Wanderley Pereira da Rosa
Dr. Wanderley Pereira da Rosa holds a degree in Theology from the Rev. José Manoel da Conceição from São Paulo/SP; a degree in philosophy from the Federal University of Espírito Santo; a Master in Theology from Faculdades EST de São Leopoldo/RS; and a Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro/RJ. He is professor of History of Christianity in the Bachelor of Theology and of Religion, Democracy, and Public Sphere in post-graduate studies at the Faculdade Unida de Vitória, which he helped found in 1997, serving as General Director since then. His main research interests are the social and political theology of the Reformation and the history of Protestantism in Brazil. After his training, he was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil (1992). His publications include O Dualismo na Teologia Cristã [Dualism in Christian Theology] (Fonte Editorial, 2010); Cristo e o Processo Revolucionário Brasileiro: A Conferência do Nordeste 50 anos depois (1962-2012 ) [Christ and the Brazilian Revolutionary Process: The Northeast Conference 50 Years Later (1962-2012)] (co-edited with Prof. José Adriano Filho – Mauad X, 2012); Religião e Sociedade (Pós) Secular [Religion and (Post) Secular Society (co-edited with Prof. Osvaldo Luiz Ribeiro – Academia Cristã, 2014); World Christianity as Public Religion (co-edited with Professors Raimundo Cesar Barreto and Ronaldo Cavalcante – Fortress Press, 2017); and Por uma fé encarnada: uma introdução à história do Protestantismo no Brasil [For an Incarnate Faith: An Introduction to the History of Protestantism in Brazil] (Editora Recriar, 2022). He currently coordinates the Research Group Intellectual Origins of Mission Protestantism in Brazil. He is a member of the Board of Directors of CETELA - Latin American and Caribbean Ecumenical Theological Education Community for the Quadrennial 2018-2021, of Society of Theology and Science of Religion (SOTER), and of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). Dr. Pereira da Rosa is also editor for Editora Unida.
