HTI Alumni

Theresa A. Yugar

Lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles

Field of Study: Religion and Society

Theresa Yugar is a feminist teacher, scholar, and activist. She is the graduate of three institutions of higher education in the discipline of Women’s Studies. They are Claremont Graduate University, Harvard University, and Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles. She is interested in the intersection of gender, ecology, colonial and neocolonialism, and immigration reform. She is involved in marginal groups within the Roman Catholic Church including the Roman Catholic Women priest Movement, The Catholic Worker, and Call To Action. She enjoys singing, swimming, and being with family.

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Conde-Frazier, Elizabeth

Conde-Frazier, Elizabeth, Zaida Maldonado Pérez, and Loida Martell-Otero. Latina Evangélicas: A Theological Survey from the Margins. Cascade Books, 2013.

Listen to the Children: Conversations with Immigrant Families/Escuchemos a los Ninos: Conversaciones con Familias Immigrantes. Judson Pr: Bilingual Edition, 2011.

Conde-Frazier, Elizabeth, Gary A. Parrett, and Steve Kang. A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics for Spiritual Formation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004.

Cuellar, Gregory Lee

Voices of Marginality: Exile and Return in Second Isaiah 40-55 and the Mexican Immigrant Experience (American University Studies VII: Theology and Religion).New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2008

Dalton, Frederick

The Moral Vision of Cesar Chavez. Orbis Books, 2003.

De La Torre, Miguel A.

Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting a Badass Christianity. Eerdmans, 2018.

Embracing Hopelessness. Fortress Press, 2017.

Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump. Orbis Books, 2017.

Introducing Liberative Theologies. Orbis Books, 2015.

The Politics of Jesus: A Hispanic Political Theology (Religion in the Modern World). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015.

Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians. Westminster John Knox Press, 2013.

Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Ethics from the Margins. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. Co-Author: Stacy Floyd-Thomas

Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Theology from the Margins. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. Co-Author: Stacy Floyd-Thomas

Genisis: Belief, A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.

The Quest for the Historical Satan. Fortress Press, 2011.

Latina/o Social Ethics: Moving Beyond Eurocentric Moral Thinking. Baylor University Press, 2010.

Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 1. ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2009.

Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 2. ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2009.

Out of the Shadows, Into the Light: Christianity and Homosexuality. Chalice Press, 2009.

Trails of Hope and Terror: Testimonies on Immigration. Orbis Books, 2009.

The Hope of Liberation in World Religions. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2008.

A Lily Among the Thorns: Imagining a New Christian Sexuality. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2007.

Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethics of Reconciliation. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007.

Handbook of Latina/o Theologies. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2006.

Rethinking Latino(a) Religion & Identity. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2006.

Leer la Biblia desde los Marginados. Ediciones Mensajero, 2005.

Doing Christian Ethics From The Margins. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004.

Handbook on US Theologies of Liberation. St Louis: Chalice Press, 2004.

Santeria: The Beliefs And Rituals Of A Growing Religion In America.Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2004.

La Lucha for Cuba: Religion and Politics on the Streets of Miami. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2003.

Reading the Bible from the Margins. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.

The Quest for the Cuban Christ. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2002.

Introducing Latino/a Theologies. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001.

Delgado, Teresa

A Puerto Rican Decolonial Theology: Prophesy Freedom (New Approaches to Religion and Power). Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Public Intellectuals for the Twenty-First Century (New Approaches to Religion and Power). Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

De Luna, Anita

Faith Formation and Popular Religion: Lessons from the Tejano Experience. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 2003.

Diaz, Miguel H.

On Being Human: U.S. Hispanic and Rahnerian Perspectives. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2001.

Diaz, Miguel H., and Orlando Espín. From the Heart of Our People: Latino/a Explorations in Catholic Systematic Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999

Dupertuis, Ruben

Engaging Early Christian History: Reading Acts in the Second Century (Bibleworld). Routledge, 2013.

Espin, Orlando

Idol and Grace: On Traditioning and Subversive Hope. Orbis Books, 2014.

Espin, Orlando, and Miguel H. Diaz. From the Heart of Our People: Latino/a Explorations in Catholic Systematic Theology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.

Espinosa, Gastón

William J. Seymour and the Origins of Global Pentecostalism: A Biography and Documentary History. Duke University Press Books 2014.

Latino Pentecostals in America: Faith and Politics in Action. Harvard University Press 2014.

Religion, Race, and Barack Obama’s New Democratic Pluralism. Routledge, 2012.

Religion and the American Presidency: George Washington to George W. Bush. Columbia University Press, 2009.

Religion, Race, and the American Presidency. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2008.

Espinosa, Gastón and Miguel De La Torre. Rethinking Latino(a) Religion & Identity. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2006.

Espinosa, Gastón, and Mario T. Garcia. Mexican American Religions: Spirituality, Activism, and Culture. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2008.

Espinosa, Gastón, Virgilio Elizondo, and Jesse Miranda. Latino Religions and Civic Activism in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Fernandez, Eduardo

Culture-Sensitive Ministry: Helpful Strategies for Pastoral Ministers. Paulist Press, 2010.

Mexican-American Catholics (Pastoral Spirituality). Paulist Press, 2007.

Fernandez, Eduardo, and James Empereur. La Vida Sacra: Contemporary Hispanic Sacramental Theology. Rowan and Littlefield, 2006.

U.S. Catholic Hispanic Trends and Works. University of Scranton, 2002.

La Cosecha: Harvesting Contemporary U.S. Hispanic Theology (1972-1998). Liturgical Press, 2000. Spanish version released in 2009 by Buena Prensa.

