Education
B.A. Universidad de Puerto Rico
M.Div. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Th.M. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Ph.D. Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
Biography
José David Rodriguez is professor of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), where he holds the Augustana Heritage Chair of Global Mission and World Christianity.
Ordained in 1975, Rodriguez served congregations in Puerto
Rico and Chicago. He held visiting appointments at the Seminario
Evangelico de Puerto Rico and the Comunidad Teologica de
Mexico, and was an adjunct faculty member at Elmhurst College,
Elmhurst, Ill., and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Lombard, Ill., before joining the Lutheran School of Theology
faculty in 1985.
His service to the church includes membership on a number
of boards, including the editorial boards of the Association
for the Theological Education of Hispanics and the Journal
of Hispanic/Latino Theology. He was co-chair and planner
of the first meeting of Hispanic-Latina theologians and
ethicists held at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is
also member of the Ecumenical Association of Third World
Theologians (EATWOT). From 1997 to 2001 he was coordinator
of EATWOT’s U.S. Minorities Region.
Rodriguez has contributed articles and or book reviews
to The Lutheran, Currents
in Theology and Mission, Apuntes, Journal
of Religion (University of Chicago), and Voces
Luteranas. He is currently working on the planning,
coordinating, and publishing of the Rev. Evaristo Falco-Esteves
lecture series.
Rodriguez received the bachelor of arts from Universidad
de Puerto Rico in the area of Philosophy (with honors). He
earned the master of divinity, master of theology and doctor
of theology degrees at the Lutheran School of Theology at
Chicago.
Profile
José David Rodriguez is professor of systematic theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC), where he holds the Augustana Heritage Chair of Global Mission and World Christianity. While receiving a doctorate at LSTC, he helped to develop what has
become a renowned program in Hispanic and Latino ministry. His passion for ecclesiology
is evident not only in his scholarly writing, but also in
his service as a member of the task force for the study
of ministry in the early years of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America, his participation in the Ecumenical Association
of Third World Theologians, and his tireless efforts to
strengthen Hispanic and Latino congregations and theological
centers of study. He also is devoted to his children—he
is the proud father of David, a teenager, and Taina, an
Elementary School Counselor; son-in-law Joel; and grandchildren
Victor Joel and Felipe José. He is married to LSTC alum, (2002 M.A.) Kathryn Baker.
Published
Works Books
Teología en Conjunto: Christian Theology From
A Hispanic/Latina Perspective. Co-edited with Loyda
Marterll-Otero of the First Encuentro of Hispanic/Latina
Theologians and Ethicists held at Princeton Theological
Seminary on June 8-9, 1996. Louisville: Westminster/John
Knox Press, 1997.
Justicia en nombre de Dios: Confesando la fe desde
una perspectiva Hispana. A collection of Bible studies,
sermons and lectures dealing with the confessing witness
of faith from a Hispanic Perspective. Chicago: Lutheran
School of Theology at Chicago, Hispanic Latino Ministry
Program, 2002.
Relectura de la teología de Lutero desde el
contexto del Tercer Mundo. Co-edited with Nelson Kirst.
Mexico: Publicacions El Faro, 1995.
Articles and Chapters in Books
“Hanging on a Ghetto Cross: Piri Thomas and Latino
Protestant Popular Religion,” in Currents in Theology
and Mission 31/4 (2004) 298-305.
“Black Theology’s Impact on the Ecumenical
Association of Third World Theologians,” in Living
Stones in the Household of God: The Legacy and Future of
Black Theology. Edited by Linda E. Thomas (Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 2004), 100-106.
Augusto “Cesar” Sandino: Messiah of Light and
Truth, by Marco Aurelio Navarro-Génie in Journal
of Religion (April, 2004).
“We Hear in our Own Language: Culture, Theology and
Ethics, “written in collaboration with Dr. Richard
Perry in Faithful Conversations: Christian Perspectives
on Homosexuality. Edited by James Childs, Jr. (Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 2003), 81-96.
"In Search for the Messiah in the Mission Field.”
Currents in Theology and Mission 28/3-4 (2001)
322-5.
"Confessing the Faith from a Hispanic Perspective.”
In Protestantes/Protestants: Hispanic Christianity Within
Mainline Traditions, ed. David Maldonado, Jr. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1999. Pp. 107-22.
Presentacion del libro: Desde la Reforma: El impacto
de la Reforma Protestante en los grupos destituidos
por Giacomo Cassese. Pueblo Unido Editores, 1998. Pp. 1-2.
"Confessing Our Faith in Spanish: Challenge or Promise.”
In Hispanic Theology: Challenge and Promise, ed.
Ada Mar’a Isasi-D’az and Fernando Segovia. Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 1996. Pp. 351-366.
Collaboration in other published works
Coordinator and editor of the Rdo. Evaristo Falcó
lecture series initiated by the Hispanic Latino Ministry
Program at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. The
following is a list of published lectures:
Voces de protesta en America Latina (Westhelle).
Editor of the Rdo. Evaristo falco. Mexico/ LSTC, Hispanic/Latino
Ministry Program, 2000.
La Iglesia, signo y primicia del Reino (José D.
Rodríguez-Rivera). Chicago: Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago, Hispanic Latino Ministry Program,
2003.
Associate Editor of Diccionario Ilustrado de Intérpretes
de la Fe: Veinte Siglos de Pensamiento Cristiano. Barcelona:
Editorial CLIE, 2004.
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