Faculty

Rev. Jorge L. Presmanes, OP, DMin Associate Professor of Theology Director, Institute for Hispanic/Latino Theology and Ministry jpresmanes@mail.barry.edu

Profile

Reverend Presmanes joined the Barry faculty in 2004. He is a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Martin de Porres. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA, a Master of Arts in Theology and a Master of Divinity from The Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology and The Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CA, and a Doctor of Ministry from Barry University in Miami, FL.

Before coming to Barry University, Rev. Presmanes was the Pastor of St. Dominic Church in Miami, FL, and a professor at the Southeast Pastoral Institute in Miami, FL.

Rev. Presmanes’ main professional interests are in practical theology, U.S. Hispanic/Latino Theology, theology of preaching, and the education of lay ecclesial ministers. He is the co-editor of Preaching and Culture in Latino Congregations (Chicago: LTP, 2000).

Courses Taught

Recent Publications

“All Theology is Local: Hispanic Ministries and U.S. Latino(a) Theology,” with Alicia Marill. In Hispanic Ministrys in the 21st Century: Present and Future.  Ed. Hosffman Ospino, (Caracas: Convivium Press, September 2010).

“The Moral Life: Covenant, Conscience, and Conversion.” In Theology: Faith, Belief, Traditions. Ed. Gloria Schaab. (Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing, January, 2010).

“Theologies of Liberation,” with Gloria Schaab. In Theology: Faith, Belief, Traditions. Ed. Gloria Schaab. (Dubuque: Kendall Hunt Publishing, January, 2010).