Reimagining Latinidad

The first of four volumes in the Theological Education ¡Latinamente! series (Fortress Press), “Reimagining Latinidad” provides new historical and theoretical perspectives on Latinidad as related to Blackness, indigeneity, interculturality, gender, sexuality, and interreligious realities within the community.


Writings on Latine Identity and Higher Education: Exploring Identity and Education

Publication Description

As the first text within the Theological Education ¡Latinamente! series, “Reimagining Latinidad” lays the theoretical and historical frameworks for the series writ large. Edited by Dr. María Pilar Aquino and Dr. Greg Cuéllar, essays within this volume push readers to critically examine what they believe about the Latine/Hispanic community and their relationship to theological education all while asking what it looks like have this community’s scholarly, epistemological, and lived contributions shift how we approach education, institutions, and leadership formation. 

The text is divided into five sections that explore key aspects of Latinidad: 

  1. Afro-Latinidad and Theological Education
  2. Sexuality, Gender, and Queerness
  3. Evangelicals, Pentecostals, and Religious “Nones”
  4. InterReligious and InterCultural Engagement
  5. Interdisciplinary and Transnational Methodologies

Through these sections the text as a whole seeks to be at the vanguard of reconceptualizing not just Latinidad, but theological education writ large by critically asking whether we our institutions are serving the Latine/Hispanic community in its full diversity or a caricature of who the community is said to be. From that critical wrestling, we can build anew. 

Expected Publication Date: 2027

Series Editor

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Deputy Executive Director

Hispanic Scholars Program

Editors

María Pilar Aquino

Professor Emerita, Theology and Religious Studies

University of San Diego

Gregory Cuéllar

Professor, Old Testament

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

Contributors

Ish Ruiz

Assistant Professor of Latinx and Queer Decolonial Theology and Director, CLGS Catholic Roundtable

Pacific School of Religion

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V

Associate Director for Strategic Programming

Hispanic Scholars Program

Arlene Sánchez-Walsh

Professor of Religious Studies

Azusa Pacific University

Néstor Medina

Associate Professor of Religious Ethics and Culture

Toronto School of Theology

Elaine Padilla

Professor and Chair, Philosophy and Religion, Latine/Latin American Studies

University of La Verne

Alexandra M. Rosado-Román 

Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Caribbean Decolonial Ethics

Pacific School of Religion

Cláudio Carvalhaes

Professor of Worship – Practical Theology

Union Theological Seminary

Jackie Hidalgo

Professor, Theology and Religious Studies

University of San Diego

Daisy L. Machado 

Executive Director

Hispanic Scholars Program

Since its first Summer Session in 1989, the Hispanic Scholars Program (HSP) has sought to be a place of welcome in which theological education is made available to all students. In keeping with this commitment, the HSP does not discriminate in its admissions or program practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability, or any other status protected by law. Applicants are evaluated using program-related criteria such as academic preparation, vocational interest, character, and commitment to theological study. The HSP has always served students, faculty, staff, administrators, and leaders from a wide range of backgrounds. Guided by the values of en conjunto (working together as a community), lo cotidiano (attending to the realities of daily life), and acompañamiento (walking alongside one another), we affirm that all people are created in the image of God and journey together in learning and faith.