Brite Divinity School | Tim Hessel-Robinson - Assistant Professor of Spiritual Disciplines and Resources

f.lozada@tcu.edu
817.257.5159

TCU Box 298130
2800 South University Drive
Office 15b
Fort Worth, TX 76129

Francisco Lozada, Jr. Associate Professor of New Testament and Latina/o Church Studies at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University. He holds a doctorate in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University. He is former co-chair of the Johannine Literature Section and, currently chair of the program committee of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). He serves as chair of the Johannine Literature Section of the International Meeting of SBL. He is a past president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, and a member of the Bible, Indigeneous Group of the American Academy of Religion (AAR). He also served as a New Testament doctoral mentor for the Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI). Besides several articles and chapters, Dr. Lozada has published, A Literary Reading of John 5: Text as Construction (2000), and New Currents Through John: A Global Perspective (co-editor with Tom Thatcher, 2006). He teaches in the area of contemporary biblical hermeneutics, Johannine tradition, and Latinos/as church and society. Dr. Lozada is married to Wendi Lozada-Smith (Disciples of Christ) and they have two children.

Ph.D., 1997, The Graduate School, Vanderbilt University
M.A., 1994, The Graduate School, Vanderbilt University
M.T.S., 1990, The Divinity School, Vanderbilt University
B.A., 1988, John Carroll University

Roman Catholic

	A Literary Reading of John 5: Text as Construction (2000)
	New Currents Through John: A Global Perspective (co-editor with Tom Thatcher, 2006)

NETE 80970 Postcolonial Approaches to the New Testament

CHSO 70970 Latinos/as, Immigration & the Church

Dr. Lozada's current research is in Johannine Literature, contemporary biblical
approaches, and Latino/a religion and culture.

Fernando F. Segovia and R. S. Sugirtharajah, A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings. London-New York: T&T Clark, 2007.

David G. Gutiérrez, ed., The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States Since 1960 . New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.

Adele Reinhartz, Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John. New York: Continuum, 2001.