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Neal Presa

Neal D. Presa

Affiliate Associate Professor of Preaching

Ph.D, Drew University
ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary
MDiv, San Francisco Theological Seminary
Graduate Certificate in Project Management, Missouri State University
MPS, Missouri State University
MPhil, Drew University
Graduate Studies in Theology, Westminster Seminary California
BA, University of California, Davis

Bio

The Rev. Prof. Dr. Neal D. Presa is a Filipino American Pacific Islander pastor theologian, liturgist, and ecumenist having served in local congregational, academic, ecclesiastical, and global ecumenical conciliar settings for over two decades. He is currently the Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of San Jose, where he supports 37 congregations, fellowships, worshipping communities, and affiliated non-profits in Silicon Valley and the surrounding region. His research and publication agenda connects pastoral ministry, liturgical theology, homiletical theory, ecumenics, and Asian American studies. He is the author/editor of nine books and nearly 100 essays, book chapters, and book reviews including the forthcoming Worship, Justice and Joy (2024) as part of the Worship and Witness series and Ascension Theology and Habakkuk (2018) as part of The Asian Christianity in Diaspora series.

Publications

Worship, Justice, and Joy: a Liturgical Pilgrimage (2024)
Ascension Theology and Habakkuk: Reformed Ecclesiology in Filipino American Perspective (2018)
“Between Memory and Hope: Filipino American/AAPI Communities and the Leitourgia for Justice, Belonging, and Identity” in Confronting Racial Justice: Theory and Praxis for the Church, eds. G. Heistand/J. Lawrence (2022)