Edwin David Aponte is a research professor of Latina/o and Latin American Christianity in the Center of World Christianity at New York Theological Seminary. He co-edited Handbook of Latina/o Theologies (Chalice Press, 2006).

Sister Ana María Pineda teaches Hispanic theology, spirituality and ministry at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif. Her interests include women’s issues and pastoral issues. She co-edited Dialogue Rejoined: Theology and Ministry in the U.S. Hispanic Reality (The Liturgical Press, 1995).

Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández is professor of Hispanic theology and ministry and director of the Hispanic Theology and Ministry Program at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago. She is a past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States and has co-chaired the American Academy of Religion’s Latina/o Religion, Culture and Society Group. Her expertise includes pastoral theology, immigration/migration, […]

Miguel H. Díaz, who teaches theology at the College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., is president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. His specialties include Cuba, popular religion and U.S. Hispanic theologies. He wrote On Being Human: U.S. Hispanic and Rahnerian Perspectives (Orbis Books, 2001) and co-edited From the Heart of […]

Rev. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier is Dean of Eastern University in Penn. Her interests include immigration/migration and ecumenism. She is founder of the Orlando E. Costas Hispanic and Latin American Ministries Program at Andover Newton Theological School. She wrote Hispanic Bible Institutes: A Community of Theological Construction (University of Scranton Press, 2005) and co-wrote A Many Colored Kingdom: Multicultural Dynamics […]

Milagros Peña teaches sociology and directs women’s studies at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Her expertise includes women’s issues, border issues and Hispanic ministry in the United States. Her books include, as co-author, Emerging Voices, Urgent Choices: Essays on Latino/a Religious Leadership (Brill Academic Publishers, 2006).

The Rev. Gary Riebe-Estrella is a Catholic priest and dean emeritus at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Ill. He can discuss education and placement of clergy, congregational issues, U.S. Latino Catholics, and Mexican popular religion. He co-edited Horizons of the Sacred: Mexican Traditions in U.S. Catholicism (2002).

The Rev. Jean-Pierre Ruiz, a Catholic priest who teaches biblical studies and Hispanic theology at St. John’s University in New York, is editor in chief of the Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology. Hispanic religious issues he can discuss include Bible translations, end-times perspectives, ecumenism, relations with Jews and Muslims, immigration and immigration, and clergy.

One challenge in writing about the Eastern Orthodox is the debate over numbers. A figure often cited is 3 million adherents in the U.S., with about 2 million in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 1 million in the Orthodox Church in America, and some tens of thousands in the other 20 major Eastern Orthodox churches. In a […]