Luis Nicolás Rivera-Pagán (born December 5, 1942, in
San Juan de Puerto Rico
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,
Puerto Rico
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) is the Henry Winters Luce Professor Emeritus of
Ecumenics at
Princeton Theological Seminary
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Biography
Luis Nicolás Rivera-Pagán was born in
San Juan de Puerto Rico
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,
Puerto Rico
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, 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
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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
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Early years
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Between 1969 and 1970 Rivera-Pagán studied at
University of Tübingen
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,
Germany
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Between years 1970 and 2003 Rivera-Pagán was Professor of
Systematic theology
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at the Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico and Professor of Humanities at the
University of Puerto Rico
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Between 1999 and 2000 Rivera-Pagán was the
John Alexander Mackay Visiting professor on
World Christianity
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at
Princeton Theological Seminary
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. 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
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. 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
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.
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.
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References
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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