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Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado

Michelle González Maldonado is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Scranton. Previously a Professor of Religious Studies, she is the author of eight books, including A Critical Introduction to Religion in the Americas: Bridging the Liberation Theology and Religious Studies Divide (NYU Press, 2014).

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Pope Francis Brokers End to Cuba Embargo, Despite Opposition of Catholic Pols

There will be much debate surrounding today’s announcement of the normalization of relations between Cuba and the US, but I hope the voices of the Cuban and Cuban-American people will be heard. While…
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Religion Dispatches

Mourning Jenni Rivera: “When a Lady Dies”

In Monterrey, where Jenni had just performed what was to be her final concert, fans processed the streets carrying candles and images of her, just as in the religious processions that have occurred throughout Latin America since the arrival of the Spanish over five hundred years ago. From Mexico to California, shrines in her honor have surfaced in neighborhoods and lawns.
Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado
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Religion Dispatches

Ada Marìa Isasi-Díaz, Mother of Mujerista Theology

Mourning the loss of a scholar, an activist, a mentor.
Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado
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