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    Inventario de la filosofía en Nuevo León (edited book)
    with Rolando Picos Bovio
    Juan Pablos Editor. 2012.
    A reflection on the philosophical traditions at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon and in the city of Monterrey
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    A basic guide to reading the Bible from the perspective of the poor, oppressed, and marginalized. This readable and provocative introduction to hermeneutics emphasizes how issues of race, class, and gender influence our reading and understanding. Reading the Bible from the Margins begins where other texts fail to go: with the perspectives of those who society ignores. De La Torre shows how traditional or standard ways of approaching the Bible can be unacceptable to those who are discriminated ag…Read more
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    Beyond Machismo: A Cuban Case Study
    The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 19 213-233. 1999.
    This article explores the multidimensional aspects of intra-Hispanic oppression by unmasking the socio-historical construction of machismo. Usually, traditionally disenfranchised groups construct well-defined categories as to who are the perpetrators and who are the victims of injustices. All too often, Hispanic ethicists tend to identify oppressive structures of the dominant Eurocentric culture while overlooking repression conducted within the Hispanic community. The author suggests that, withi…Read more
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    Doing Latina/o Ethics from the Margins of Empire: Liberating the Colonized Mind
    Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 33 (2): 3-20. 2013.
    The uncritical appropriation of Eurocentric ethical paradigms can be detrimental to disenfranchised communities of color, especially the Hispanic community. This essay argues for an ethical methodology rooted in the hopelessness found within Latino/a marginalized communities. Advocating for an ethics para joder disrupts a normative Eurocentric ethical discourse that at times normalizes and legitimizes "empire." The essay begins by casting a critical gaze at the academy before analyzing the overa…Read more
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    A revised and expanded edition of the text that presents a justice-based ethics that avails itself of the perspectives and experiences of those on the margins.