Kay Higuera Smith

Post-Colonial Theology

Theology

“Robert Heaney makes post-colonial theology accessible to everyone through his clear writing style and nuanced presentation of the material. Given his own social location as a Brit from Northern Ireland, Heaney exemplifies the intellectual humility and curiosity needed for true postcolonial interaction. He shows that postcolonial theology is not a peripheral activity but rather is central to the very act of doing theology. Highly recommend!”

Scripture, Our Comadre

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Sophia Magallanes-Tsang has provided a delightful, whimsical introduction to inductive Bible study with a Latina edge. Using enchanting Spanglish words and phrases, Magallanes-Tsang finds chisme and comadrazgo in Bible stories and encourages inquiring students of the Bible to be 'metíches' (inquisitive people) and 'chismosos' (interlocutors). She challenges her readers to listen to the rhythms (oír los rítmos) of the text. Highly recommend for someone who wants to see new life breathed into la Biblia—our Comadre.”

Spirit Outside the Gate

Theology

“Oscar García-Johnson shows us that theology can never be—and should never be—attempted without a self-reflective analysis of the theologian's own social-cultural context and even of epistemology itself. What is it about the logic and the knowledge production that we have inherited that has produced coloniality? How do we think differently to avoid the violence and trauma that has followed it? García-Johnson offers us a way to construct a new knowledge, a new logic, and hence a new way of approaching theological meaning that is life giving and hopeful. In the end, theology is always political. But the new polis that García-Johnson envisions, based not on Babel but on Pentecost, imagines a politics otherwise for the church. This is a necessary and timely vision.”