His doctoral dissertation was on Cuban religiousity. His publications include the books "Introducing Latino/a Theology," published in 2001, and the forthcoming "Reading the Bible from the Margins" and "The Quest for the Cuban Christ." With the support of the faculty fund grant, he will work on four additional books: an introductory book on the Santeria religion, an examination of Christian ethics in Miami's Cuban community, a handbook on U.S. theologies of liberation, and a re-examination of Latino/a religion and identity given changes in the social location of Hispanics. He has been at Hope since 1999.