Rethinking Spirituality: Lessons from Immigrant Detention

Sun Mar 22 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-07:00

Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church, Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, USA | Palo Alto

Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church
Publisher/HostPalo Alto Christian Reformed Church
Rethinking Spirituality: Lessons from Immigrant Detention
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Dive into how spirituality shapes and supports those in immigrant detention—real stories, real lessons.
About this Event

Rethinking Spirituality: Lessons from Immigrant Detention

Join us in person for a heartfelt discussion on how immigrant detention challenges and reshapes our ideas about spirituality. Dive into stories, share experiences, and explore new perspectives that go beyond the usual. This event is all about connecting, reflecting, and rethinking what it means to find peace and hope in difficult times. Don’t miss out on this eye-opening session!

Christopher Tirres is a scholar and teacher who explores how spirituality helps people find freedom, meaning, and healing in everyday life. His work focuses on the Americas and looks beyond formal religion to the ways faith takes shape through culture, creativity, ritual, and lived experience—especially among communities facing injustice.
Tirres has taught at Santa Clara University since 2023, following earlier appointments at DePaul University. An award-winning educator and recipient of fellowships from the Ford Foundation, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, and the Louisville Institute, he is a native of El Paso, Texas and recently delivered the John Dewey Memorial Lecture on the healing power of borderlands spirituality.

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Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church, Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, USA, United States

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