Professors

Prof. Dr. Blanches Paula
Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo (2009), and Post- Doctorate from Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Geórgia, EUA (2016).
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
Research emphasis: Religion and Psychological and pedagogical dynamics Research interests: Pastoral Care, Psychology and religion, ministry.
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Prof. Dr. Dario Paulo Barrera Rivera

Doctor in Religious Studies by the Methodist University of São Paulo and Post- Doctorate in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo. Research
interests: Religious Practices in Urban Periphery, Pentecostalism, Migration and Religion.
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
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Prof. Dr. Helmut Renders 
Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo, and Post-Doctorate from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora.
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
Research Line: Theologies of religion and culture
Research interests: Systematic Theology, Religion, Culture and Society, Iconography.
Academic Curriculum Vitae
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Prof. Dr. José Ademar Kaefer
Doctor in Sacred Scriptures from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Univerität, Münster, Germany. Research interests: Old Testament, Exgeses, Arche-ology of the Ancient Near East.
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
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Prof. Dr. Jung Mo Sung
Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo, and Post-Doctorate in Education from the Methodist University of Piracicaba. Research interests: Theology and Economy, Religion and Education, Liberation and Postcolonial Theologies.
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
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Prof. Dr. Lauri Emilio Wirth (Academic Dean)

Doctor in Theology from the Evangelical School of Theology of the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Research interests:History of Christianity, Postcolonial Studies, Oral History.
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
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Prof. Dr. Nicanor Lopes
Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo. Research interests: Practical Theology and Mission.
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
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Prof. Dr. Paulo Augusto de Souza Nogueira
Doctor in Theology from the Evangelical School of Theology of the University of Heidelberg, Germa-ny, and Post- Doctorate in History from the State University of Campinas (NEE / Nucleus for Strategic Studies). Research interests: History and Literature of the Early Christianity, Literary Theory and Semiotic of Culture and Religion.
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
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Prof. Dr. Paulo Roberto Garcia

Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo. Research interests: New Testament, Literature and History of Early Christianity.
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
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Prof. Dr. Sandra Duarte de Souza

Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo, and PostDoctorate in Cultural History from the State University of Campinas. Research interests: Feminist Studies and Religion; Culture and Religion; Politics and Religion.
Area of concentration: Religion, Society and Culture
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Prof. Dr. Suely Xavier dos Santos
Doctor in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo (2011)
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
Research interests: Prophecy, Isaiah, Messianism, Exegesis, Biblical Theology and History of Israel.
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Prof. Dr. Vitor Chaves de Souza
Doctor (2015) and Post-Doctorate studies (2016)  in Religious Studies from the Methodist University of São Paulo
Area of concentration: Languages of religion;
Research Line: Theologies of religion and culture
Research interests: Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion
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