CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre
Professor of Social Ethics and Latinx Studies

 

OFFICE:

Iliff School of Theology
2201 University Blvd.
Denver, CO 80210
303.765.3133 (office)
www.drmigueldelatorre.com (web page)
mdelatorre@iliff.edu (e-mail)

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

Ph.D. 1999 Temple University (Religion)
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 (Political Science)

 

UNIVERSITY PRESS (OR EQUAL PEER REVIEW PROCEDURE) SINGLE-AUTHORED BOOK PUBLICATIONS:

Reading José Martí from the Margins, Rowman & Littlefield, 2024.

José Martí’s Liberative Political Theology, Vanderbilt University Press, 2021.

The Politics of Jesús: A Hispanic Political Theology, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

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

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

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

The Quest for the Cuban Christ: A Historical Search, University Press of Florida, 2002.

 

TRADE PRESS SINGLE-AUTHORED BOOK PUBLICATIONS:

Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins, 3rd Edition, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2023.

Resisting Apartheid America: Living the Badass Gospel, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2022.

Decolonizing Christianity: Becoming Badass Believers, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2021.

Burying White Privilege: Resurrecting A Badass Christianity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2018

Embracing Hopelessness, Fortress Press, 2017.

The Immigration Crises: Toward an Ethics of Place, Wipf and Stock, 2016.

Liberating Sexuality: Justice Between the Sheets, Chalice Press, 2016.

Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins, 2nd Edition, Orbis Books, 2014.

Liberation Theologies for Arm Chair Theologians, Westminster John Knox Press, 2013.

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

A La Familia: A Conversation About Our Families, the Bible, Sexual Orientation and Gender, Human Rights Campaign, 2011.

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

Liberating Jonah: Toward a Biblical Ethics of Reconciliation, Orbis Books, 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 America, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.

Reading the Bible from the Margins, Orbis Books, 2002.

Ajiaco Christianity: Toward an Exilic Cuban Ethic of Reconciliation, Ph.D. diss., Temple University, 1999.

 

MULTI-AUTHORED TRADE BOOK PUBLICATIONS:

Introducing Latinx Theologies, co-authored with Edwin Aponte, Orbis Books, 2020.

The Quest for the Historical Satan, co-authored with Albert Hernandez, Fortress Press, 2011.

Introducing Latino/a Theologies, co-authored with Edwin Aponte, Orbis Books, 2001.

 

EDITED UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOKS:   

The Hope of Liberation within World Religions, Baylor University Press, 2008.

 

EDITED TRADE PRESS BOOKS:   

Food Fight: When What We Eat Is Weaponized, The Pilgrim Press, 2024.

Tear Down These Walls, co-edited with Mitri Raheb, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2024.

Shifting Climates Shifting People, The Pilgrim Press, 2022.

Resisting Occupation: A Global Struggle for Liberation, co-edited with Mitri Raheb, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022.

Faith and Reckoning After Trump, Orbis Books, 2021.

Gonna Trouble the Water: EcoJustice, Water, and Environmental Racism, The Pilgrim Press, 2021.

The Colonial Compromise: The Threat of the Gospel to the Indigenous Worldview, Lexington Books, 2020.

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

Introducing Liberative Theologies, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2015.

Ethics: A Liberative Approach, Fortress Press, 2013.

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

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.

AAR Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession, American Academy of Religion, 2007.

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 U.S. Theologies of Liberation, Chalice Press, 2004.

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA EDITOR:

Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2009.
Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture, Volume 1, ABC- CLIO Publishers, 2009.

 

NOVEL:

Miguelito’s Confessions, Between the Lines Publishing, forthcoming 2023.

Confesiones de Miguelito, Between the Lines Publishing, forthcoming 2023.

 

JOURNAL EDITOR:

Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Sopher Press, from January, 2010 to January, 2015. www.raceandreligion.com.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS:

“What Color Do You Say I Am?: The Construction of Browness,” ¡Damos Testimonio!: Latinx Voices for the Common Good, ed. by Ruben Rosario-Rodriguez and Nelson Araque, Georgetown University Press, forthcoming 2022.

