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EDUCATIONAL Ph.D. 1999 Temple University (Religion)
BACKGROUND: M.A. 1996 Temple University (Religion)
M. Div. 1995 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.P.A. 1985 American University (Public Affairs)
B.S. 1983 Florida International University (Pol Sci)
SINGLE-AUTHORED Genesis: A Theological Commentary on the BOOK Bible, Westminster John Knox Press,
PUBLICATIONS: forthcoming in 2012.
Latino/a Social Justice: Moving Beyond Eurocentric Moral Thinking, Baylor University Press, forthcoming in 2010.
Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on the Current Immigration Debate, Orbis Books, 2009.
Liberating Jonah: Toward a Biblical Ethics of
Reconciliation, Orbis Books, 2007.
A Lily Among the Thorns: Imagining a New Christian Sexuality, Jossey-Bass, 2007.
Leer la Biblia desde los Marginados, Ediciones
Mensajero, 2005.
Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins, Orbis
Books, 2004.
Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing
Religion in
Publishing Co., 2004.
La Lucha for
The Quest for the Cuban Christ: A Historical
Search, University Press of
Reading the Bible from the Margins, Orbis
Books, 2002.
Ajiaco Christianity: Toward an Exilic Cuban Ethic of Reconciliation, Ph.D. diss.,
MULTI-AUTHORED Introducing Hispanic Ethics, co-authored with
BOOK PUBLICATIONS: Maria Teresa Davila, Ismael Garcia, and Hugo Magallanes, Abington Press, forthcoming in 2011.
The Quest for the Historical Satan, co-authored with Albert Hernandez, Fortress Press, forthcoming in 2011.
Introducing Latino/a Theologies, co-authored with Edwin Aponte, Orbis Books, 2001.
EDITED Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Theology
BOOKS: from the Margins, co-edited with Stacy Floyd-Thomas, Westminster John Knox Press, 2012.
Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Ethics from the Margins, co-edited with Stacy Floyd-Thomas, Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.
Out of the Shadows, Into the Light: Christianity
and Homosexuality Chalice Press, 2009.
Baylor University Press, 2008.
AAR Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession,
Rethinking Latino/a Religion and Ethnicity, co- edited with Gaston Espinosa, Pilgrim Press,
2006.
Handbook on Latino/a Theologies, co-edited
with Edwin Aponte, Chalice Press, 2006.
Handbook on
ENCYCLOPEDIA Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious
EDITOR: Culture, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2009.
Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious JOURNAL Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Sopher EDITOR: Press, since January, 2010.
Culture, Volume 1, ABC-CLIO Publishers,
2009.
http://www.raceandreligion.com/.
BOOK A Bembe for our Asian Hermano/as, New
CHAPTER Overtures: Asian North American
Theology in the 21st Century, Eleazar S. Fernandez,
ed., Sopher Press, forthcoming in 2011.
Pray for Elián, Elián González: The Critical
Reader, Paul Allatson, ed. University of
Wisconsin Press, forthcoming in 2011.
Constructing a Cuban-Centric Christ, Jesus in the Hispanic Community, Harold Recinos and Hugo Magallanes, eds., Westminster John Knox Press, (2010): 58-73.
Beyond Machismo: A Cuban Case Study, Men and Masculinities in Christianity and Judaism: A Critical Reader, Björn Krondorfer, ed., SCM-Canterbury Press, (2009): 444-59.
Dancing with Ochún: Imagining How a Black
Goddess Became White, Black Religion and
Aesthetics: Religious Thought and Life in Africa
and the African Diaspora, Anthony Pinn, ed.,
Cambridge University Press, (2009): 113-34.
Confessions of a Latino Macho: From Gay Basher to Gay Ally, Out of the Shadows and into the Light: Struggling with the Sin of Heterosexuality, Chalice Press, (2009): 59-75.
Pastoral Care from the Margins: The Hispanic Community, Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care, Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook and Karen Montagno, eds., Fortress Press, (2009): 59-72.
Dealing with Diversity, Best Advice: Wisdom on Ministry from 30 Leading Pastors and Preachers, William J. Carl III, ed., Westminster John Knox Press, (2009): 57-62.
For Immigrants, Church and Public Life: An
Agenda for Change, Rebecca Todd Peters and
Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, eds.,
For Strength to Fight for Justice, Prayers for The New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed, Chistian Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, eds.,
Introduction, Seeking Liberation within World Religions,
Religion and Religiosity, Latino/as in the U.S.: Changing the Face of America, Havidán Rodríguez, Rogelio Saenz, and Cecilia Menjivar, eds., Springer Publishing, (2007): 225-40.
