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Seeing Jesus Through the Lens of Immigration
February 1 @ 4:30 pm - February 2 @ 4:30 pm
This year’s Eckhardt Mission Series speaker, the Rev. Dr. Miguel De La Torre, is a recognized international Fulbright scholar, celebrated author, and documentarian. Some of his books include Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins and Decolonizing Christianity.
Saturday, Feb. 1: Dr. De La Torre will explore what it means to see Jesus through the lens of Immigration and screen a portion of his documentary “Trails of Hope and Terror.” Attendees are invited to join Dr. De La Torre for dinner after his lecture. Please register to reserve your plate.
Sunday, Feb. 2, the Rev. De La Torre will lecture at 10 a.m. and preach in worship at 9 and 11:15 a.m
Dr. De La Torre has served as the elected 2012 President of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Executive Officer for the Society of Race, Ethnicity and Religion (2012-2017). He has taught courses at the Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development (Mexico), Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (Indonesia), University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany).
No cost to attend, RSVP required for dinner. For more information or to register, click here: https://stdave.org/eckhardt-mission-series/feb-1-2-eckhardt-2025-seeing-jesus-through-the-lens-of-immigration/
