Events

UPCOMING EVENTS:

:: Wednesday, February 15 – Dr. Elsa Tamez
Sermon: El Flujo de la Gracia
Perkins Chapel, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

:: Thursday, February 16 – Dr. Elsa Tamez
Public Lecture
Keynote Address: Spirituality in James
Elizabeth Perkins Protho Hall room 106, 7:00 pm

Elsa Tamez is a Methodist and liberation theologian. Born in Mexico, Professor Tamez received her Doctoral Degree in Theology from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland; her Licentiate in Theology in 1979 from the Latin American Biblical Seminary; and a Licentiate in Literature and Linguistics at the National University of Costa Rica in 1986. She is a faculty member of the Latin American Biblical University in Costa Rica and a member of the team of researchers of the Ecumenical Department of Investigation (DEI) in Costa Rica. She is married with two children.

Among her most recognized publications in English are: The Bible of the Oppressed (1980); The Scandalous Message of James (1989); The Amnesty of Grace (1993); When the Horizons Close: Rereading Ecclesiastes (2000) and Jesús and Courageous Women (2001). Her latest publication in English is Struggles for Power in Early Christianity: A Study of the First Letter of Timothy (2007). She has received several awards for her contribution to Contextual Biblical Hermeneutics.

:: Tuesday, March 20 – Fr. Miguel Ventura
Public Lecture: The 40th Anniversary of Liberation 
(Theology and the State of Human Rights in El Salvador)
Co-sponsored with the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU
McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

:: Wednesday, March 21 – Fr. Miguel Ventura
Service in Memory of Archbishop Oscar Romero
Perkins Chapel, 11:30 am 

Father Miguel Ventura worked with Archbishop Oscar Romero and currently serves as Governor of Morazán province in El Salvador.

:: Thursday, April 26 – "Environmental Justice and Maquilladora Murders"
Presenter: Dr. Daisy L. Machado
Respondent: Dr. Evelyn Parker
An event in the "Migration Matters" series with the Embrey Human Rights Program at SMU
Great Hall of Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Hall, 6:30 - 8:00 pm

Dr. Daisy L. Machado is Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Church History, Union Theological Seminary, New York. Her scholarship focuses specifically on United States Christianities. She holds a B.A., Brooklyn College, an M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work, a Master of Divinity, Union Theological Seminary, New York, and a Ph.D., University of Chicago. She is the first U.S. Latina ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 1981 in the Northeast Region and has served inner city congregations in Brooklyn, Houston, and Fort Worth.

Dr. Evelyn Parker is associate professor of Practical Theology at Perkins School of Theology. In her response, she will relate a personal experience of crossing the US-Mexico Border, including dangers and difficulties encountered during the journey. 
 

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SELECTED PAST EVENTS:

La Mujer in Latino Literature: The New Mestizaje and Its Social and Spiritual Dimensions
Interdisciplinary Dialogue – April 19, 2011 

Crypto Judaism in the American Southwest: Hidden Religious Roots of Hispanic Peoples – April 25, 2010

A Struggle for Social Justice: The Chicano Voice of Julian Samora
How Does His Legacy Respond to Conservatives’ Attacks on Churches That Preach Social Justice? – April 14, 2010