“The Poor of the Earth,” Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology, 3rd Edition, ed. by Whitney A. Bauman, Richard Bohannon, and Kevin J. O’Brien, Routledge (2023): 101-15.

“Faith and Culture,” Christianity in North America, ed by Kenneth R. Ross, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Todd M. Johnson, Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

“Sitting and Weeping by the Rivers of Babylon,” Dissension and Tenacity: Doing Theology with Nerves, ed. by Jione Havea, Lexington Books, forthcoming 2022.

“Introduction: The Biden Reprieve,” Faith and Reckoning After Trump, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2021.

“¡WTF Miami! – Latinxs for Trump,” Faith and Reckoning After Trump, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2021.

“Conclusion: Is America Possible?” Faith and Reckoning After Trump, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Orbis Books, forthcoming in 2021.

“The Colonial Oppressiveness of a Biblical Concept – Hospitality,” MEDIAting Theology, ed. by Jione Havea, Evangelische Verlagsanstalt (2021): 175-89.

“Water – A Living Spirit,” Gonna Trouble the Water: EcoJustice, Water, and Environmental Racism, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, The Pilgrim Press (2021): 3-14.

“Riding with Don Quixote,” The New Diaspora and the Global Prophetic: Engaging the Scholarship of Marc H. Ellis, ed. by Susanne Scholz and Santiago Slabodsky, Lexington Books (2020): 97-104.

“Water – A Living Spirit,” Gonna Trouble the Water: EcoJustice, Water, and Environmental Racism, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, The Pilgrim Press (2021): 3-14.

“I’m an Indian Too?” The Colonial Compromise: The Threat of the Gospel to the Indigenous Worldview, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Lexington Books (2020): 71-86.

“Why I’m Here,” Preaching in/and the Borderlands, ed. by J. Dwayne Howell and Charles L. Aaron, Pickwick Publications, (2020): 15-24.

“Rejecting Stassen’s Thick Jesus,” Justice and the Way: Christians Ethics and the Incarnational Discipleship of Glen Stassen, ed. by David P. Gushee and Reggie L. Williams, Orbis Books, 2020.

“Worship Through Sanctuary,” A Liturgy with a Difference: Beyond Inclusion in the Christian Assembly, ed. by Stephen Burns and Bryan Cones, SCM Press, 2019.

“Deporter-in-Chief: Why Reject Christian Hospitality?” Religion in the Age of Obama, ed. by Juan M. Floyd-Thomas and Anthony B. Pinn, Bloombury Academic, 2018.

“Riots and Rip-Offs in Baltimore: Toward a Theology of Hopelessness,” Spirit and Capital in an Age of Inequality, ed. by Robert P. Jones and Ted A. Smith, Routledge, 2018.

“Social Ethics and Latinx Studies,” Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media: Advice, Tips, and Testimonials, ed. by Thomas Jay Oord, SacraSage Press, (2017): 115-20.

“The System is Rigged,” Faith and Resistance in the Age of Trump, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Orbis Books, (2017): 72-82.

“Queer Eye for the Straight Bible Reader,” Justice Calls: Sermons of Welcome and Affirmation, ed. by Phil Snider, Cascade Books (2016): 113-20.

“Foreword,” Church on the Way: Hospitality and Migration, ed. by Neil Becker Sweeden, Pickwick Publications (2015): vii-xi.

“Identity Cross-Dressing while Teaching in a Global Context,” Teaching Global Theologies: Power and Praxis, ed. by Kwok Pui-lan, Cecilia González-Andrieu, Dwight Hopkins, Baylor University Press, (2015)

“Introduction,” Introducing Liberation Theologies, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Orbis Books, (2015): xvii-xxiii.

“Luke 17:20-37,” “Luke 18:1-8,” and “Luke 18:9-14,” Feasting on the Gospels: Luke Vol. 2, ed. by Cynthia A. Jarvis and E. Elizabeth Johnson, Westminster John Knox, (2014): 122-39.

“Liberation Theology and Social Justice: A Defense,” and “Libertarian Justice: A Liberationists Response,” and “Political Liberalism: A Liberationist Response,” and “Christian Feminism: A Liberationist Response,” and “Virtue Ethics: A Liberationist Response,” and “Liberation Theology: A Concluding Response,” Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views, ed. by Vic McCracken, Bloomsbury Publishing, (2004): 37-40, 67-71, 79-93, 125-28, 158-61, 193-98.

