Elizabeth Conde-Frazier

A Boy Grows in Brooklyn

History & Biography

“More than a story, a memoir helps us to connect with the resonating challenges, experiences, and questions of our own lives, even when we are living them in a different epoch than the author. This memoir is a reflection that teaches us lessons for our own lives: how to make sense of the world, gather hope, and nurture optimism. For those of us who are religious educators, this memoir gives us an understanding of the educational ecologies that nurture lives, and in particular, the spiritual journey, as it informs and aids the development of the whole self in the world. Read for enjoyment and reflection.”

Brown Church

History & Biography

“Passionate, theological, and formational! This is a book that redefines the social identity of the Brown Church, breaking away from religious stereotypes of the Latina/o community and uncovering a rich legacy and discussion of Latina/o faith and identity. Chao Romero tells the bold, proud history of advocacy and the work of social justice across the centuries of the Brown Church, including scriptural and theological foundations, so that the children of the Brown Church and those seeking to understand her may clearly see her spiritual light and the costly marks of faithful, creative courage and sacrifice.”

Crossover Preaching

Preaching & Worship

“There are those who live within their times with the insights and knowledge necessary for a time yet to come. Alcántara has captured the prophetic wisdom of a preacher whose life modeled for us how to navigate, as a disciple of Christ, intercultural and interracial currents. His proclamation was a teaching that serves to guide us in our times and sets the standards of kingdom values for living as a holy people in our times. With a sharp mind and the craft of an artist and practical theologian, Alcántara analyzes the text, the preacher and the art of Gardner C. Taylor's sermons, pointing to how they impart a timeless education for the making of our sermons and for the formation of the preacher for such a time as now in the Christian global church. As a preacher for over thirty years I was fascinated by how much I learned from and was refreshed by this book.”

Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred

Bible Studies & Devotionals

“Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred is not merely a devotional or collection of spiritual reflections. It is a theological intervention, a pastoral provocation, and a prophetic challenge. In an era of rising ethno-nationalism, ecological devastation, and ideological fragmentation, García-Johnson offers us not escape—but engagement. His framework of decolonial love presents an urgent reorientation of a Christian discipleship toward embodied witness, prophetic tenderness, and public resistance. Its vision of ‘All-The-Way Discipleship’ offers healing to wounded individuals and reorientation to wounded systems.”

Engaging Latino/a/x Theologies

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Faithful Inheritances

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Hermanas

Women

“Hermanas is enjoyable reading because it is informative about the biblical texts presented. The authors explore issues of identity in very fresh ways that go beyond essentialist constructions of identity, and they use Scripture for the purposes of mentoring. What an excellent way to be guided by the Spirit—it is modeled for us in these writings. This book is provocative reading that will edify your life, and it is a welcomed addition to Latina Evangelica writing. I highly recommend it.”

In Search of Christ in Latin America

Theology

“A treasure of a book! Escobar includes historical, sociological, political, and theological information and insights that give us the complex layers of understanding Christology in Latin America starting with its roots in Iberian theology and focusing on the Christology in the twentieth century. The explanations are clear, and the interweaving of the different sources and arguments can be easily followed. I simply could not put it down. As a practical theologian interested in matters of mission and evangelism, I had been thirsty for a resource such as this one. It is enjoyable and profoundly interesting reading.”

Interreligious Curriculum for Peace Education in Nigeria

World Religions

“This is an outstanding model of a praxeological, inter-religious approach to peace and justice that does the hard work of deconstructing violence and remaking community at the local and national level through practices of non-violence, which use the true values of religions, bringing them to points of convergence for peace. It is a book for the formation of community and religious leaders not only in Nigeria, but around the world.”

Reading the Bible Latinamente

Theology

“How does the Bible speak to the realities of Latinos/as? To read this book is to come to know the God who has asked us to love our neighbor as well as to come to know our Latino/a neighbors and to be deeply enriched. It is to come to the knowledge of righteousness or right relations for daily living in ways not previously imagined. The lives of the people portrayed are the vehicles of revelation. The topics are also ways to open discussions among those of us who are Latinos/as with the purpose of deepening and expanding our Christian traditions and practices in the diaspora.”

Sharing the Crust

History & Biography

“Sharing the Crust is an inspirational story interwoven in a theology of the reign of God that is in our midst. Reading it is to discover that the kingdom is within us and that all things are truly possible when we come to know each other and truly care. As you read, grow, and be transformed into the real people of God.”

Spirit Outside the Gate

Theology

“A theological book that takes us on a journey as critical thinkers. He brings the Holy Spirit into his theology as the decolonial healer of the church. With his personal narrative included, Oscar García-Johnson helps the reader to wrestle with an understanding of the Christian church as a people of God in a global context. He helps us imagine paradigms that open the way for us to do our own theological critical thinking rather than forcing us through only one pathway for consideration. This is his best writing yet. Each chapter makes me hungry for the next in my own struggle for a clearer way of thinking beyond the usual theological categories. One reads with hope for the possibilities he helps us to imagine.”

Teaching Cross-Culturally

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Incarnational teaching is truly the strength of this book. It allows readers to reflect from both a teacher's and a learner's perspective. The book provides a deeper understanding of the importance, as Christian educators, of taking culture seriously. Readers will be challenged to reflect in ways that bring growth as a teacher as well as a Christian.”

The Practices of Christian Preaching

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Biblically and theologically grounded throughout, this book goes beyond mechanics to the practices of preaching as life-giving habits. The book speaks to preachers across cultures--with illustrations, metaphors, and stories that bring clarity and engagement with a variety of voices. Both novice and experienced preachers are invited into lifelong growth and creativity.”

When the Spirit Is Your Inheritance

“A compelling narrative at the intersection of borderlands and Pentecostalism that demonstrates how these interact to refashion each other, providing insights, illumination, and inspiration for pneumatology, finding the divine in the human, and blazing new ways to traverse the borderlands. A reading for scholars, immigrants, preachers, everyday pilgrims, and prophets.”

Worship Through Latin American Eyes

Preaching & Worship

“Worship Through Latin American Eyes affirms Latino worship by honoring its cultural richness, communal identity, and embodied spirituality. It speaks to the lived realities of Latino communities, validating their rhythms, testimonies, and theological insights. It is a groundbreaking contribution to global worship studies. The work uplifts Latino worship as contextually relevant and theologically profound—worthy of shaping the global conversation on liturgy and justice, inviting us to participate in an inclusive and prophetic liturgical future.”