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PERSPECTIVAS: OCCASIONAL PAPERSEDITORRubén Rosario RodríguezSt.Louis UniversityPerspectivas: Occasional Papers is a publication of theHispanic Theological Initiative and is made possible byPrinceton Theological Seminary.Editorial corre s p o n d e n c e should be addressed toThe Hispanic Theological Initiative,12 Library Place, Princeton, NJ 08540.S u b s c r i p t i o n s should be made toThe Hispanic Theological Initiative at the above address,or email us at h t i @ p t s e m . e d uViews expressed in this publication are those of the writers.Publication does not necessarily signify endorsement bythe Hispanic Theological Initiative.P o s t m a s t e r : Please send address changes tothe Hispanic Theological Initiative,12 Library Place,Princeton, NJ 08540.ISSN 1536-996XThe Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI) began the publicationof Perspectivas: Occasional Papers in 1998 to highlightthe scholarship of Latina/o scholars in theology andreligion, and feature the contributions of Latinas/os as an importantand critical means to stimulate further dialogue and researchin theological education.Our past and present issues feature the work of HTI mentors,fellows, and HTI Summer Workshop Lecture and HTI RegionalConference speakers. The present publication is the tenth in theseries.Perspectivas is sent to seminaries and to religion and theologydepartments at universities and other institutions throughout theUnited States, and Puerto Rico. The issues are free and we arehappy to accommodate requests from faculty and/or students foradditional copies and/or copies of back issues when available.Please e-mail us at hti@ptsem.edu for these requests.We trust you will find Perspectivas engaging and insightful,and we invite you to share comments and responses to any of thearticles.Joanne RodríguezDirector, HTI45
FROM THE EDITORU.S. Latina/o theology, in spite of its marginalized social location,continues to make positive contributions to public discoursein the United States, optimistic that its distinct vision can contributeto God’s plans for greater human liberation. This refreshingoptimism challenges perspectives like that of SamuelHuntington, who identifies Mexican immigration and what heterms “Hispanization” 1 as the greatest threat to American nationalidentity and national security in post-9/11 United States. Thisissue of Perspectivas brings together the interdisciplinary conversationthat took place at the 2006 Hispanic Theological InitiativeSummer Workshop around the theme, “Immigration: Facts,Theology and Ministry,” with two articles exploring many of thesame themes—immigration, mestizaje, inclusion, and diversity—as an alternative to Huntington’s version of the “Americandream,” which can be charitably characterized as assimilationinto the Anglo mainstream, and less charitably as xenophobicintolerance.The eschatological dimension of Christian thought (its“already-not yet” aspect) reminds the church that while it isrenewed in the Spirit and called by God to live in inclusive community,where there is no longer Jew or Greek, slave or free, maleor female but all are one in Christ Jesus (Gal. 3:27-28), our presentreality is tainted by sin, and relationships of domination persist.Consequently, our distinct contribution to the rich tapestryof North American Christianity is summed up by the phraseteología de conjunto, in which we intentionally nurture mutuallyenriching conversation across boundaries of belief, culture, gender,and ethnicity in order to embody the Gospel’s inclusivevision (what Alejandro García-Rivera has called the communityof the beautiful). Latina/o theology’s contributions to the broad-7
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