García-Alfonso, Cristina

Resolviendo: Narratives of Survival in the Hebrew Bible and in Cuba Today. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 2010.

Gómez-Ruiz, Rául

Mozarabs, Hispanics, and The Cross. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007.

Gómez-Ruiz, Rául, Heliodoro Lucatero and Sylvia Sanchez. Don y Promesa: Costumbres y Tradiciones en los Ritos Matrimoniales Hispanos/Gift and Promise: Customs and Traditions in Hispanic Rites of Marriage. Oregon Catholic Press & Insistuto Nacional Hispano de Liturgia, 2005.

Languages of Worship/El Lenguaje de la Liturgia. Liturgy Training Publications; Bilingual edition, 2004.

Gómez-Ruiz, Rául, and Peter Casarella. El Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church. Bluffton, OH: Academic Renewal Press, 2000.

Gonzalez, Justo L.

The Westminster Dictionary of Theologians. Westminster John Knox Press, 2006.

Gonzalez, Justo L, and Zaida Maldonado Perez. An Introduction to Christian Theology. Abingdon Press, 2002.

González, Michelle A.

Caribbean Religious History: An Introduction. New York University Press, 2010. Co-Author: Ennis B. Edmonds

Afro-Cuban Theology: Religion, Race, Culture, and Identity. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2006.

Created in God’s Image: An Introduction to Feminist Theological Anthropology. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2007.

Embracing Latina Spirituality: A Woman’s Perspective. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2009.

Shopping: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Compass). Fortress Press, 2010.

Sor Juana: Beauty and Justice in the Americas. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books 2003.

González-Andrieu, Cecilia

Teaching Global Theologies: Power and Praxis. Baylor University Press, 2016.

Bridges to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty. Baylor University Press, 2012.

González Holguín, Julián Andrés

Cain, Abel, and the Politics of God: An Agambenian reading of Genesis 4:1-16. Routledge, 2017.

Gonzalez-Tejera, Awilda

Filipenses, Colosenses, 1 & 2 Tesalonicenses, Filemon. Augsburg Fortress, 2009.

Guardiola-Saenz, Leticia

The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible. Fortress Press, 2010. Co Authors – Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Wilda C. Gafney, George E. Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada.

The Peoples’ Bible. Fortress Press, 2008. Co Authors – Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Wilda C. Gafney, George E. Tinker, and Frank M. Yamada.

Henderson-Espinoza, Robyn

Activist Theology. Fortress Press, 2019. Foreword by Nancy Elizabeth Bedford.

Hernández, Albert

Subversive Fire, The Untold Story of Pentecost. Emeth Press, 2010.

Hernandez, Albert, and Miguel A. De La Torre. The Quest for the Historical Satan. Fortress Press, 2011.

Hernández Jr., Juan

Studies in the History of the Greek Text of the Apocalypse: The Ancient Stems. SBL Press, 2018. Authored by Joseph Schmid, edited by Dr. Juan Hernández Jr., Dr. Garrick V. Allen, and Darius Müller.

Studies on the Text of the New Testament and Early Christianity: Essays in Honor of Michael W. Holmes. Brill Academic Publishing, 2015. Edited by Daniel M. Gurtner, Juan Hernández Jr., and Paul Foster.

Scribal Habits and Theological Influences in the Apocalypse: The Singular Readings of Sinaiticus, Alexandrinus & Ephraemi. Coronet Books, 2006.

Hidalgo, Jacqueline

Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration (The Bible and Cultural Studies). Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. Co-editor: Efraín Agosto.

Revelation in Aztlán: Scriptures, Utopias, and the Chicano Movement. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016.

Hinojosa, Felipe

Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture (Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies). Johns Hopkins University Press 2014.

Isasi-Díaz, Ada María

Decolonizing Epistemologies: Latina/o Theology and Philosophy. Fordham University Press, 2011.

Isasi-Díaz, Ada María and Teresa Delgado Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Public Intellectuals for the Twenty-First Century (New Approaches to Religion and Power). Palgrave Macmillan 2013.

Lee, Michael E.

Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Oscar Romero, New York: Orbis Books, 2018

Bearing the Weight of Salvation: The Soteriology of Ignacio Ellacuría. New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2009.

Leon, Daniel Luis

La Llorona’s Children: Religion, Life, and Death in the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands. University of California Press, 2004.

Lozada, Francisco

A Literary Reading of John 5: Text As Construction (Studies in Biblical Literature, Vol. 20). New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2000.

Lozada, Francisco, and Tom Thacher. New Currents Through John: A Global Perspective. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006.

Lozano-Diaz, Nora

Woman’s Work: A Guide to Growth and Self-Discovery. Herald Press, 1995. Co-Editor: Anne Baxter.

Magallanes, Hugo

Jesus in the Hispanic Community: Images of Christ from Theology to Popular Religion. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010. Co-Editor: Harold J. Recinos

Introducción a la Vida y Teología de Juan Wesley. (Introduction to the Life and Theology of John Wesley). Abingdon Press, 2005.

Martell-Otero, Loida

Martell-Otero, Loida, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, and Zaida Maldonado Pérez. Latina Evangélicas: A Theological Survey from the Margins. Cascade Books, 2013.

Martell-Otero, Loida, and José David Rodríguez. Teología en Conjunto: A Collaborative Hispanic Protestant Theology. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997.

Martínez Guerra, Juan

Martínez Guerra, Juan, and Luis Scott, eds . Iglesias Peregrinas en Busca de Identidad: Cuadros del Protestantismo Latino en los Estados Unidos.Buenos Aires, Argentina: CEHILA & Ediciones Kairos, 2004.