Raimundo César Barreto, Jr.

Biography

Raimundo C. Barreto is an associate professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he has been teaching since 2014. He holds a bachelor’s degree in theology from Seminário Teológico Batista do Norte do Brasil, an MDiv degree from McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and a PhD in religion and society from Princeton Theological Seminary. Before coming to Princeton, he taught at various institutions in Brazil and was the director of the Division on Freedom and Justice at the Baptist World Alliance. Barreto is the author of Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics, and the Poor in Brazil (Baylor University Press, 2023) and Base Ecumenism: A Latin American Contribution to Ecumenical Praxis and Theology (Augsburg Fortress, 2025). He is working on a new book titled Christians in the City of São Paulo: The Shaping of World Christianity in a Brazilian Megacity (Bloomsbury). He is also the co-editor of the Journal of World Christianity, the general editor of the World Christianity and Public Religion Series published by Fortress Press (2017–24), and a convener of the World Christianity Conference since 2018. In addition to his publications, which include numerous journal articles and book chapters, he has served on boards and committees of various organizations, including the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO), Hispanic Theological Initiative (HTI), Overseas Ministries Study Center (OMSC), Baptist World Alliance (BWA), Aliança de Batistas do Brasil, American Baptist Churches (ABCUSA), the Alliance of Baptists, the National Council of Churches USA, and the World Council of Churches (WCC).

Select Publications

• “José Míguez Bonino and the Third-World Challenge to the Ecumenical Movement,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 59/3 (2024): 330-351.
• Base Ecumenism: A Latin American Contribution to Ecumenical Praxis and Theology. Series: Shapers of Ecumenical Theology (Fortress Press, 2025).
• World Christianity and Ecological Theologies. Fortress Press, Series World Christianity and Public Religion, vol. 6 (Fortress Press, 2024). With Graham McGeoch and Wanderley Pereira da Rosa.
• Protesting Poverty: Protestants, Social Ethics and the Poor in Brazil (Baylor University Press, 2023).
• Decolonial Horizons: Reshaping Synodality, Mission, and Social Justice. Series Pathways for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023). With Vladimir Latinovic.
• Decolonial Horizons: Reimagining Theology, Ecumenism, and Sacramental Praxis (Palgrave MacMillan, 2023). With Vladimir Latinovic.
• Alterity and the Evasion of Justice: Explorations of the “Other” in World Christianity. Fortress Press, Series World Christianity and Public Religion, vol. 5 (Fortress Press, 2023). With Deanna Womack.
• “World Christianity and Global Justice: Ecumenical Demands and Possibilities,” The Ecumenical Review 74/1 (2022): 16-31.
• “Ex- and Post-Evangelicalism: Recent Developments in Brazil’s Changing Religious Landscape,” International Journal of Public Theology 16 (2022): 191-216. With Fabio Py.
• “The Challenge for Christian Unity and Reconciliation Today from a Decolonial Perspective,” International Review of Mission 111/1 (2022): 70-87.
• “Racism and Religious Intolerance: A Critical Analysis of the Coloniality of Brazilian Christianity,” Mission Studies 38 (2021): 398-423.
• “Suffering, Injustice, and Interfaith Relations: A Latin American Perspective,” Current Dialogue 73/5 (2021): 834-848.
• “Granting Full Citizenship to Latin American Christianities in World Christianity,” in World Christianity: History, Methodologies, Horizons, edited by Jehu Hanciles (Orbis Books, 2021), 138-157.
• World Christianity, Urbanization and Identity. Series World Christianity and Public Religion, vol. 3 (Fortress Press), 2021. With Moses Biney and Kenneth Ngwa.
• “Vatican II, Medellin, and Latin American Ecumenism: A Brazilian Protestant Perspective,” Journal of World Christianity 9/2 (2019): 187-202.
• “Brazil’s Black Christianity and the Counterhegemonic Production of Knowledge in World Christianity,” Studies in World Christianity 25/1 (2019): 71-94.
• Decolonial Christianities: Latinx and Latin American Perspectives. Series New Approaches to Religion and Power (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019). With Roberto Sirvent.