Salcedo-Kinsey
Daisy L. Machado
Executive Director
Hispanic Scholars Program