“Orthoeros: A Biblically-Based Sexual Ethics,” Professional Sexual Ethics: A Holistic Ministry Approach, ed. by Patricia Beattie Jung and Darryl W. Stephens, Fortress Press, (2013): 87-97.

“On Becoming a Hispanic in the U.S. Borderlands,” Across Borders: Latin Perspectives in the Americas Reshaping Religion, Theology, and Life, ed. by Joerg Rieger, Lexington Books, (2013): 99-117.

“Festschrift Essay for John Raines,” Seeking Justice: The Journey of John C. Raines, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre and Edwin D. Aponte, Temple University Religion Department, (2013).

“Proper 23 [28],” Preaching God’s Transforming Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, Year A, ed. by Ronald J. Allen, Dale P Andrews and Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Westminster John Knox Press, (2013): 430-35.

“The Bible: Our Family Album / La Biblia: Nuestro Album Familiar,” Rightly Dividing: The Word of Truth, ed. by Cody J. Sanders, Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, (2013): 113-16.

“Global Exploitation,” Courage to Think Differently, ed. by George S. Johnson, Adventure Publications, (2013): 240-246.

“A Bembe for our Asian Hermano/as,” New Overtures: Asian North American Theology in the 21st Century, ed. by Eleazar S. Fernandez, Sopher Press, (2013): 327-339.

“Introduction,” Ethics: A Liberative Approach, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Fortress Press, (2013): 1-6.

“The Value of a Peso,” My Neighbor’s Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation, ed. by Jennifer Howe Peace, et. al. (2012): 261-63.

“Ethics,” The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology, ed. by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Blackwell Publishing (2012): 337-46.

“Stanley Hauerwas on Church,” Beyond the Pale: Reading Christian Ethics from the Margins, ed. by Stacy Floyd-Thomas and Miguel A. De La Torre, Westminster John Knox Press (2011): 217-24.

“Oct. 9-15,” Preaching God’s Transforming Justice: A Lectionary Commentary, ed. by Ronald J. Allen, Dale P Andrews and Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, Westminster John Knox Press, (2011): 438-43.

“Ephesians 1:15-23;” “1 Peter 3:13-22;” and “1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:5-11,” Feasting on the Word: Preaching the Revised Common Lectionary, Year A, Vol. 2: Lent through Eastertide, ed. by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor,  Westminster John Knox Press (2011): 484-88; 508-512; 532-36.

“Beyond Machismo: A Cuban Case Study,” Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection, ed. by Marvin M. Ellison and Kelly Brown Douglas, Westminster John Knox Press, (2010): 221-38.

“Constructing a Cuban-Centric Christ,” Jesus in the Hispanic Community, ed. by Harold Recinos and Hugo Magallanes, Westminster John Knox Press, (2010): 58-73.

“Beyond Machismo: A Cuban Case Study,” Men and Masculinities in Christianity and Judaism: A Critical Reader, ed. by Björn Krondorfer, 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, ed. by Anthony Pinn, 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, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, 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, ed. by Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook and Karen Montagno, Fortress Press, (2009): 59-72.

“Dealing with Diversity,” Best Advice: Wisdom on Ministry from 30 Leading Pastors and Preachers, ed. by William J. Carl III, Westminster John Knox Press, (2009): 57-62.

“For Immigrants,” To Do Justice: A Guide for Progressive Christians, ed. by Rebecca Todd Peters and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, eds., Westminster John Knox Press, (2008): 73-84.

“For Strength to Fight for Justice,” Prayers for The New Social Awakening: Inspired by the New Social Creed, Chistian Iosso and Elizabeth Hinson-Hasty, Westminster John Knox Press, (2008): 65-66.

“Introduction,” The Hope of Liberation within World Religions, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Baylor University Press, (2008): 1-12.

“Religion and Religiosity,” Latino/as in the U.S.: Changing the Face of America, ed. by Havidán Rodríguez, Rogelio Saenz, and Cecilia Menjivar, Springer Publishing, (2007): 225-40.

