Distinctions, Honors, and Awards
Chosen among the Positive Men of Color Awardees by the Generations Center at Princeton University (Princeton, NJ: 2/9/02).
Will Herberg Distinguished Professor Award from the Graduate Students' Association of Drew University (5/7/97).
Best Essay of the Year 1977-1978 awarded by the CONAC (National Council for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Venezuela) for the book Marxismo y Religión (medal, diploma and $2,400).