Cláudio Carvalhaes is the Marylin Seven Endowed Chair in Religion and the Arts at Union Theological Seminary in New York City, USA. A theologian, liturgist, artist, and native Brazilian, he writes and teaches on liturgy, ecology, decoloniality, art and ritual performance. He has authored several books, including Liturgies from Below and Rituals at World’s End. He has taught at McCormick, Louisville, and Lutheran seminaries.