Luis Rivera
Dr. Luis R. Rivera is associate professor of theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (UMC), where he served as Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs. He was a faculty member and Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs at McCormick Theological Seminary (PCUSA) in Chicago. Dr. Rivera started his teaching career in 1986, when he joined the Faculty of the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico.
Dr. Rivera holds degrees from the University of Puerto Rico (B.A.), the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico (M.Div.), and Harvard University, the Divinity School (Th.M., Th.D.). His research and teaching have focused on the theological and hermeneutical challenges posed by the experiences of global migrations and the formation of diaspora communities and congregations amidst multicultural societies in a globalized world. Currently, he is conducting research to write a book on the history and legacy of the Latinx Protestant theological movement in US graduate theological education.
Dr. Rivera has served throughout the years as leader or resource for some of the most important Latino/a/x organizations in theological education: Association for Hispanic Theological Education; the Hispanic Summer Program, the Hispanic Theological Initiative Consortium, La Comunidad, and the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism in San Diego University. He has also contributed to the work of ATS Chief Academic Officers Society, the ATS Committee on Race and Ethnicity, the Board of InTrust Center for Theological Schools, the Forum for Theological Exploration, and the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion.
Dr. Rivera is co-editor of Diccionario de Intérpretes de la Fe (Spanish, 2004; Portuguese, 2005; English, 2006) and has contributed to various other publications, including Jesus in the Hispanic Community: Images of Christ from Theology to Popular Religion (2009), and Locating US Theological Education in a Global Context (Pickwick, 2019).
