Robert (Bobby) J. Rivera

Dr. Robert J. Rivera is Associate Professor of Theology at St. John’s University, NY. He earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston College. Dr. Rivera’s research and teaching interests focus on Latina/o/x and Latin American theologies, Theology and Social Theories, and contemporary Christologies. He is currently completing a book length manuscript that develops a Christology of liberation in the context of globalization and exclusion for the T&T Clark Studies in Edward Schillebeeckx Series. He is also working on a project tentatively titled, "Teologia en La Brega: Theological Reflections on Debt, Disaster, and Diaspora." With Michele Saracino, he co-edited the book, Enfleshing Theology: Embodiment, Discipleship, and Politics in the Work of M. Shawn Copeland, Lanham, MD: Lexington/Fortess Academic, 2018. A Nuyorican (New York born Puerto Rican), Dr. Rivera and his partner have three sons, and they enjoy road trips, sports, movies and ice cream.