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Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

Dr. Angela Valenzuela and Patricia Núñez talk to El Librotraficante Tony Diaz about community organizing

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The Tip of the Pyramid

El Librotraficante Tony Diaz presents excerpts from his new book on Cultivating Community Cultural Capital

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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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Untold Stories

Dr. Joel Pérez talks to Dr. Peter Rios about his book on the Latinx leadership experience in higher education

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Faith and Power

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 since 1945

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The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico

Dr. Michael Lee talks to community organizer Angel García about his recent book on the priesthood of Fr. Neil Connolly in the South Bronx, 1958-1980s

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Meatpacking America

Rev. Dr. Tony Lin talks to Dr. Kristy Nabhan-Warren about her book on how migration, work, and faith unite and divide the American heartland

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Neruda on the Park

Cleyvis Natera presents excerpts from her debut novel

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Where the Sidewalks Meet a Time Before Water

Poet Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos and photographer Danny R. Peralta present excerpts from their Bronx-inspired books

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Transforming Fire

Dr. Mayra Rivera talks to Dr. Mark Jordan about his recent book on imagining Christian teaching

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The Grand Silence, 1929

An excerpt from Song of the Water Saints by Nelly Rosario on the novel’s 20th anniversary

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Atando Cabos

Dr. Mary Hess and Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier discuss her book on theological education and tying the loose ends left over from the history of Latinx Christianity

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Ode to [Elegies]

Poet Robert Carlos García explores the complexities of modern life and death

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Xitlali Zaragoza, Curandera

Reyes Ramírez presents a story excerpt from his debut collection The Book of Wanderers

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Beyond Profession

Theologians Dr. Justo L. González and Rev. Dr. Daniel O. Aleshire discuss his book on the next future of theological education

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Dreams of Reversal

Miguel Escobar offers a biblical understanding of money and prosperity from the perspective of his migrant farmworker family experience

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After Dark/Nueva Luz

Rev. Dr. Harold J. Recinos presents excerpts from his latest poetry collection / En Foco, Inc. illuminates with photography from their journal archives