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Home Among the Clouds
blog, video, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/27/24 blog, video, SpiritNations Open Plaza 11/27/24

Home Among the Clouds

A new short film by Kogi screenwriter Jacinto Zarabata and the Tairona Heritage Trust for the Sierra Nevada of Colombia

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Academic Publishing
podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 10/16/24 podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 10/16/24

Academic Publishing

Historian Dr. Felipe Hinojosa talks to editor Alejandra Mejía, who acquires books in Latinx history at Duke University Press

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Pueblo de la Fe
blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, Books Open Plaza 7/9/24 blog, español, Carlos De Foucauld, Books Open Plaza 7/9/24

Pueblo de la Fe

Jesús Rafael Jiménez presenta extractos de su novela sobre mineros con sueños de oro en la frontera de Venezuela y Guayana

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Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/12/24 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/12/24

Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz

Theologians Dr. Theresa L. Torres and Dr. Theresa A. Yugar discuss Latinx women's leadership in the context of the 17th-century Mexican protofeminist and ecofeminist

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Nuestro Llanto
podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/5/24 podcast, OPTalks Open Plaza 6/5/24

Nuestro Llanto

Dr. Felipe Hinojosa talks to Felipe E. Agredano and Daniel Ballon-Garst about the queer Apostolic history that dates back to the early 1900s

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9/11 at 22
blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23 blog, Compilation Open Plaza 9/11/23

9/11 at 22

A selection of resources that touch on how issues of religion, Latinidades, and social justice have been impacted by the 2001 September 11 attacks

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Sowing the Sacred
podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 5/17/23 podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 5/17/23

Sowing the Sacred

Dr. João Chaves talks to Dr. Lloyd Barba about his recent book on Mexican Pentecostal farmworkers in California, 1916-1966

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Sacred Fields, Sacred Nostalgia
blog, Books, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 3/27/23 blog, Books, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 3/27/23

Sacred Fields, Sacred Nostalgia

Dr. Lloyd D. Barba presents excerpts from his recent book on Mexican Pentecostal farmworkers in California

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Virgin of Altagracia Medallions
blog, AfroSpiritus, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 1/23/23 blog, AfroSpiritus, 2023 Highlights Open Plaza 1/23/23

Virgin of Altagracia Medallions

Dr. Jennifer A. Baez on how the popular votives helped model black piety and community membership within a hierarchical socioracial order in 18th-century Dominican Republic

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Trends in Christianity in the U.S. and the Global South
OPTalks, podcast, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/22/22 OPTalks, podcast, Books, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 8/22/22

Trends in Christianity in the U.S. and the Global South

Dr. Daniel Ramírez talks to historian Dr. Philip Jenkins about his work

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…And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me
blog Open Plaza 5/2/22 blog Open Plaza 5/2/22

…And the Barrio Did Not Devour Me

San Antonio-based Chicano artist José Esquivel highlights a career spanning over 50 years

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Return to Padre
blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22 blog, SpiritNations Open Plaza 1/31/22

Return to Padre

Journalist and anthropologist Cecilia Ballí tells a legal and personal history of South Texas

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Santa Lucía de Siracusa…y de Las Matas de Farfán
blog, español Open Plaza 12/13/21 blog, español Open Plaza 12/13/21

Santa Lucía de Siracusa…y de Las Matas de Farfán

Joel Andrés Ramírez pinta un contexto político, social y religioso de la virgen y mártir, patrona religiosa de un pueblo dominicano

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Apostles of Change
AfroSpiritus, podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 1/18/21 AfroSpiritus, podcast, OPTalks, Books Open Plaza 1/18/21

Apostles of Change

Jorge Juan Rodríguez V and Dr. Felipe Hinojosa discuss his new book on Latino radical politics, church occupations, and the fight to save the barrio

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Revelation in Aztlán
podcast, OPTalks, Books, SpiritNations Open Plaza 12/28/20 podcast, OPTalks, Books, SpiritNations Open Plaza 12/28/20

Revelation in Aztlán

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

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En conjunto
blog, HTI25 Open Plaza 9/28/20 blog, HTI25 Open Plaza 9/28/20

En conjunto

Dr. Daniel Ramírez offers a personal meditation on the history of the Hispanic Theological Initiative

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Believe, Repeat, and Act
blog, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 4/8/20 blog, CO-VIDA 19, AfroSpiritus Open Plaza 4/8/20

Believe, Repeat, and Act

Rev. Dr Melinda Contreras-Byrd on warding off despair and regaining hope

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Open Plaza and the Legacies of 'El Plan de Santa Bárbara' at Age 50
blog, HTI25 Open Plaza 11/23/19 blog, HTI25 Open Plaza 11/23/19

Open Plaza and the Legacies of 'El Plan de Santa Bárbara' at Age 50

Dr. Jacqueline Hidalgo on the anniversary of the historic document in Latinx education

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