The Program on Religion and Latin American Studies (PRLAS) approach es the complexities of Latin American Religion phenomena from a transdisciplinary perspective and through a commit ment to dialogue with Latin American scholarship.
PRLAS is linked to Baylor in Latin America initiative and is inspired by the University motto “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana .” Our research does not merely have Latin America as an object of study but sees Latin America as a multidimensional world of richness and opportunities to learn from and grow with . Latin America needs Baylor as a Christian institution committed to open dialogue and sensitive to human problems. PRLAS identity is not defined by intellectual colonialism but by an
Because of this, PRLAS shares Joaquín Torres García’s moto “Nuestro norte es el sur” (our north is the south). In 1943 he drew South America with the south at the top 1 to advocate an autonomous Latin American art movement , but his reorientation has developed a broader meaning .