Tiago de Melo Novais

Tiago is a PhD candidate in Religious Studies at the Methodist University of São Paulo (Brazil). His research interests are in Public Theology and Political Theology for Latin America and the role of alterity in contemporary theology. He holds a bachelor's degree in Theology (B.Th), a master's degree in Religious Studies, and recently completed a research stay at Yale Divinity School (August 23-March 24).

He also works as an Assistant Editor at the Brazilian Academy of Christians in Science (Academia ABC²), as Publishing Manager of Unus Mundus digital journal, and as a seasonal lecturer at Centro Universitário São Camilo and the Baptist Theological Seminary of Campinas. Author of "Neocalvinismo: tradição e fundamentos" (2022, Mundo Cristão, Brazil).

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