The Rev. Dr. Nelson Rivera is Associate Professor of Theology at Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Freedom in Reading the Scripture
January/February 2018: 500th Observance of the Reformation (Volume 18 Issue 1)
Martin Luther wore many hats, but ultimately he was a teacher of the Bible. However, this work was not purely academic, nor was it easy. Rivera traces Luther’s intellectual and spiritual journey in Biblical exegesis and the freedom he found therein.
On Immigration and the Immigrant Other
December 2008: Immigration (Volume 8 Issue 12)
[1] Generally speaking, we humans are what I call “narrow-minded knowers.” In our striving to put together a perspective about the world and other people, or of the world in which we live with other people, we create ideas about this world and relationships with which we can feel rather comfortable. We build knowledge about […]