“Dealing with Difficult Issues,” AAR Career Guide. ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, American Academy of Religion, (2007): 111-36.

“Job Search,” AAR Career Guide. Co-authored with Mary C. Campbell, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, American Academy of Religion, (2007): 27-48.

“Rethinking Mulatez,” Rethinking Latino/a Religion and Ethnicity, ed. by 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, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre and Gaston Espinosa, Pilgrim Press, (2006): 286-98.

“Alternative Traditions,” Handbook on Latino/a Theologies, ed. by Edwin Aponte and Miguel A. De La Torre, Chalice Press, (2006): 206-11.

“Pray for Elián: Religion, Politics, and Power in Miami,” Hispanic Churches and Civic Activism in American Public Life, ed. by Gaston Espinosa, Oxford Press, (2005): 249-62.

“Cuban Religiosity,” Introduction to the U.S. Latino and Latina Experience, ed. by Hector Avalos, Brill Academic Publishers (2004): 66-85.

“Scripture,” Handbook of U.S. Theologies of Liberation, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre, Chalice Press, (2004): 85-100.

“Afterword,” Papal Overtures in a Cuban Key: The Pope’s Visit and Civic Space for Cuban Religion, ed. by Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo, The University of Scranton Press, (2002): 125-36.

“La funcion del barrio en la doctrina del pecado original,” Mas Voces de la Iglesia Hispana, ed. by Luis G. Pedraja,  Arbingdon Press, (2001): 81-94.

“Constructing our Cuban Ethnic Identity while in Babylon,” A Dream Unfinished: Theological Reflections on America from the Margins, ed. by Fernando F. Segovia and Eleazar Fernandez, Orbis Books, (2001): 185-202.

“Cubans in Babylon: Exodus and Exile,” Religion, Culture and Tradition in the Caribbean, ed. by Hemchand Gossai and Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, St. Martins Press, (2000): 73-91.

“Miami and the Babylonia Captivity,” Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World, ed. by Leonard Greenspoon and Bryan F. Le Beau, Fordham University Press, (2000): 267-282.

 

PEER-REVIEW ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

“Developing Academically Rigorous Classrooms,” Religious Studies News (July 2022):19-21.

“Is Ecumenism Even Possible in the Context of World Christianity?” The Ecumenical Review: World Council of Churches, Vol 74, No. 1 (January 2022): 58-68.

“Salsa Dancing with Blount,” The Bible & Critical Theory, Vol 17, No. 1 (2021): 27-35.

“Embracing the Hopelessness of Those Seeking Pastoral Care,” Journal of Pastoral Theology. Society of Pastoral Theology, Vol 30, No 1 (14 February 2020): 3-14.

“Castro’s Negra/os,” Black Theology: An International Journal, (April 2018): 95-109.

“Review of ‘Open Mind, Faithful Heart’ by Pope Francis,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 82, No. 2 (Spring, 2014).

“Doing Latina/o Ethics from the Margins of Empire: Liberating the Colonized Mind,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2013): 3-20.

“A Thick Jesus,” Perspectives in Religious Studies, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Summer, 2013): 131-42.

“Mad Men, Competitive Women, and Invisible Hispanics,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Vol 28, No. 1 (Spring, 2012): 113-25.

“A Bembe for Chino Cubanos,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 2.16 (January, 2012): 1-16.

“Hispanics Playing in the AAR’s Field of Dreams,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Vol. 2, No. 2.4 (January, 2011): 1-22.

“Living on the Borders,” The Ecumenical Review, Vol. 59, No 2-3 (April/July 2007): 214-20.

“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 American Academy of Religion, Vol. 69, No. 4 (December, 2001): 837-61.

“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.


ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS:

“Rejecting U.S. Christianity in Hopes of Saving the Soul of the Nation,” Spotlight on Theological Education: Religious Studies News. American Academy of Religion, Guest Editor (April 2018): 1-26

“A Colonized Christmas Story,” Interpretation, Vol. 71, No. 4 (October 2017): 408-17.

“The Cultural Power of a Bow Tie: A Professor Raises Questions on Fashion, Biases, and Nonconformity,” Fathom Magazine, 12 (September 2017).

