Joel David Aguilar Ramirez has dedicated his adult life to forming incarnational leaders who love their city and seek its peace in Guatemala City. He has a PhD in practical theology from the University of Pretoria in South Africa, a master's degree in global urban leadership from Bakke Graduate University, and a bachelor's degree in theology from the Central American Theological Seminary; he is the academic dean at the Community for Interdisciplinary Theological Studies (ceticontinental.org) and a senior fellow and ordained member of the Street Psalms community (streetpsalms.org). He is married to Annette, and they have two daughters.
"""Here is a pioneering work in applying mimetic theory to the understanding of discipleship in the modern world. A Human Catechism opens up a three-dimensional way of living the gospel with and alongside every different sort of 'other, ' as well as preparing us for all the traps and forms of blindness we may fall into on the way."" --James Alison, author of Jesus the Forgiving Victim: Listening for the Unheard Voice ""I have been waiting for a book like this! A book that is theologically and anthropologically robust while not avoiding personal and communal application. Joel Aguilar Ramirez gives his reader a true narrative road map towards an embodied theology and liberative psychology. This book is an invitation towards a way of being human that is located in honesty and curiosity."" --Ron Ruthruff, associate professor of theology and culture, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology ""In A Human Catechism, Joel Aguilar Ramirez invites us to a journey of becoming fully human. First he explores the cost of following an angry God waiting at the altar. He then proposes an alternative theological vision of a God with whom there is no violence. This is one of the first works to use Rene Girard's mimetic theory to read a contemporary and practical context. Highly recommended!"" --Fred Laceda, professor of theology, Penuel School of Theology"