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Telephone: 617-552-6524
Email: rafael.luciani@bc.edu
Systematic Theology; Latin American Theology; Ibero-American Ecclesiology; Christology; Vatican II and Pope Francis
Rafael Luciani is a Lay Venezuelan theologian, appointed as Expert of the Theological Commission of the General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops. Also, Expert of CELAM (Latin American Bishops Council) and Member of the Theological Advisory Team of the Presidency of CLAR (Latin American Confederation of Religious man and women).聽
He holds degrees of Doctor in Theology and Licenciate in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome; Baccalaureatum in Philosophy and Baccalaureatum in Theology from the Pontifical Salesian University of Rome; and Licenciate in Education (with mention in Philosophy) earned from the Jesuit`s Catholic University Andr茅s Bello in Caracas. He has been engaged in postdoctoral research activities at the Julius-Maximilians Universit盲t in W眉rzburg, Germany.聽
He has been Director of the School of Theology at the Catholic University Andr茅s Bello in Venezuela. He is Full Professor at that same University and Professor Extraordinarius at the Ecclesiastical Faculty of the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, MA. For over 20 Years, he has taught courses on聽Christology,聽Mystery of God,聽Latin American Theology, Second Vatican Council聽and Ecclesiology.
Books
Rafael Luciani,聽Synodality. A new way of proceeding in the Church, Paulist Press, New York 2022.聽188 pages; In German:聽Unterwegs zu einer synodalen Kirche, Edition Exodus, Luzern 2022. 176 pages.
Rafael Luciani,聽聽"Hacia una eclesialidad sinodal 驴Una nueva comprensi贸n de la Iglesia聽Pueblo de Dios?,听搁别惫颈蝉迟补听贬辞谤颈锄辞苍迟别蝉聽(Belo Horizonte)聽59 (2021) 547-581.
Rafael Luciani, Serena Noceti & Carlos Schickendantz (eds.),聽Sinodalit脿 e riforma. Una sfida ecclesiale, Queriniana, Brescia 2022. 428 pages; In Spanish:聽Sinodalidad y reforma. Un desaf铆o eclesial, PPC, Madrid 2022. 544 pages.
Rafael Luciani & Serena Noceti (co-authors),聽Sinodalmente. Forma e riforma di una Chiesa sinodale, Edizioni Nerbini, Firenze 2022. 282 pages.
The emergence of Synodal Ecclesiality. A more complete definition of the Church (Coming in April 2022 by Paulist Press).
Fraternidad abierta 2.0. Reflexiones sobre la amistad social en un mundo fragmentado, Ediciones Khaf, Madrid (2020).
Reforma de estructuras y conversi贸n de mentalidades. Retos y desaf铆os para una Iglesia Sinodal, Ediciones Khaf, Madrid (2020).
La sinodalidad en la vida de la Iglesia. Reflexiones para contribuir a la reforma eclesial, Editorial San Pablo, Madrid (2020).
En camino hacia una Iglesia Sinodal: de Pablo VI a Francisco, PPC, Madrid (2020).
Pope Francis and the Theology of the People, Orbis Books NY (2017).
Retornar a Jesus de Nazar茅: Conhecer Deus e o ser humano atrav茅s da vida de Jesus, Editora Vozes, Brasil (2016).
La Teolog铆a del Pueblo y el Papa Francisco, Editorial PPC. Madrid (2016).
Al estilo de Jes煤s: una propuesta para tiempos de crisis, Editorial PPC. Madrid (2015).
Regresar a Jes煤s de Nazaret, Editorial PPC. Madrid (2014).
El misterio de la diferencia: un estudio tipol贸gico de la analog铆a en el pensamiento de Tom谩s de Aquino, Erich Przywara y Hans Urs von Balthasar, y su uso en teolog铆a trinitaria, Pontificia Universit脿 Gregoriana Press, Roma (2002)
Most recent Articles
"Hacia una eclesialidad sinodal 驴Una nueva comprensi贸n de la Iglesia聽Pueblo de Dios?,听Revista Horizontes聽(Belo Horizonte) 59 (2021)
"El proceso de autocomprensio虂n misionera de la Iglesia en Am茅rica Latina: Desarrollo de una eclesiolog铆a ambiental en clave misionera",聽Revista Fronteiras聽(Recife, Brasil) 4/1 (2021) 62-104.
"Colegialidad, sinodalidad y eclesialidad. Un camino para profundizar en la recepci贸n del Vaticano II",聽Vida Nueva聽3220 (2021) 24-30.
"滨蝉听Querida Amazonia聽the Beginning of a Creative New Reception of the Synodal Path? (Part I)",聽Doctrine and Life聽71/2 (2021) 2-13.
"滨蝉听Querida Amazonia聽the Beginning of a Creative New Reception of the Synodal Path? (Part II)",聽Doctrine and Life聽71/3 (2021) 2-13.
"Recuperar al pueblo como sujeto hist贸rico. El llamado de Fratelli Tutti", Revista CLAR 1 (2021) 7-14.
"De Iquitos a Roma. Una nueva estructura eclesial en clave sinodal",聽Revista CLAR聽3 (2020) 32-40.
"Fratelli Tutti. Recuperar la fraternidad en un mundo quebrado",聽Vida Nueva聽3202 (2020) 23-30.
"Reconfigurar la identidad y la estructura eclesial a la luz de las Iglesias locales. Querida Amazonia y el estatuto teolo虂gico de las realidades socioculturales",聽Revista Medell铆n聽179 (2020) 487-515.
"From Collegiality to Synodality in Latin America",聽Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology聽14 (2020) 151-166.
"Querida Amazonia. La emergencia de una hermen茅utica gen茅tico-inductiva y la inculturaci贸n teol贸gico-cultural de la doctrina",聽Raz贸n y Fe聽282 (2020) 41-55.
听鈥La Iglesia, hospital de campa帽a tras una batalla. Reflexiones abiertas sobre la conversi贸n pastoral en tiempos de pandemia", Revista CLAR Edici贸n Especial (2020) 41-51.
听鈥淟a renovaci贸n en la jerarqu铆a eclesial por si虂 misma no genera la transformaci贸n. Situar la colegialidad al interno de la sinodalidad",聽Sal Terrae聽108 (2020) 597-616.
"Francis and the Pastoral Geopolitics of Peoples and their Cultures: a聽structural Option for the Poor",聽Theological Studies聽81 (2020) 181-202.