Carla Mendoza: Illegality, Liberation & the Woman with the Alabaster Jar

July 09, 2025 01:11:47
Carla Mendoza: Illegality, Liberation & the Woman with the Alabaster Jar
Inverse Podcast
Carla Mendoza: Illegality, Liberation & the Woman with the Alabaster Jar

Jul 09 2025 | 01:11:47

/

Show Notes

Karla Mendoza Arana (she/her/ella) is a grassroots theologian, speaker, writer, and artist. She is from Lima, Peru, and has lived in the United States for nearly 24 years. As an Afro-Peruvian woman who continues to face displacement, her work revolves around exploring illegality, citizenship, and Latinindad. Karla is currently a student of Liberation Theologies at Union Theological Seminary in Lenape land, commonly known as New York City. If you don’t find her reading, you’ll find her dancing to Bad Bunny.

Other Episodes

Episode 6

March 23, 2020 01:33:50
Episode Cover

Kelley Nikondeha: Covid-19 & Women of Exodus

We love Kelley Nikondeha. Her new book “DEFIANT: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom” is out today. Get it!: [Kelley's book](http://www.amazon.com/Defiant-Women-Exodus-Teach-Freedom/dp/0802864295)...

Listen

Episode

September 25, 2020 01:11:01
Episode Cover

David Dark: Our battle is not against flesh and blood

David Dark is a lifelong educator in Nashville. He teaches among incarcerated communities and is on the faculty of the College of Theology at...

Listen

Episode

May 04, 2021 01:12:40
Episode Cover

Scott Erickson on art, the "crying" verses, and Genesis 43

Scott Erickson is a touring painter, performance speaker, and creative curate who mixes autobiography, mythology, and aesthetics to create art and moments that speak...

Listen