Luis Nicolás Rivera-Pagán (born December 5, 1942, in
San Juan de Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
,
Puerto Rico) is the Henry Winters Luce Professor Emeritus of
Ecumenics at
Princeton Theological Seminary.
Biography
Luis Nicolás Rivera-Pagán was born in
San Juan de Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
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Puerto Rico, on December 5, 1942.
Rivera-Pagán earned his M. Div. at the
Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico in 1966, S.T.M. (1967) and M.A. (1968) at
Yale University and in 1970 his PhD, also at Yale with the dissertation ''Unity and Truth: The Unity of God, Man, Jesus Christ, and the Church in Irenaeus'', under
Jaroslav Pelikan.
Between 1969 and 1970 Rivera-Pagán studied at
University of Tübingen,
Germany.
Between years 1970 and 2003 Rivera-Pagán was Professor of
Systematic theology at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and Professor of Humanities at the
University of Puerto Rico.
Between 1999 and 2000 Rivera-Pagán was the
John Alexander Mackay Visiting professor on
World Christianity at
Princeton Theological Seminary. This position, held during his sabbatical year lead to his appointment in 2003 to the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary, as the Henry Winters Luce Professor of
Ecumenics and
Mission. In June 2007 he retired with the status of Professor-emeritus.
Presently Rivera-Pagán holds the chair of Humanities at the Faculty of General Studies of the
University of Puerto Rico.
Bibliography
Rivera-Pagán is a prolific author, who wrote, co-authored, edited and co-edited dozens of books, journal issues, chapters, articles, and reviews in books and journals. Below is a complete list of books, edited books and journal issues, and a selection of book chapters and journal articles.
[ Compiled by Néstor Medina.]
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* John Alexander Makay Visiting professor in World Christianity lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary.
* Inaugural address at Princeton Theological Seminary.
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1942 births
Educators from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Living people
Yale Divinity School alumni
Princeton Theological Seminary faculty
University of Puerto Rico faculty
World Christianity scholars