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Rubén Rosario Rodríguez, Ph.D.

Professor ; Coordinator of Graduate Studies
Theological Studies

Courses Taught

Social Justice, Martyrdom & Terrorism, Christian Tradition I: 1500-present, Political Theology, God-Talk: Ultimate Questions in 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

Professional Experience

  • 2022-present President, La Comunidad of Hispanic Scholars in the AAR/SB
  • 2026 Vice President, The Society of Christian Ethics
  • 2025-present Faculty Senate, Saint Louis University
  • 2025-present Rank and Tenure Committee, College of Arts & Sciences
  • 2024-25 Faculty Council President, College of Arts & Sciences

Publications and Media Placements

  • Between Despair and Complacency: Reclaiming the Theology of Hope (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press)
  • Calvin for the World: The Enduring Relevance of His Political, Social, and Economic Theology (Baker Academic Press, 2024)
  • Theological Fragments: Confessing What We Know and Cannot Know about an Infinite God (Westminster John Knox Press, 2023)
  • “Jesusito,” in Latine Lived Religions and Religious Identities: ¡Presente!, ed. by Miguel A. De La Torre and Edwin Aponte (forthcoming from Bloomsbury Academic).
  • “Environmental Racism, Global Warming, and Human Flourishing,” in Theology and Ethics of Oppressed and Marginalized Peoples: Social Ethics and Agency in World Christianity, Raimundo Barreto and Nimi Wariboko, eds. (Fortress Press, 2025).
  • “Rethinking Radical Nonviolence: Romero, Catholic Social Teaching, and Racism,” in Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching, ed. by Todd Walatka (University of Notre Dame Press, 2024).
  • “Human Uniqueness, Divine Interrelationality, and the Hope of Ecofeminist Theology,” in World Christianity and Ecological Theologies, ed. by Raimundo Barreto and Wanderley Pereira da Rosa (Fortress Press, 2024).
  • “Civil War by Other Means: Understanding Right Wing Christian Evangelical Political Theology,” Journal for Peace and Justice Studies, Fall 2026 (forthcoming).
  • “Between Text and Sermon: Romans 13,” in Interpretation, 78.4 (Summer 2024).
  • “Christ Transforming Culture: A Case Study,” in Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary (Spring 2024).
  • “The Engagement of Secularization in Sanchez’s Calvin and the Resignification of the World.” Symposium for Syndicate Theology (March 2024).
  • “Picking up the Pieces: The Promise of Tradition in a Fragmented Age.” Journal of Reformed Theology 19 (2025), 4-14.

Honors and Awards

  • 2026-27 Research Fellow, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton
  • 2022-2025 Clarence Louis and Helen Steber Professor in Theological Studies, Saint Louis University
  • 2023-present Saint Louis University Research Institute Fellow
  • 2022-23 The John E. Fetzer Institute Fellow, Shared Sacred Story Project

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • Catholic Theological Society of America.

Community Work and Service

  • Presbytery of Giddings-Lovejoy
  • Supply pastor
  • Christian educator