Robert (Bobby) J. Rivera

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Associate Professor
Theology and Religious Studies
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
PhD., Boston CollegeM.T.S., Harvard Divinity SchoolB.A., New York University

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.  His book, Christ for the Excluded: Christology, Globalization, and Liberation, is forthcoming with the T&T Clark Studies in Edward Schillebecckx 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.

Undergraduate

Perspectives on Christianity

Liberation Theologies

Global Catholicism

Jesus in Christian Faith

Race and Religion in the U.S.

Graduate

U.S. Latine Theologies

Liberation Theologies

Creation

 

Rivera, Robert J.  Christ for the Excluded: Christology, Globalization, and Liberation. T&T Clark Studies in Edward Schillebeechkx, Blommsbury Academic (forthcoming, November 2025).  

Rivera, Robert, and Michele Saracino, eds. Enfleshing Theology: Embodiment, Discipleship, and Politics in the Work of M. Shawn Copeland, Lanham, MD: Lexington/Fortess Academic, 2018.

American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, Catholic Theological Society of America, College Theology Society, Puerto Rican Studies Association.