Dealing with Difficult Issues,
Job Search,
Rethinking Mulatez, Rethinking Latino/a Religion and Ethnicity, Miguel A. De La Torre and Gaston Espinosa, Pilgrim Press, (2006):158-75.
Religion and Power in the Study of Hispanic Religions, Rethinking Latino/a Religion and Ethnicity, Miguel A. De La Torre and Gaston Espinosa, eds., Pilgrim Press, (2006):286-98.
Alternative Traditions, Co-authored with Edwin Aponte, Edwin Aponte and Miguel A. De La Torre, eds., Handbook on Latino/a Theologies, Chalice Press, (2006): 206-11.
Pray for Elián: Religion, Politics, and Power in
Cuban Religiosity, entry in A Handbook of the
Scripture, Handbook of
Afterword, Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key:
The Pope=s Visit and Civic Space for Cuban
Religion, Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, ed., The
La funcion del barrio en la doctrina del pecado
original, Mas Voces de la Iglesia Hispana, Luis
G. Pedraja, ed., Arbingdon Press, (2001): 81-94.
Constructing our Cuban Ethnic Identity while in
Reflections on
Fernando F. Segovia and Eleazar Fernandez
eds., Orbis Books, (2001): 185-202.
Culture and Tradition in the Caribbean,
Hemchand Gossai and Nathaniel Samuel
Murrell, eds., St. Martins Press, (2000): 73-91.
ARTICLE Why a Journal Like This, Journal of Race,
PUBLICATIONS: Ethnicity, and Religion, Vol. 1, No. 1 (January,
2010): 1-11.
A Christian Bioethicial Response to Health Care
for Hispanics, American Journal of Bioethics,
Vol. 8, No. 10 (October, 2008).
On Being the Academic Other, “Diversifying Knowledge Production: The Other within Christianity,” AAR Spotlight on Teaching, Vol. 22, No. 4 (October, 2007): ii, xi.
Living on the Borders, The Ecumenical Review,
Vol. 59, No 2-3 (April/July 2007): 214-20.
Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities,
Religious Studies News, Vol. 21, No. 3 (May
2006): 10, 26.
Ethnic Minorities, Religious Studies News, Vol.
20, No. 4 (October 2005): 13, 19.
Response to Houlden=s Book Review,
Conversations in Religion andTheology, Vol 1,
No. 1 (May 2003): 8-11.
The Challenge of Lazarus, Celebration: An
Ecumenical Worship Resource, Vol. 31, No. 3
(March 2003): 99-100.
Martí=s Contribution to the Construction of the Cuban Christ, APUNTES, Year 22, No. 3, (Fall, 2002): 84-106.
Evangelism: A Hispanic Perspective, Church and
Society, Vol. 92, No. 3 (January/February 2002):
11-24.
Ochún: [N]either the [M]Other of All Cubans,
[N]or the Bleached Virgin, Journal of the
(December, 2001): 837-61.
Confesiones de un macho cubano, Prespectivas, No. 4 (Summer, 2001): 65-87.
The Quest for the Historical Hispanic Christ,
Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought,
Vol. 14, No. 10 (December 1999): 5-8.
Beyond Machismo, The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, Vol. 19 (1999): 213-33.
A Preferential Option for McDonalds, APUNTES, Year 19, No. 2, (Summer, 1999): 51-59.
Masking Hispanic Racism: A Cuban Case Study,
Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, Vol. 6, No.
4 (May 1999): 57-73.
Book Review of Teología en Conjunto, by José D. Rodríguez and
Cubans Reading Psalm 137, The Schuykill, Vol.
1, No. 2, Feb/Mar 1998.
Toward Cuban Reconciliation: An Ajiaco
Philosophical Foundation, Koinonia, IX: 1 & 2
(Spring/Fall 1997): 58-78.
The Role of the Barrio in the Doctrine of Original Sin, APUNTES, Year 16, No. 3, (Fall, 1996): 78-90.
REFERENCE ENTRIES: Afro-Caribbean Religions, entry in Cambridge History of Religion in Latin America, ed. by Virginia Garrard-Burnett and Paul Freston, Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2011.
