Rudolph Reyes

Rudolph Reyes

Rudolph P. Reyes II received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Arizona State University, his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and his Ph.D. from the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology. Previously, he served on the faculty at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. Reyes is a liberative theologian and social ethicist. His research focuses on how theology and ethics affects intersecting forms of oppression from a liberative perspective. Reyes forthcoming book focuses on Latine neurodiversity from a liberative theological perspective. Also, he is active in the American Academy of Religion (AAR), where he serves on the steering committee for the Religion and Disability Studies Unit.

Reyes is married to the Rev. Canon J. Sierra Reyes, an Episcopal priest, and they live in the Bay with their daughter.

Book

Making Face and Latine Neurodiversity: A Liberative Ethics, London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. (Forthcoming 2027)

Book Chapters

“Disabilities” In Latine Lived Religions and Religious Identities in the US: ¡Presente!, ed. by Miguel De La Torre and Edwin David Aponte, London, 77-84, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. (forthcoming 2026)

“Dreaming Divergent Futures: Prophetic Imagination and Embracing Marginalized Neurodivergent Youth” In Cripping Youth Ministry: An Intersectional Vision for Working with Disabled Youth, ed. by Justin Forbes and Erin Raffety, 154-164, Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2026.

“Latinx Theologies.” In Emerging Theologies from the Global South, edited by Mitri Raheb and Mark A. Lamport, 425-435, Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2023.

“Beyond the Prophetic Temptation of Ecological Disgust.” In Gonna Trouble the Waters: Ecojustice, Water, and Environmental Racism, ed. by Miguel De La Torre, 87-95, Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2021.