“Interfaith Relations and the Pursuit of Justice,” Review & Expositor, Vol. 114, No. 1, (February 2017): 81-89.

“Expanding on a Journal Like This,” Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 1 (January, 2012): 1-6.

“Left Behind: The American Dream and the Hispanic Dilemma,” Review & Expositor: A Consortium Baptist Theological Journal, Vol. 107, No. 4 (Fall 2010): 513-524.

“Moving Beyond Hospitality,” Journal of Lutheran Ethics (JLE), Vol. 10, No. 4 (April 2010): 1-11

“Why a Journal Like This,” Journal of Race, 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,“ AAR Spotlight on Teaching, Vol. 22, No. 4 (October, 2007): ii, xi.

“Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities,” Religious Studies News, Vol. 21, No. 3 (May 2006): 10, 26.

“AAR Produces Career Guide for Racial and Ethnic Minorities,” Religious Studies News, Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2005): 13, 19.

“Response to Houlden’s Book Review,” Conversations in Religion and Theology, 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.

Confesiones de un macho cubano, Prespectivas, No. 4 (Summer, 2001): 65-87.

“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 Loida I. Martell-Otero. Koinonia, X: 2 (Fall 1998): 256-58.

“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,” Cambridge History of Religion in Latin America, ed. by Virginia Garrard-Burnett, Paul Freston, and Stephen C. Dove, Cambridge University Press (2016): 633-47.

“Liberation Theology,” Cambridge Companion to Christian Political Theology, ed. by Craig Hovey and Elizabeth Phillips, Cambridge University Press (2015): 23-43.

“Hispanic Theology,” Oxford Handbook of Political Theology, ed. by Shaun Casey and Michael Kessler, New York: Oxford University Press (2014):

“Conscientization,” “Liberation Ethics,” and “Praxis,” Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics, Joel Green, ed., Baker Academics (2011): 169-70, 482-85, 617-18.

“Santería,” Encyclopedia on Religion in America, Vo. 4 Q-Z, Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, eds., CQ Press (2010): 2031-34.

“Latino/as,”  Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, Daniel Patte, ed., Cambridge University Press, (2010): 715-16.

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-Sáenz, 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: Latin America,” The Encyclopedia of Christianity, Vol. 5, Erwin Fahlbusch, et al., eds., William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company & Brill, (2008): 54-57.

“Propaganda: Antireligious (Cuban),” 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,”  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.

 

DOCUMENTARIES:

Trails of Hope and Terror, wrote and produced a documentary based on my book by the same title released in 2017. The film has won several national and international film awards at festivals.

Brave Spaces: Perspectives on Faith and LGBT Justice, interviewed on the documentary dealing with LGBT Civil Rights, 2015.

A la familia, interviewed on the documentary that is based on my book by the same titled, produced by the Human Rights Campaign, 2013.

Gospel without Borders, interviewed on the documentary dealing with the immigration dilemma, produced by Ethics Daily, 2011.

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 Ethics Daily, 2008.

 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

Dr. De La Torre has been an expert commentator concerning ethical issues on several media outlets including, but not limited to: Al-Jazeera America, 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: Al-Jazeera International, Mexico City’s La Prensa, Canada’s The Ottawa Citizen, Moscow’s CrossTalk and The Kuwait Times.

2022-present   Syndicated column for Goof Faith Media, appearing bi-monthly at: www.goodfaithmedia.org

2008- 2018      Syndicated column for Associate Baptist Press, appearing bi-monthly at: www.abpnews.com

2003- 2013      Syndicated column for Ethics Daily, appearing bi-monthly at: www.ethicsdaily.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.

 

HONORS:

2024 DULCCES Grant to do research on el camino ($10,000)

2022 Received the Exemplary Teacher of the Year Award by the Division of Higher Education of the United Methodist Church’s General Board of Higher Education

2021 DULCCES Grant to do research on the Mexican and Palestine Border ($5,000)

2021 Luce-AAR Advancing Public Scholarship Grant to do a podcast ($5,000)

2021 Received the American Academy of Religion Martin E. Marty Award for the Public Understanding of Religion

2020 Received the American Academy of Religion Excellence in Teaching Award.

2019 Louisville Institute Research Grant for Researchers ($30,000).

2018 Nautilus Silver Winner for Faith and Resistance in an Age of Trump.

2017 Louisville Institute Sabbatical Grant for Researchers ($40,000).

2017 Fulbright scholar at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany.

2016 2015-16 Denver University/Iliff Outstanding Faculty Member Award.

