by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 12, 2009 | Opinion
What is wrong with American Christianity, especially those of us who call ourselves evangelicals? Have we exchanged believing in the Prince of Peace for the Tsar of Torture? How true are the words of the Apostle Paul, who chastised the church at Rome by saying,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 2, 2009 | Opinion
“For (Moses) had married a Cushite.” (Numbers 12:1) The minds of people of color are at times so colonized and their eyes so accustomed to seeing reality through the lens of the dominant culture, that the hope of any liberation seems futile. No longer...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 8, 2009 | Opinion
Conservatives question my salvation, while liberals question my intelligence. This is what it means to be a Latino or Latina who insists on understanding reality from their social location; of reading the Bible with their own eyes; of doing ethics from the margins of...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
The problem with melting pots is that the scum usually rises to the top while those on the bottom get burned. This happens because the melting pot paradigm reinforces oppressive structures presently existing within society while blaming the victims of those structures...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jan 26, 2009 | Opinion
Terrorism, as a political tool, is abhorrent to all people of good will. Civilized nations have a moral obligation to eliminate the use of terror. We as a nation, due to our rhetoric of expounding the virtues of democracy, are held to a higher standard in ending the...
