Mayra Rivera

Mayra Rivera is a scholar of religion who is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies at Harvard University.{{cite web |url=https://hds.harvard.edu/people/mayra-rivera-rivera |title=Mayra Rivera |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=22 January 2021}}

Biography

Rivera was born and raised in Puerto Rico.{{Cite web |last=Gibson |first=Lydialyle |date=2020-10-08 |title=Mayra Rivera |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/11/jhj-portrait-mayra-rivera |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Harvard Magazine |language=en}} After first receiving a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Rivera received a PhD (2005) in theological and religious studies from Drew University.

Rivera is known for her academic contributions in the area of postcolonialism, especially with reference to Caribbean thought.{{cite encyclopedia | last = Steele Ireland | first = Marèque | editor1-last = Dyrness | editor1-first = William A. | editor1-link = William Dyrness | editor2-last = Kärkkäinen | editor2-first = Veli-Matti | editor2-link = Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen | encyclopedia = Global Dictionary of Theology | title = Postcolonial Theology | year = 2008 | publisher = InterVarsity Press | location = Nottingham | isbn = 978-1-84474-350-6 | pages = 683–687 }} Her current work examines the impact of climate change from a Caribbean perspective.

Rivera is a member of the American Academy of Religion, and was elected president for 2022.{{cite web |title=AAR Presidents |url=https://aarweb.org/AARMBR/AARMBR/Who-We-Are-/AAR-Presidents.aspx |access-date=November 14, 2022 |work=American Academy of Religion}}

Works

Postcolonial Theologies: Divinity and Empire (edited with Catherine Keller and Michael Nausner, Chalice Press, 2004){{cite journal|last=Askew|first=Emily|title=none|journal=Encounter|date=2011|pages=165–166|volume=72|issue=1|id={{EBSCOhost|ATLA0001844910}}|issn=0013-7081}}
The Touch of Transcendence (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007)Reviews of The Touch of Transcendence:
{{Cite journal|last=Muers|first=Rachel|date=May 2009|title=none|journal=Conversations in Religion & Theology|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=41–53|doi=10.1111/j.1479-2214.2009.00153.x}}
{{Cite journal|last=Rieger|first=Joerg|date=September 2009|title=none|journal=Religious Studies Review|language=en|volume=35|issue=3|pages=162|doi=10.1111/j.1748-0922.2009.01360_24.x}}
{{Cite journal|last=Schanbacher|first=Will|date=March 2008|title=none|journal=Reviews in Religion & Theology|language=en|volume=15|issue=2|pages=242–244|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9418.2007.00380_16.x|issn=1350-7303}}
Planetary Loves: Spivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology (edited with Stephen D. Moore, Fordham University, 2010){{Cite journal|last=Wong|first=Matthew|date=July 2012|title=none|journal=Reviews in Religion & Theology|language=en|volume=19|issue=3|pages=347–350|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9418.2012.01071.x}}
Poetics of the Flesh (Duke University, 2015)Reviews of Poetics of the Flesh:
{{Cite journal|last=MacKendrick|first=Karmen|date=April 2017|title=none|journal=Critical Research on Religion|language=en|volume=5|issue=1|pages=98–101|doi=10.1177/2050303217690901|s2cid=165069079 |issn=2050-3032}}
{{Cite journal|last=Armour|first=Ellen T.|date=2017-02-17|title=none|journal=Women's Studies|language=en|volume=46|issue=2|pages=168–170|doi=10.1080/00497878.2017.1264232|s2cid=152215175 |issn=0049-7878}}
{{Cite journal|last=Bakker|first=Justine|date=June 2017|title=none|journal=Religious Studies Review|language=en|volume=43|issue=2|pages=149|doi=10.1111/rsr.12915}}
{{Cite journal|last=Rambo|first=Shelly|date=January 2019|title=none|journal=The Journal of Religion|language=en|volume=99|issue=1|pages=125–127|doi=10.1086/700427|s2cid=171660399 |issn=0022-4189}}

Mayra Rivera

Biography

Works

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