Fernando A. Cascante

Atando Cabos

Discipleship & Christian Education

“This book is a necessary read for all people involved in theological education within and beyond the Latinx community. Drawing from her many years of multifaceted experience in theological education, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier helps us understand the historical, theological, and pedagogical treads that ground Latinx understanding and practice of theological education, with its shortcomings and successes. But also, based on her own work and the work of others within the Latinx ecology of theological education (which includes local congregations, bible institutes, seminaries, and other denominational and independent educational Latinx organizations), she proposes a paradigm for theological education that is holistically missional, intentionally collaborative, and aligned with the values of the basileia—the fullness of life God desires for all peoples and all of creation. The times are ripe for this kind of transformation of theological education.”

Healing the Wounds of the Displaced

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Framed within Francisco Zamora's own experience as an undocumented immigrant during most of his life, and based on his journey as an undocumented theological student and pastor for immigrant communities, Healing the Wounds of the Displaced offers us first a fresh account of the historical background and present-day realities of Hispanic/Latino undocumented populations. After summarizing the contributions of key Hispanic theologians to a "biblical theology of migration" and describing the psychological needs of the immigrant community, he invites us to consider what he sees as the new dimensions for doing pastoral ministry with those "in the margins." This invitation cannot be more pertinent for Christian leaders in this country who, independent of their political and theological positions, strongly believe in a God who "protects the strangers who live in our land."”