Reading Scripture through the Lens of Trauma and Poverty in Brazil (Caio Peres)

Caio Peres is an independent researcher and missionary in Brazil, his home country, with his wife and two children. He holds a MA in Theology and Religious Studies from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His areas of research are mainly on ancient Israel, its material and household culture in relation to its worship rituals, as well as on its creation theology in relation to its sacred spaces. Due to his involvement in social ministries, working and sharing his life with poor and vulnerable people in São Paulo, Brazil, he is eager to do his academic research in Biblical Studies in conversation with their real life experiences.

Caio Peres é um pesquisador independente que vive no Brasil, seu país de origem, junto com sua esposa e dois filhos. Ele possui um Mestrado em Teologia e Estudos Religiosos pela Universidade Livre de Amsterdam. Suas áreas de pesquisa, em grande parte, são sobre o antigo Israel, sua cultura material e familiar em relação com seus rituais de adoração, assim como sua teologia da criação em relação com seus espaços sagrados. Devido aos seu envolvimento em ministérios sociais, trabalhando e compartilhando sua vida com pessoas pobres e vulneráveis em São Paulo, Brasil, ele está sempre pronto para fazer suas pesquisas acadêmicas em Estudos Bíblicos em diálogo com a experiência de vida dessas pessoas.

Founder and Director of the Center for Hebraic Thought

Dru teaches Biblical literature, theology, and biblical interpretation at The King’s College. He is an editor for the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Biblical Criticism series; an associate director for the Jewish Philosophical Theology Project at The Herzl Institute in Israel; and a co-host for the OnScript Podcast. His recent books include Biblical Philosophy: An Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments (Cambridge University Press); Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments (Eerdmans); and Epistemology and Biblical Theology (Routledge). 

Before that, he was a high-school dropout, skinhead, punk rock drummer, combat veteran, IT supervisor, and pastor—all things that he hopes none of his children ever become.

He and his wife have four children. Interviews, articles, and excerpts of books can found at drujohnson.com.