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Brown Church: Recovering Our Past, Reaching to Our Future
~4 Hours
In Brown Church: Recovering Our Past, Reaching to Our Future, you will explore the history of Latina/o communities and the Brown Church to more deeply understand their heritage, theology, and identity. You will also learn tools to apply Brown Church theology to modern challenges, encouraging faith-based solutions to address Latina/o community needs today.
Robert Chao Romero
About This Course
Historically, Latina/o communities have endured significant historical suffering that has shaped their spiritual formation and produced spiritual leaders with significant roles in social justice movements. In Brown Church: Recovering Our Past, Reaching to Our Future, you will explore key events and influential figures who contributed to this journey, deepening your understanding of the struggles and resilience that have marked the Brown Church’s paths. By examining mestizaje and the cultural-spiritual contributions of Latina/o communities, you will gain insight into how these elements have shaped the heritage, theology, and identity of the Brown Church.
Through group learning, intercultural dialogue, and practical theological collaboration, you will foster a comprehensive understanding of how the Brown Church has historically addressed—and continues to address—social issues.
This course introduces you to tools to apply Brown Church theology to modern challenges, encouraging faith-based solutions to address Latina/o community needs today. Through videos and community-based discussions, you will explore how local churches actively support marginalized communities, ensuring that the principles of social justice and spiritual resilience remain central to your mission.
What You Will Learn
- Describe the historical suffering of minority communities and key events and figures that shaped their spiritual formation and their role in social justice movements
- Examine mestizaje and the cultural-spiritual contributions of Latinx communities, shaping Brown Church heritage, theology, and identity
- Evaluate how the Brown Church has dealt with past and present social issues, using examples of how local churches still support marginalized communities today
- Apply Brown Church theology to Christian social justice, proposing faith-based solutions to current Latina/o community challenges
What Skills You Will Grow
- Intercultural & Community Engagement: The ability to foster inclusive collaboration and drive positive social change through understanding and respecting diverse cultural norms, values, beliefs, and perspectives.
- Biblical & Theological Competence: The ability to understand and apply biblical teachings and theological principles to various contexts.
Produced by Centro Latino, hosted by FULLER Equip
- Multicultural Competence & Voices
- Lead Pastor
Introduction
1. Getting Started
The Brown Church
2. The Historical Roots of the Brown Church
3. Cultural and Spiritual Wealth in the Brown Church
4. The Brown Church and Contemporary Social Issues
5. Integrating Faith and Social Justice
Conclusion
6. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Robert Chao Romero
Associate Professor, Attorney, Author, Minister, Faith-Rooted Community Organizer
Dr. Robert Chao Romero is an associate professor in the UCLA departments of Chicana/o Studies, Central America Studies, and Asian American Studies. He received his PhD from UCLA in Latin American History, his Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley, and is also an attorney. Romero is the author of several books, including "CRT and Christianity: A Faithful and Constructive Conversation" and "Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity." "Brown Church" received the InterVarsity Press Readers’ Choice Award for best academic title. Romero is also an ordained minister and faith-rooted community organizer.
