Juan Martinez

Credentials: BArch, Universidad Albert Einstein/ MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary/ Diploma, Carey Theological College/ MA, Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas/ PhD, Drew University (present)

Denomination: Non-Denominational

Specific Field: Religion and Society

Biography: 

Juan Martínez Benavides was born and raised in San Salvador, El Salvador, on the ancestral lands of the Nahua people. His research explores how religious histories and discourses shape political memory and collective action in El Salvador and across the Central American isthmus. Drawing on cultural trauma studies, critical and decolonial theory, and liberation theologies, he investigates how theologies and praxes of resistance contribute to healing and justice in societies marked by colonial and systemic violence.