Season 4: Ep. 1 I'm Trying to Be Nonviolent Here

About this episode

This episode features a conversation about immigration and religion through the lens of Latinx voices.

Our 7 Neighbors, Season 4: Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America, Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres. Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell. This episode features a conversation with Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre – international scholar, documentarian, novelist, academic author, and scholar activist.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres

Guest: Dr. Miguel A. De La Torre

Topics covered

• immigration
• mass migration
• colonization
• Latinx voices
• faith traditions

Keywords

• nonviolence
• immigration
• religion
• Latinx
• faith traditions
• colonization
• mass migration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary

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