Three Lectionary entries for Oct. 9-15, for Preaching Social Justice from the Lectionary: Years A, B, and C, ed. by Ronald J. Allen, Dale P. Andrews, and Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm, Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming in 2011.
Conscientization, Liberation Ethics, and Praxis, entries in Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, ed. by Joel Green, Baker Academics, forthcoming in 2010.
Ephesians 1:15-23; 1 Peter 3:13-22; and 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:5-11, theological entries for Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor, eds., Westminster John Knox Press, forthcoming in 2010.
Santería, entry in Encyclopedia on Religion in America, Charles Lippy and Peter Williams, eds., CQ Press, forthcoming in 2010.
Latino/as, entry in Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, Daniel Patte, ed., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming in 2010.
Thirty entries in Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 1, Miguel A. De La Torre, ed., ABC-CLIO Publishers, (2009): xii-xxi, 15, 17, 26-28, 30, 36-38, 110, 124, 131, 153, 156-58, 157, 161, 166, 171-75, 209-12, 220-24, 230-36, 231, 236, 256, 263, 277, 299, 315, 325-27, 346-48, 347, 371, 373.
Twenty-five entries in Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 2, Miguel A. De La Torre, ed., ABC-CLIO Publishers, (2009): 400, 411, 441, 443, 447-49, 454-56, 489-91, 498-501, 499, 503, 505, 513-15, 515-17, 518-25, 522, 524, 538-39, 539-41, 561-63, 717, 720, 721, 729, 752.
Fifty biblical expositions in The People=s Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Aprocrypha, ed. by Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Wilda C. Gafney, Leticia A. Guardiola-S<enz, George Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada, Fortress Press, (2008): 1415, 1417, 1419, 1423, 1434, 1436, 1453, 1460, 1462, 1473-75, 1477, 1486-88, 1490, 1498-99, 1501, 1503, 1509, 1512, 1519-20, 1538-39, 1543, 1547, 1552, 1555, 1579, 1590, 1596, 1603, 1607, 1625-26, 1633, 1637, 1638, 1657, 1668, 1672, 1682, 1702, 1723, 1728.
Social Ethics 3: Latin America, entry in The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Vol. 5, Erwin Fahlbusch, et al., eds., William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company & Brill, (2008): 54-57.
Propaganda: Antireligious (Cuban), entry in The
New Encyclopedia of Unbelief, Tom Flynn, ed.,
Prometheus Books (2007): 620-21.
Eleven dictionary entries in The Westminster Dictionary of Theologians, Justo L. González, ed. Westminster John Knox Press (2006): 96, 98, 126, 166, 169, 172-173, 178-179, 351.
Eleven dictionary entries in Diccionario de
teólogos y teólogas, Justo L. González, ed.,
Kairos Press (2004): 133, 137, 168, 226, 230,
232-34, 239-41, 473.
Cuban American Religious Communities, entry in Religion and American Cultures: An Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions, Vol. 1, Gary Laderman and Luis León, eds., Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers (2003): 187-191.
BOOK SERIES New Perspectives in Latino/a Religion, 12
EDITOR: volume-set, Baylor University Press, forthcoming in 2010-2016. Books include:
a) Edwin D. Aponte,
b) Jorge Aquino, Racism from a Latina/o Perspective: Nation-Building and Religious Identity in Our America
c) Maria Teresa Dávila, Economic Mobility from a Latina/o Perspective: The Latina/o Middle Class and the Option for the Poor
d) Alberto Hernandez, Spirituality from a Latina/o Perspective: Encountering God at the Margins
e) Hajmil Martinez-Vazquez, Religious History from a Latina/o Perspective: New Methodologies in the Search for Memory
DOCUMENTARIES: Who is my Neighbor, interviewed on the documentary dealing with the immigration dilemma, produced by the Colorado Council of Churches, 2008.
Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism, interviewed on the documentary dealing with the racism within Baptist churches, produced by the Ethics Daily, 2008.
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES: 2003- present. Syndicated column for Ethics Daily, appearing bi-monthly on a Baptist run website: www.ethicsdaily.com
2008-2010. Syndicated column for Associate Baptist Press, appearing bi- monthly on a Baptist run website: www.abpnews.com
2002 - 2005. Syndicated column for the Holland Sentinel, appearing bi-monthly in the Editorial Section.
2000-2001. Syndicated column for the Holland Sentinel, co-authored with Deborah De La Torre and titled Salsa for the Soul, appearing bi-monthly in the Saturday Religion Section.
