Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley: Alejandro García-Rivera

Professor of Systematic Theology
B.S., Miami University; M.S., Ohio State University; M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D., Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, S.T.L., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley

Phone: (510) 549-5020
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Download a syllabus for the following courses:
STCE 3041: Suffering & The Human Person
ST 5178: Teilhard de Chardin
STPS 5225: The Soul and the Synaptic Self
STPS 4284: Grace & the Synaptic Self
STRA 3155: Built of Living Stones (taught with Mia M. Mochizuki, Ph.D.)
STRA 5510: Theo-Drama and Film

"There is something very beautiful about a place that teaches a theology in which there is neither Jew or Christian, African or American, Hispanic or Black, man or woman, lay or cleric, teacher or student. Such is this wonderful place I am privileged to call my professional home."

Dr. García-Rivera teaches both fundamental and advanced courses in theology. He offers a series of very popular courses such as Suffering and the Human Person, Theological Aesthetics and Creation in an evolutionary world.

Dr. García-Rivera is known for his innovative approach to the material of his courses and for his Socratic style of teaching. He is also known for his pastoral style in relating to students. He is sought out for his ability to guide his students through the master's and doctoral degree programs.

Dr. García-Rivera has won several awards for his writings, which include spiritual essays in publications such as U. S. Catholic and Momento Catolico and scholarly works such as St. Martin de Porres: The Little Stories, The Semiotics of Culture, The Community of the Beautiful: A Theological Aesthetics, A Wounded Innocence: Sketches for a Theology of Art, Living Beauty: A Liturgical Aesthetics, and the forthcoming The Garden of God: A theological cosmology.