Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

Jacqueline M. Hidalgo is Professor of Latina/o/x Studies and Religion at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Author of Revelation in Aztlán (2016) and co-editor of Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration (2018), her work examines the power of scriptural imaginaries, narratives, and material cultures in shaping relations of race and gender in the American West. She also studies religion, scriptures, and culture among Latinx/a/os in the U.S. more generally.

Archive, History/Theology, OMFG, Racial JusticeJuly 7, 2020

It’s the Catholic Bishops, Not Those Who Toppled Junipero Serra Statues, Who Have Failed the Test of History

By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

Apologies are not enough. As protesters have taken to the streets throughout the world in…

(A)theologies, Archive, Remapping American Christianities, StoriesSeptember 24, 2015

Serra’s Actions Aren’t the Only Reason to Lament His Canonization

By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

The only good that I find in a St. Serra is that it could force us all to meditate on the ambivalence that haunts Christianity in this hemisphere.

(A)theologies, Archive, Remapping American Christianities, StoriesFebruary 3, 2015

Why Serra Should Not Be a Saint

By Jacqueline M. Hidalgo

There were no saints in the California missions.