2014 Visiting scholar at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.

2012 Fulbright scholar at Universitas Gadjah Mada Graduate School in Indonesia.

2010 Received the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for Encyclopedia Hispanic American Religious Cultures.

2005 Received the Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award for Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America.

2005 Received an Honorable Mention in Educational Books by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada for Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins.

2005 Received ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Finalist Award for Santería: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America.

2004 Summer Writing Grant from Hope College ($3,600).

2003 Received First Place in Educational Books by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada for Reading the Bible from the Margins.

2003 McGregor Award ($2,000).

2002 “Outstanding Hispanic Educator” award by the Michigan Hispanic Legislative Caucus.

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 EXPERIENCE:

2022 – 2024 President of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

2013-2018  Appointed Executive Officer of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

2012 Cofounder of the Society of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

2012 Elected President of the Society of Christian Ethics

2012-2015 Elected to the Program Committee of the American Academy of Religion

2011 – 2014 Appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion

2011 – 2014 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics

2011 – 2013 Appointed to the Finance Committee of the Society of Christian Ethics

2011 Elected Vice-President of the Society of Christian Ethics

2011 Appointed to the Finance Committee of the American Academy of Religion

2010 Founder of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

2009-2011 Appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Religion

2009 – 2010 Chair of the American Academy of Religion Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee

2009-2010 Appointed to the AAR Centennial Advisory Committee

2008 – 2010 Convener of the Latino/a Working Group of the Society of Christian Ethics

2008 Founder and organizer of the Latino/a Working Group of the Society of Christian Ethics

2006 – 2011 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics

2006 – 2012 Co-chair of the American Academy of Religion Ethics Section

2006 – present Member of the Human Rights Campaign Religion Council

2005 – 2007 Member of the American Academy of Religion Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee

2005 & 2008 & 2011-13 Member of the Society of Christian Ethics Program Committee

2004 Visiting Co-Editor for Perspectivas: Occasional Papers published by the Hispanic Theological Initiative.

2003-2005 Member of the Board of Director of Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity.

2001 – 2005 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 Holland area.

2003 Member of the West Michigan Strategic Alliance, whose responsibility is to establish a “smart growth” development plan for the West Michigan region.

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 Holland, MI.

2000 – 2001 Elected Vice-president of La Comunidad, an academic organization which meets during the American Academy of Religion for the purpose of advancing the needs and concern of Latina/o scholars within academia.

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.

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 of Goshen Baptist Church in Glen Dean, KY.

1977 – 1992 Founder and President of Championship Realty, recruiting, hiring, training, and directing a sales staff of over one hundred associates.

1990 – 1991 CEO of the Miami Board of Realtors, the largest real estate trade association in the State of Florida.

1988  Candidate for the Florida House of Representatives.

1984 – 1988  Founder and organizer of a partisan political club involved in fund-raising and managing several local and state-wide political campaigns

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2005 – Present Iliff School of Theology, Professor:

Arts and Social Activism
Ethical Analysis and Advocacy
Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins
Biblical Ethics
Liberating Sex
Fanon, Foucault, and Friends
Formative White Male Figures in Christian Ethics
Immersion course in Cuernavaca, Mexico
Immersion course on the U.S. Borders
Latino/a Ethics
Multicultural Issues
Postcolonial Ethics
War & Peace
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 West Chester University, Visiting Professor
Introduction to Philosophy

1999 Immaculata College, Visiting Professor
Business Ethics

1997 Rutgers University, Visiting Professor
Religion and Contemporary Culture

1995 – 1999 Temple University, Instructor:
Hebrew Bible;
Introduction to World Religion;
Religion in America;
Racial Justice: A Religious Mandate of Obedience and Revolt.