Theological Aesthetics and the Many Pragmatisms of Alejandro García-Rivera

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Article

Publication Date

Fall 2013

Publisher

The Center for Latino Research at De Paul University

Abstract

My first encounter with Alejandro García-Rivera was through a letter. In the late 1990s, I had applied to the doctoral program at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), and a few weeks after having been accepted, I received a personal letter of invitation from him. In the letter, Alex (as I would be privileged to call him later) described the GTU as a promising new center for the study of theological aesthetics. I was intrigued by this phrase, “theological aesthetics,” for it was new to me. Moreover, I was deeply touched by the fact that Alex took the time to correspond with me personally. I felt honored that such a respected academic would go out of his way to reach out to me.

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