Doris Garcia Rivera selected as lecturer for HTI's 25th Anniversary! • ¡Doris García Rivera seleccionada como conferencista para el 25º aniversario de HTI!
BPFNA Interim Executive Director Doris Garcia Rivera has been selected as a lecturer to present as part of the Hispanic Theological Initiative’s (HTI) 25th Anniversary celebration. Doris’s lecture is titled Soaring into the Night: Remapping the theological star chart / Remontando la noche: Dibujando un otro mapa estelar teológico and will be presented Monday, March 22 at 6:30 PM Eastern over Zoom. Register here.
To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, HTI will be launching virtual initiatives throughout the year. Part of this will include consortium member schools sponsoring Zoom lectures to make it possible for more people to attend. Sponsored by Princeton Theological Seminary, Doris’s presentation is part of a three-lecture series titled: The Role of Religious Institutions in the Future of American Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches from Latinx Perspectives. Other presenters in the series include Dr. Eric Barreto and Dr. Gerardo Marti.
“It is an honor to be a part of this program. HTI is currently working on nurturing its third generation of scholars who are changing the landscape of theological and religious education. What a milestone to celebrate for this 25th Anniversary!,” said Doris Garcia Rivera. “In my lecture, I wanted to use the imagery presented in a Zapatista cosmogonic myth, yet reinterpreted. Using the imagery of 'La Noche... la noche es nuestra,' at the periphery of theological academic discourses, this presentation 'apalabra' (gives word) to the present social challenges and provides suggestions to center the Hispanic theological thinking, stories and experiences to remap the theological horizon.”
HTI works to cultivate Latinx PhD students across the United States by uniting and leveraging institutional resources for successful outcomes. It does this through the goals of increasing the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of Latinx PhD students; increasing the presence of Latinx leaders and faculty in seminaries, theological institutes and universities; and providing spaces for the exchange of ideas and information between Latinx students and faculty.
In addition to this lecture opportunity, BPFNA is continuing its relationship with HTI through hosting an intern who will help to build up our online resources for children and youth. Jasmin Figueroa, a Princeton Theological Seminary graduate who is pursuing her PhD at Boston University, will be with BPFNA for a year from May 2021-May 2022.
More about the lecture series through Princeton Theological Seminary
The Role of Religious Institutions in the Future of American Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches from Latinx Perspectives.
March 15th, 6:30pm-7:45pm • Dr. Eric Barreto, Assoc. Professor of New Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary • Title: A Latinx Imagination and Future for Theological Education
March 22nd, 6:30pm-7:45pm • Dr. Doris García-Rivera, Interim Executive Director, BPFNA-Bautistas por la Paz • Title: Soaring into the Night: Remapping the theological star chart / Remontando la noche: Dibujando un otro mapa estelar teológico.
March 29th, 6:30pm-7:45pm • Dr. Gerardo Marti, Professor of Sociology at Davidson College and President-Elect of the Association for the Sociology of Religion • Title: Latinidad in Our Righteous Republic: Latinx Churches, Christian Libertarianism, and the Future of American Politics
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