Papers by Oscar Garcia-Johnson
The great challenge for emerging pastoral generations in the American Global South context is how... more The great challenge for emerging pastoral generations in the American Global South context is how to think with our own mind, feel with our own heart, speak with our own voice, read the Bible with our own eyes, act with our own hands, and walk toward God's preferred future with our own feet. Our generational task is not simply reduced to being anti or pro-gay. Our generational task involves an agonizing walk with our communities whose context is of premature death and whose challenge takes the form of the Gospel of Life that calls us to be the church, the body of Christ, brothers and sisters of all people created by God, which includes those who self-identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community but who are suffering the same miseries like anyone else in this context.
Moving beyond a two-point western ethics into a full-blown life ethics in the American Global South requires an epistemic and strategic delinking from certain ultra-fundamentalist and ultra-liberal evangelical sectors of the United States and their global branches. It requires moving away from surrogacy, that is, from being used as bodies and bullets for a war that is not about us and for us but kills us anyway.
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If we are honest, we often carry a number of pressing questions in our ministry, hoping to find t... more If we are honest, we often carry a number of pressing questions in our ministry, hoping to find the time to think about them carefully and faithfully. But most of the time, we do not find that time! As a result, we continue in ministry and life feeling a bit burdened because of these unresolved pressing questions. Here is a brief articulation of the Word of God for Today's ministers and theologians dealing with pressing issues inspired by Ray Anderson's The Shape of Practical Theology
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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Decolonial Love in Times of Hatred, 2024
One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification... more One of forty devotional entries reflecting on the crisis of world conviviality, the amplification of hatred by tribal globalized ideologies of the Colonial Matrix of Power [world system], and the possibility of intercultural/interpolitical conviviality. Imitatio Christi is reappropriated by way of Desert Spirituality, Christopraxis, and decoloniality. Sensing in the Spirit, Orthopathos, is reimagined as "sentipensar" (sensuous reason) —an indigenous knowledge ecology. Following the conceptual map of García-Johnson's Probiotic Theology (Nuevo Mundo Theology), the themes are not organized systematically but rather rhizomatically. Aimed at communal and personal transformation, the most effective section for readers comes at the end, with the personal journal prompts.
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**A Brief Speech to Charge the New PhD in Theology and Intercultural Studies Graduates of 2024**
... more **A Brief Speech to Charge the New PhD in Theology and Intercultural Studies Graduates of 2024**
Elaborates imaginatively on Acts 1:1-10 to suggest that committed scholarship is, from the start, an existential stand against the decomposition of the world; hence, a Christian praxis accompaniment of the oppressed in the backdrop of terror and amazement.
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Upon my return from Palestine and Israel (24 hours before the war), some of you might be wonderin... more Upon my return from Palestine and Israel (24 hours before the war), some of you might be wondering about my thoughts on the recent resistant operation by the Izz el Din al-Qassam Brigades, known as the Al-Aqsa Flood.
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The Centro Latino at Fuller Theological Seminary seeks to equip Hispanic pastors with the “tools ... more The Centro Latino at Fuller Theological Seminary seeks to equip Hispanic pastors with the “tools to draw on their faith to create a better world”, which is a core component of holistic mission. Through comparative case studies, the first phase of this research examines the journeys of sixteen graduates of Centro Latino to explore the factors which impacted their capacity to implement holistic mission strategies in and with their ministries. As part of this process, this study reviews the roles played by culture, context and theological education in helping or hindering their efforts. The second and third phases of the research involves collaborating with the research subjects to develop and carry out a pilot program of continuing education activities through Centro Latino designed to increase their capacity to carry out holistic mission. Using a theoretical framework which integrates research on the impact of theological education on ministry practice, research on the Hispanic context and corresponding strategies for spiritual and practical formation for holistic mission, this study analyzes the results of the pilot program to arrive at recommendations for Centro Latino in particular and Hispanic theological education programs in general for equipping evangelical/Pentecostal Hispanic immigrant pastors for holistic mission
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Un ensayo que busca repensar el tema de la moralidad en la literatura a la luz de cómo y por qué ... more Un ensayo que busca repensar el tema de la moralidad en la literatura a la luz de cómo y por qué Jorge Luis Borges y Oscar Wilde difieren al respecto. Se usa la critica descolonial para proponer que la amoralidad es una ficcionización irrealizable del autor y el lector. La tarea del buen escribir y buen leer en las Américas requieren del reconocimiento de la diferencia colonial y moral del autor, crítico y lector.
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Papers by Oscar Garcia-Johnson
Moving beyond a two-point western ethics into a full-blown life ethics in the American Global South requires an epistemic and strategic delinking from certain ultra-fundamentalist and ultra-liberal evangelical sectors of the United States and their global branches. It requires moving away from surrogacy, that is, from being used as bodies and bullets for a war that is not about us and for us but kills us anyway.
Elaborates imaginatively on Acts 1:1-10 to suggest that committed scholarship is, from the start, an existential stand against the decomposition of the world; hence, a Christian praxis accompaniment of the oppressed in the backdrop of terror and amazement.
Moving beyond a two-point western ethics into a full-blown life ethics in the American Global South requires an epistemic and strategic delinking from certain ultra-fundamentalist and ultra-liberal evangelical sectors of the United States and their global branches. It requires moving away from surrogacy, that is, from being used as bodies and bullets for a war that is not about us and for us but kills us anyway.
Elaborates imaginatively on Acts 1:1-10 to suggest that committed scholarship is, from the start, an existential stand against the decomposition of the world; hence, a Christian praxis accompaniment of the oppressed in the backdrop of terror and amazement.