Listening to Immigrant Voices

Authors

  • Francisco Javier Goitía Padilla ELCA Churchwide Office

Abstract

This article reflects on the experience of Huracán María as it hit Puerto Rico September 20, 2017. It focusses on the Puerto Rican location in general and this experience in particular to consider the preaching of the Gospel as a source of courage and hope. The author explores local materials in trying to identify a possible contextual homiletic ethos in the Puerto Rican landscape.

Author Biography

Francisco Javier Goitía Padilla, ELCA Churchwide Office

Program Director, Theological Formation for Seminaries and Lay Schools

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Published

2019-03-25

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 2 (2019): Honoring Walter F. Taylor Jr.: A Festschrift

Section

Listening to Immigrant Voices

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