DECOLONIZING THE BIBLE

                                                                ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Juan Antonio Carmona is an ordained minister in the Reformed Church in America and a theologian with a concentration in Liberation Theology.  He was born and raised in New York City to parents of Puerto Rican background.  He has served as a pastor, educator, and prison chaplain.

Dr. Carmona served for two years as a Visiting Scholar/Professor of Theology at the Tainan Theological College and Seminary in Tainan, Taiwan.  At the time of this writing, he is serving as Resident Theologian at the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He is married to Ruth Ayala-Carmona, a friend from his late teenage years.  They have six children.

Dr. Carmona received his B.A. in Comparative Religions from the State University of New York in 1976, his M.Div. from the New Brunswick Theological Seminary in 1978, and his D. Min. in Liberation Theology from the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School in 1982.

He has taught in the areas of religion, church history, biblical studies, and theology at various institutions.  He also served as a Protestant Chaplain with the New York State Department of Correctional Services for twenty-one years.