Luis Menendez-Antuna

Biography

Prof. Menéndez-Antuña teaches New Testament at PLTS. Previous to his doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University, Menéndez-Antuña received a Master in Biblical Studies from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, and a Master of Theology from the Universidad Pontificia in Salamanca, Spain.  He is a Fulbright scholar, received a Dissertation Fellowship from the Hispanic Theological Initiative and the Luce Foundation.
His current research explores the queer and postcolonial afterlives of the biblical texts. He has published his research on journals such as Estudios Eclesiásticos, Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de las Religiones, Biblical Interpretation, Journal of Religious Ethics, Early Christianity, and Critical Research on Religion. His first monograph on Revelation, Thinking Sex with the Great Whore: Deviant Sexualities and Empire in the Book of Revelation (Routledge) offers an emancipatory reading of Revelation 17-18 using postcolonial and queer historiographies to explore the paths for identity formation in Biblical texts.
Menéndez-Antuña also brings twelve years of activism and ministry experience.  He has worked in community organizing, HIV advocacy, homeless shelters, prison and with kids on the street.  Some of these areas of his ministry sprung from his involvement in Christian Base Communities inspired by Liberation Theology.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

New Testament Studies, Queer Theory, Postcolonial Criticism, Cultural Studies.

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