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Es un estudio de la inmigración desde la perspectiva que la Biblia presenta del creador. El hallazgo es que el creador exige un buen trato cuando sus criaturas emigran en su planeta. Se comprueba que la Biblia es una narrativa de inmigrantes, como lo fueron Abraham, Moises, Jacob y la nación de Israel en Egipto. Por eso Moises legisla para la protección del inmigrante, incluyendo el fácil acceso a la ciudadanía en Israel. Luego los profetas hacen una defensoría abierta del inmigrante. Jesús mismo emigra con sus progenitores a Egipto, y en su discurso del juicio final afirma que seremos juzgados por el trato que dimos al inmigrante. “El creador y sus criaturas” revisa la hospitalidad cristiana, y la aplica de manera explicita a los forasteros que llegan a nuestro territorio. Aunque la Biblia no se refiere al tipo racial de sus personajes, hay una presencia importante de la negritud en la historia de la salvación. La iglesia es la familia universal, sin distinciones por raza, sexo o nacionalidad, como ejemplo de comunidad sin fronteras. Los creyentes en la isla tienen el reto de tratarse como hermanos de la misma familia, y sin prejuicios de ningún tipo. En resumen, en “el creador y sus criaturas” Dios nos pide un trato solidario con el inmigrante, de la misma manera que querríamos que nos traten a nosotros.

After yet another disastrous date where Jess is too awkward, too earnest, too whatever, she’s ready to put her romantic daydreams aside. Other than an enchanting Irish accent, her latest date is no prince charming. Then the night goes from bad to worse when she’s mugged in the parking lot and hits her head. Hard. Hard enough that when Jess wakes up, she’s in Ireland. The first person she meets is Eamonn, a quiet, gruff mechanic. Since Jess is stranded with no passport, cell phone, or way to get home, Eamonn becomes her reluctant knight in shining armor. Over the next forty-eight hours, they meander through the cobblestone streets of Dublin and explore the Irish countryside, sharing their deepest fears, quiet hopes, and softest aches. It’s a connection that is as electrifying as it is terrifying, because what if Jess falls asleep and Eamonn vanishes like a dream? But a love like this—touched by magic and a little bit of luck—is never quite as it seems.

Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone’s property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end to slavery, this amazing woman was proof of what just one person can do.

Lysa TerKeurst, el Dr. Joel Muddamalle y el consejero profesional Jim Cress, presentadores del podcast Therapy and Theology, [Terapia y teología], ayudan a los lectores a entender lo que dice la Biblia sobre cómo sobrevivir a la muerte de un matrimonio mientras se busca la integridad y la sanación.

La presente obra podría considerarse como una suerte de complemento de Los libros de la isla desierta. Escritores dominicanos reflexionan sobre su libro predilecto, colección que publiqué en 2013 en la Editorial Santuario. De igual manera que este primer libro, este cuestionario fue acogido con interés y curiosidad por los 47 escritores que accedieron a someterse al escrutinio proustiano. Las tareas de contacto, recopilación y edición se prolongaron durante varios meses de 2025. Dedico este libro a la memoria de José Rafael Lantigua, cuya enfermedad y muerte a destiempo le impidieron enviarme sus respuestas. Descanse en paz. Carlos X. Ardavín Trabanco Trinity University, San Antonio

Years ago, Nora Bridge walked out on her marriage and left her daughters behind. She has since become a famous radio talk-show host and newspaper columnist beloved for her moral advice. Her youngest daughter, Ruby, is a struggling comedienne who uses her famous mother as fuel for her bitter, cynical humor. When the tabloids unearth a scandalous secret from Nora’s past, their estrangement suddenly becomes dramatic: Nora is injured in an accident and a glossy magazine offers Ruby a fortune to write a tell-all about her mother. Under false pretenses, Ruby returns home to take care of the woman she hasn’t spoken to for almost a decade. Nora insists they retreat to Summer Island in the San Juans, to the lovely old house on the water where Ruby grew up, a place filled with childhood memories of love and joy and belonging. There Ruby is also reunited with her first love and his brother. Once, the three of them had been best friends, inseparable. Until the summer that Nora had left and everyone’s hearts had been broken. . . . What began as an expose evolves, as Ruby writes, into an exploration of her family’s past. Nora is not the woman Ruby has hated all these years. Witty, wise, and vulnerable, she is desperate to reconcile with her daughter. As the magazine deadline draws near and Ruby finishes what has begun to seem to her an act of brutal betrayal, she is forced to grow up and at last to look at her mother—and herself—through the eyes of a woman. And she must, finally, allow herself to love.