Tony Tian-Ren Lin is the Associate Director and Director of Research of the Center for Public Theology and Public Policy at Yale Divinity School. Before joining Yale he was the Program Director for the Leadership Development initiative at Trinity Church, NYC. Tony is a cultural sociologist whose scholarship focuses on the intersection of religion, immigration, race, and ethnicity. He is the author of Prosperity Gospel Latinos and Their American Dream (University of North Carolina Press, 2020). He was previously a Research Scholar at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia where he held numerous academic and administrative positions. His work has been featured in The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, LatinoUSA, WNYC, and other media outlets.

Lin was born in Taiwan and grew up in Argentina. He holds a bachelor degree from Boston University, a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and a Master and Doctor of Philosophy in sociology from the University of Virginia. Lin has held appointments at the University of Virginia and New York Theological Seminary. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister who served congregations in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York. He is currently the interim pastor at Iglesia Presbiteriana El Buen Vecino in El Barrio, New York.  

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