Vol. 52 No. 1 (2025): La Fiesta: Treasuring Past Legacies and Charting Future Directions in Theology and Ministry

The January 2025 issue of Currents in Theology and Mission is published in honor of two Lutheran theologians, José David Rodríguez and Javier (Jay) Alanis (Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Wartburg Theological Seminary), whose contributions to theology and ministry have influenced generations of theological students and the world of theological and historical scholarship, particularly in global Lutheranism. Both colleagues retired from faculty positions during the years when a global pandemic made in-person celebrations impossible or, at best, difficult. But it is not too late to celebrate their legacies, especially when both colleagues (and all the students and colleagues inspired by their work) are still charting new directions.