NEWS SPOKESPERSON: Dr. De La Torre has been an expert commentator concerning ethical issues on several media outlets including, but not limited to: CNN News, CNN Saturday Night with Rick Sanchez, CNN en español, Univision News, Telemundo News, NPR Michigan, NPR North Carolina, Time Magazine, The Miami Herald, The LA Times, The New York Post, Dallas News, The Houston Chronicle, The Denver Post, Grand Rapids Press, The Washington Times, The Orlando Sentinel, and The Winston-Salem Journal. In addition, Dr. De La Torre has appeared in international media outlets including, but not limited to:
HONORS: 2005 Received the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in
2005 Received an Honorable Mention in Educational Books by the Catholic Press Association of the
2005 Received ForeWord Magazine=s Book of the Year Finalist Award for Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in
2004 Summer Writing Grant from
2003 Received
2003 McGregor Award ($2,000).
2002 "Outstanding Hispanic Educator" award by the
2002 Faculty Fund for Faith ($4000 + a semester sabbatical).
2001 Summer Writing Grant from the Jobe and Julie Morrison Family. Faculty Development Fund in combination with the Norman and Ruth Peale Fund ($3600).
2000 Post-Doctoral Summer Writing Grant from the Hispanic Theological Initiative ($8000).
2000 The Hispanic Churches in American Public Life Writing Grant ($3000).
1999 Frederick Douglass Summer Teaching Fellowship ($1,800).
PROFESSIONAL 2009-2011 Appointed to the Board of Directors of the
EXPERIENCE: American
2009-2011 Chair of the
2009-2010 Appointed to the
2006 - 2011 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics.
2006 - 2009 Co-chair of the
Religion Ethics Section
2006 Member of the Human Rights Campaign
2005 - 2007 Member of the
Religion Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession
Committee
2005 & 2008 Member of the Society of Christian
2004 Visiting Co-Editor for Perspectivas: Occasional
2003-2006 Member of the Board of Director of
Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity.
2001 - 2006 Elected Executive Board Director of
Tulipanes, the Latino Art and Film Festival, a non-
profit corporation which celebrates the cultural and
artistic heritage of Latino/as and their contribution to
the greater
2003 Member of the West Michigan Strategic
2000 - 2002 Editorial Board Member of the Journal
of Religious Ethics.
2000 - 2002 Elected Vice-president of LAUP (Latin Americans United for Progress), a civil action group which advocates for the social and political needs and concern of Latina/o residents in
2000 - 2001 Elected Vice-president of La Comunidad, an academic organization which meets during the
1999 - 2001 Member of the Society of Christian
Ethics=s Committee for the 21st Century, charged with
thinking about future self-understandings and
directions which the Society might adopt, sustain, or
create as it enters a new century.
1998 - 1999 Consultant for a project titled The Community Serving Role of the Hispanic Protestant Church, conducted by Claremont School of Theology for its Urban Leadership Institute, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust.
1998 - 2001 Founder and organizer of Etica Latina: A Hispanic Ethical Perspective, an interest group for the Society of Christian Ethics.
1996 - 1998 Research Assistant for a project titled Negotiating Political and Economic Crises: Peruvian and Salvadoran Christians in Latin America and the United States, conducted by The University of Florida Departments of Religion and Political Science, and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust.
1993 - 1994 An ordained pastor for
TEACHING 2005 - Present Iliff
EXPERIENCE: Associate Professor:
Ethics Perspectives on Justice & Peace
Ethical Analysis and Advocacy
Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins
Biblical Ethics
Erotic Bible
Fanon, Foucault, and Friends
Formative White Male Figures in Christian Ethics
Immersion course in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Immersion course on the U.S. Borders
Multicultural Issues
Postcolonial Ethics
Womanist Ethics
1999 - 2005 Hope College, Assistant Professor:
The Quest for Reconciliation;
Black & Latino/a Theology;
Marx, Foucault & Liberation;
Immersion course in La Habana, Cuba;
Introduction to Liberation Theology;
Reading the Bible from the Margins;
Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins;
The Exotic Bible: Sex for Believers.
1999
Introduction to Philosophy
1999
Business Ethics
1997
Religion and Contemporary Culture
1995 - 1999 Temple University, Instructor:
Hebrew Bible;
Introduction to World Religion;
Religion in
Racial Justice: A Religious Mandate of
Obedience and Revolt.
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS: Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana
Society of Biblical Literature
Society of Christian Ethics