Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente
Series Editors: Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández (Catholic Theological Union in Chicago), Miguel H. Díaz (Loyola University Chicago), and Jean-Pierre Ruiz (St. John's University).
This multivolume series re-maps theology and pushes out in new directions from varying coordinates across a spectrum of latinidad as lived in the USA. Authors reconfigure and disrupt key areas like revelation, eschatology, and trinity. Other volumes complicate and advance even further key themes of significance in Latin@ theologies, including the option for culture, religious diversity, and Mary.
Carmen M. Nanko-Fernández is Professor of Hispanic Theology and Ministry and the director of the Hispanic Theology and Ministry Program at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. A Latin@́ theologian, her publications include the book Theologizing en Espanglish (Orbis), as well as numerous chapters, scholarly and pastoral articles on Latin@́ theologies, theological education, lo popular, sport and theology—with particular focus on béisbol/baseball and Pope Francis on sports. She created, coordinates, and is an author for the “Theology en la Plaza” column in the National Catholic Reporter and her writing has appeared in Commonweal. The founding co-editor of the multivolume series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente, she is also completing her book ¿El Santo? Baseball and the Canonization of Roberto Clemente (Mercer University Press). A past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS), she received their Virgilio Elizondo Award in 2012 for “distinguished achievement in theology.”
Miguel H. Díaz is the John Courtney Murray, S.J., University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Díaz served under President Barack Obama as the 9th U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. He is a co-editor of the series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente. He is editor of the multi-authored volume one, The Word Became Culture (Orbis 2020) and the author of the third volume, Queer God de Amor (Fordham University Press, 2022). As a public theologian, Professor Diaz regularly engages print, radio, and television media. He is a contributor to the “Theology en la Plaza column for the National Catholic Reporter. As part of his ongoing commitment to advance human rights globally, he participates in a number of diplomatic initiatives in Washington, D.C., including being a member of the Atlantic Council and a member of the Ambassadors Circle at the National Democratic Institute (NDI).
Jean-Pierre Ruiz is Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University in New York, where he is also a Senior Research Fellow of the University’s Vincentian Center for Church and Society. A Nuyorican—a member of the Puerto Rican diaspora—his training, teaching, and research are in biblical studies. With publications that include the award-winning books Readings from the Edges: The Bible and People on the Move (Orbis 2011) and Revelation in the Vernacular (Fordham University Press 2023), along with journal articles, numerous chapters in edited volumes and entries in reference works, his current agenda focuses on the Bible and migration and the Bible and the history of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Ruiz has held leadership positions in the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, the Catholic Biblical Association of America, and the Society of Biblical Literature. During the Obama administration he served as a core group member of the U.S. State Department’s Working Group on Religion and Foreign Policy.
In memoriam Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD (1946-2025)
We remember, with gratitude, our beloved compadre Gary Riebe-Estrella, SVD who passed away unexpectedly on 2 June 2025. An accomplished theological educator, pastoral leader, and Latino theologian, Gary was an original co-editor on the Disruptive Cartographers series. His spirit remains ever-present in the process and pages born of our shared commitment to doing theology en y de conjunto.
