Mayra Rivera

Mayra Rivera is a scholar of religion who is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latine Studies at Harvard Divinity School.[1]

Biography

After first receiving a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Rivera received a PhD (2005) in theological and religious studies from Drew University.[1]

Rivera is known for her academic contributions in the area of postcolonialism, especially with reference to Caribbean thought.[2] She is the president-elect of the American Academy of Religion.[3]

Works
  • Postcolonial Theologies: Divinity and Empire (edited with Catherine Keller and Michael Nausner, Chalice Press, 2004)[4]
  • The Touch of Transcendence: A Postcolonial Theology of God (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)[5]
  • Planetary Loves: Spivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology (edited with Stephen D. Moore, Fordham University, 2010)[6]
  • Poetics of the Flesh (Duke University, 2015)[7]

References
  1. "Mayra Rivera". Harvard University. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  2. Steele Ireland, Marèque (2008). "Postcolonial Theology". In Dyrness, William A.; Kärkkäinen, Veli-Matti (eds.). Global Dictionary of Theology. Nottingham: InterVarsity Press. pp. 683–687. ISBN 978-1-84474-350-6.
  3. "Board of Directors". American Academy of Religion. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  4. Askew, Emily (2011). Encounter. 72 (1): 165–166. ISSN 0013-7081. EBSCOhost ATLA0001844910.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. Reviews of The Touch of Transcendence:
  6. Wong, Matthew (July 2012). Reviews in Religion & Theology. 19 (3): 347–350. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9418.2012.01071.x.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  7. Reviews of Poetics of the Flesh:


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