Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Ph.D.

Clarence Louis and Helen Steber Professor
Theological Studies

Coordinator
MTS and MARE Programs

Courses Taught

Social Justice, Martyrdom & Terrorism, Christian Tradition I: 1500-present, Political Theology

Education

Ph.D. in Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2004

Research Interests

Theology and culture
Liberation theologies
Comparative theology
Religion and politics
Comparative religious ethics

Publications and Media Placements

Theological Fragments: What We Can and Cannot Know About an Infinite God (Westminster John Knox Press, 2023)

Editor, T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology (T&T Clark, October 2019)

Christian Martyrdom and Political Violence: A Comparative Theology with Judaism and Islam (Cambridge University Press, July 2017)

Dogmatics After Babel: Beyond the Theologies of Word and Culture (Westminster John Knox Press, October 2017)

“Political Theology As ‘Liberative’ Theology,” in Political Theology Today: A forum for interdisciplinary and interreligious dialogue (April 25, 2017)

“Religion and Politics,” in Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos/Latinas in Politics, eds. Suzanne Oboler and Deena J. Gonzalez (March 2016, Oxford University Press)

“Sources and en conjunto methodologies of Latino/a theologizing,” in The Blackwell Companion to Latino/a Theology, Orlando O. Espín, ed. (London: Wiley-Blackwell, September 2015)

“Calvin’s Legacy of Compassion: A Reformed Theological Perspective on Immigration,” in Immigrant Neighbors Among Us: Immigration Across Theological Traditions, Leopoldo A. Sánchez and Danny Carroll, eds. (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, October 2015)

Racism and God-Talk: A Latino/a Perspective (New York University Press, 2008)

Professional Organizations and Associations

American Academy of Religion
Society of Christian Ethics
Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana (AETH)

Community Work and Service

Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy
Supply pastor
Christian educator