by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 5, 2012 | Opinion
Today, the United States is separated from Latin America by a superimposed 1,833-mile border – a bloody scar, as Gloria Anzaldúa reminds us, caused by the First and Third Worlds rubbing up against each other. This is not a natural boundary; instead, this border was...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 28, 2012 | Opinion
Then, they will reply, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you?” (Matthew 25:37) Seldom did I see an overweight person while living in Indonesia. In fact, at the food market I noticed a jamu (indigenous medicine) whose properties were supposed to...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 9, 2012 | Opinion
I’ve returned from Indonesia; and yet, my experience there continues to inform my theological thinking. Shortly before I left, I spent the day in one of the city’s poorest and most populated neighborhoods located on the banks of the Code River. Here,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jul 9, 2012 | Opinion
They sell the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals. – Amos 2:6 Recently, I went cycling through Javanese villages not far from my home in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I visited rural communities and spent the day at small cottage industries. During my...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 28, 2012 | Opinion
For the last few weeks, I have been teaching a class at the IndonesianConsortiumforReligiousStudies as a Fulbright scholar on the Gadjah Mada University campus. The vast majority of my class is Muslim. The class I am leading is on the discipline of post-colonialism,...
