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JOÃO PAULO BEZERRA CHAVES
EDUCATION
Baylor University
PhD in Religion, Historical Studies (in-progress)
2012
George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University
M.T.S.; Final Project: Evangelicals and Liberation Revisited
Additional coursework: Ph.D. Seminar in Contemporary Systematic Theologies, Baylor
University, Department of Religion (Spring 2012)
2010
Baptist University of the Americas (San Antonio, TX)
B.A., Biblical and Theological Studies
A.A., Cross-Cultural Studies
Graduated Summa Cum Laude
2009
Baptist Center for Education, Service, and Research (Aracatuba-SP)
Bachelors in Theology
WORK EXPERIENCE
2012-2013
SEFLA Language Institute (San Antonio, TX)
Portuguese Teacher
2012 – Present
Baptist University of the Americas (San Antonio, TX)
Adjunct Faculty
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Courses taught: Christian Ethics, A.A. Capstone (2), Servant Leadership, Historical Books,
Introduction to the Christian Scriptures, Church History, Introduction to Theology.
PUBLICATIONS
Book and Book Chapters
- Chaves, Joao. “Latin American Liberation Theology: The Creation, Development, and
Contemporary Situation of an On-Going Movement,” in The Brill Handbook of Global
Christianity, edited by Carol Cusak and James R. Lewis. Leiden: Brill (forthcoming).
- Chaves, Joao. Evangelicals and Liberation Revisited: An Inquiry into the Possibility of an
Evangelical- Liberationist Theology. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2013.
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Articles and Encyclopedia Entries
-Chaves, Joao. “Liberation Theology,” in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and AntiImperialism. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
- Chaves, Joao. “Theology without Cynicism.” Didaskalos 1/2: 1-2
Book Reviews
- Scholes, Jeffrey. Vocation and the Politics of Work: Popular Theology in a Consumer Culture. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2013. Journal of Religion and Public Culture (November, 2013) -­‐ Sell, Allan. Christ and Controversy: The Person of Christ in Nonconformist Thought and Ecclesial Experience, 1600-­‐2000. Eugene: Pickwick, 2012. Studies in Religion (forthcoming). INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
October 9, 2012
Organizer and Participant at the “Challenges in Latino Graduate Education
Conference” held at the chapel of the Baptist University of the Americas,
San Antonio, Texas.
October 18, 2012.
“Past and Present Significance of Latin American Liberation Theology:
An Evangelical-Liberationist Perspective.” Invited lecture to the students
of the Social Justice Capstone course at George W. Truett Seminary of
Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
March 22, 2013
“Pressed, but Not Crushed: Liberation Theology Today.” Invited open
lecture at George W. Truett Seminary of Baylor University.
October 25, 2013
“Getting Closer to the Beast: The Approximation of Latin American
Liberation Theology to Western Political Convictions.” To be presented at
the Ways of Knowing Conference at Harvard Divinity School.
January 9, 2014
“For and Evangelical-Liberationist Faith: The Partnership Between
Postconservative Evangelicalism and Liberation Theology.” To be
presented at the Re-Imagining Faith conference at Georgetown College.
LANGUAGES
Portuguese:
English:
Spanish:
French:
Koine Greek:
Biblical Hebrew:
Native Language
Fluent
Fluent
Reading Proficiency
Reading Proficiency
Reading Proficiency
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