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Dr Edwin David Aponte, Lancaster Theological Seminary Ph.D., Religion, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1998 Edwin David Aponte is Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Seminary at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he also is Professor of Religion and Culture. Dr. Aponte is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church, (USA), and a member of the Presbytery of Donegal in Pennsylvania. Aponte’s scholarship focuses on the interplay between religion and culture in the United States, especially Hispanic/Latino(a) religions, African-American religions, North American religious history, immigration and justice, racial reconciliation, and congregational studies. He is the author of several publications including Introducing Latino/a Theologies (Orbis Books, 2001) co-authored with Miguel A. De La Torre and co-editor of A Handbook of Latina/o Theologies (Chalice Press, 2006) also with De La Torre. His other writings include “Metaphysical Blending in Latino/a Botánicas in Dallas,” in Rethinking Latino(a) Religion and Identity, Miguel A. De La Torre and Gastón Espinosa, eds. (Pilgrim Press, 2006); “Rethinking the Core: African and African American Religious Perspectives in the Seminary Curriculum,” in Teaching African American Religions, Carolyn Medine Jones and Theodore Trost, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2005); “Music and the U.S. Latina and Latino Experience,” in Introduction to the U.S. Latina and Latino Religious Experience, Hector Avalos, ed. (Brill Academic Publishers, 2004). Aponte has received fellowships and research support from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, the Fund for Theological Education, the Hispanic Theological Initiative, Temple University, Southern Methodist University, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Fund for Graduate Education of the Presbyterian Church, (USA), The Louisville Institute, and The Lilly Endowment. Dr. Aponte is a Puerto Rican American born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
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