Mayra Rivera is a scholar of religion who is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Religion and Latinx Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Biography

Rivera was born and raised in Puerto Rico. After first receiving a BS in chemical engineering from the

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico ( es, Universidad de Puerto Rico, UPR) is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. It is a government-owned corporation with 11 campuses and approximately 58,000 students and 5,3 ...

, 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 Postcolonialism is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. More specifically, it is a ...

, especially with reference to Caribbean thought. Her current work examines the impact of climate change from a Caribbean perspective. Rivera is a member of the

American Academy of Religion The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholarly method, scholars in the List of academic disciplines, field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a profes ...

, and was elected president for 2022.

Works

* ''Postcolonial Theologies: Divinity and Empire'' (edited with

Catherine Keller Catherine Keller (born 1953) is a contemporary Christian theologian and Professor of Constructive Theology at Drew University's Graduate Division of Religion. As a constructive theologian, Keller's work is oriented around social and ecological ju ...

and Michael Nausner, Chalice Press, 2004) * ''The Touch of Transcendence'' (Westminster John Knox Press, 2007) * ''Planetary Loves: Spivak, Postcoloniality, and Theology'' (edited with Stephen D. Moore, Fordham University, 2010) * ''Poetics of the Flesh'' (Duke University, 2015)Reviews of ''Poetics of the Flesh'': * * * *

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