Miguel A. De La Torre born October 6, 1958 in La Habana Cuba, months before the Castro Revolution, De La Torre and his family migrated to the United States as refugees when he was an infant. Later he became a naturalized U.S. citizen. His parents were priest/priestess of the religion Santeria. He refers to himself as a Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic child of Ellequa.
De La Torre field of studies are: Social ethics, Theology of Liberation, Latinx Religiosity, and Santeria. De La Torres,’ Alma mater: is the Temple University, where he continued his theological training and obtained a doctorate in social ethics in 1999.
De La Torre is known as a Scholar-activist whose work analyzes social ethnics and Hispanic religiosity; he has also received notable awards for “Outstanding Hispanic Educator” awarded by the Michigan Hispanic Legislative Caucus,” and in 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award” by the University of Denver/lliff Joint Doctoral Program.
In addition the central thesis of the book in question is to introduce the reader to Christian concepts from the perspective of U.S. marginalized communities by surveying various manifestations presented by leading religious scholars. This task is accomplished through the process of surveying different manifestations of liberation theology …show more content…
I was aware beforehand, and opposed to Jesus being a white man. I merely shouted when James Cone mentioned that “Only a Black Christ can save a Black people-and perhaps white people too.” in my opinion, If we continue to pray to a vision that is not our own as African American people, a vision that has conditioned us to believe that the “White Jesus” is superior to black people, then how can we truly feel that we have meaning and are valuable? By association we empower ourselves when we pray to the “Black Jesus” spiritually, psychically and mentally. And so, it is also written
De La Torre field of studies are: Social ethics, Theology of Liberation, Latinx Religiosity, and Santeria. De La Torres,’ Alma mater: is the Temple University, where he continued his theological training and obtained a doctorate in social ethics in 1999.
De La Torre is known as a Scholar-activist whose work analyzes social ethnics and Hispanic religiosity; he has also received notable awards for “Outstanding Hispanic Educator” awarded by the Michigan Hispanic Legislative Caucus,” and in 2016 Outstanding Faculty Award” by the University of Denver/lliff Joint Doctoral Program.
In addition the central thesis of the book in question is to introduce the reader to Christian concepts from the perspective of U.S. marginalized communities by surveying various manifestations presented by leading religious scholars. This task is accomplished through the process of surveying different manifestations of liberation theology …show more content…
I was aware beforehand, and opposed to Jesus being a white man. I merely shouted when James Cone mentioned that “Only a Black Christ can save a Black people-and perhaps white people too.” in my opinion, If we continue to pray to a vision that is not our own as African American people, a vision that has conditioned us to believe that the “White Jesus” is superior to black people, then how can we truly feel that we have meaning and are valuable? By association we empower ourselves when we pray to the “Black Jesus” spiritually, psychically and mentally. And so, it is also written