Dr. Angel D. Santiago-VendrellDr. Angel Santiago-Vendrell, Assistant Professor of Evangelism at Asbury Seminary, speaks at the eighth annual Herencia Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary on October 9. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, lecturers explore the theme of “Tales of Mutual Influence: Mackay, Shaull, and the Protestant Origins of Liberation Theology.”

Lectures explore the lives of missionary and former Princeton Seminary president, the Rev. Dr. John A. Mackay, along with the Rev. Dr. M. Richard Shaull, missionary and Henry Winters Luce emeritus professor of ecumenics at Princeton Seminary.

Lectures will be presented at 12 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Daniel J. Theron Assembly Room in the Princeton Theological Seminary Library.

Santiago-Vendrell presents at 7 p.m., along with his co-speaker, Dr. Karla Ann Koll, Professor of History, Mission and Religions at Latin American Biblical University (UBIL), Costa Rica. Together, they trace the friendships and events that shaped the lives of Mackay and Shaull as missionaries to Latin America.

“My claim is that we pay great attention to what missionaries contribute to where they were appointed, but little on how that context changes the missionaries,” Santiago-Vendrell said.

The noon lecture will be given by the Rev. Jovelino Ramos, retired director of the Racial Ethnic Justice Ministries, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).

Santiago-Vendrell is the author of Contextual Theology and Revolutionary Transformation in Latin America: The Missiology of M. Richard Shaull (Pickwick Publications, 2010). He has also published articles in professional academic journals, such as the International Review of Mission, Apuntes: Theological Reflections from the Hispanic Margins, Studies in World Christianity, Mission Studies, The Journal of Pentecostal Theology, and Feminist Theology.

Asbury Theological Seminary was founded in 1923 by H.C. Morrison with a class of three students and an audacious seal that said, “The whole Bible for the whole world.” Its mission is to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world.” Almost 100 years later, the Seminary has more than 10,000 graduates serving in every time zone around the world through social justice initiatives, government, art, mission organizations, education and the church.