Media Expertise/Areas of Interest: Catholic issues, Pope Francis, Latino/Hispanic Issues, Immigration and Undocumented Students, Religion, Spirituality and the Arts, Women in the Church, Political Theology, Peace and Justice.
Biography: Theologian Cecilia González-Andrieu returned to Loyola Marymount University after completing the doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. She was first to combine systematic theology with religion and the arts under the the late Alex García-Rivera.
González -Andrieu is a leading scholar of theological aesthetics, which she proposes as a way to bring communities together, respect and celebrate otherness, and lift the theological insights of those who know and express themselves from the peripheries.
As a budding scholar González-Andrieu was named one of the most promising theologians of the next generation by “America Magazine. “Today, she is one of “America”‘s contributing writers, penning a number of significant essays on political theology, Latinx theologies, women’s issues and theological aesthetics. Her book “Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty” received international acclaim for its ability “to link art’s power to move beyond the discursive, cognitive and propositional to a theology grounded in an experience that opens the imagination and moves one to encounter ‘God in all things’” (The Pneuma Review).
Other publications include co-editor of “Teaching Global Theologies: Power and Praxis”, and contributor to “Go Into the Streets: The Welcoming Church of Pope Francis,” along wit key articles for “The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts” and “The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States.” Other contributions include the “Journal of Catholic Education” issue on “Latinos/as, education and the Church.” Her address for the Catholic Theological Society of America “Wounded Grace and the Disquieting Invitation of the Real,” represents her emphasis on God’s vision revealed in the most vulnerable. Her current work investigates the theological aesthetics of artist John August Swanson, with a first contribution in “Religion and Contemporary Art:A Curious Accord” from Routledge.
González -Andrieu teaches in LMU’s Department of Theological Studies, co-chairs the LMU Latino Theology and Ministry Initiative, is an active supporter of the Ignatian Solidarity Network, an advisor for the Discerning Deacons Project. An alumna of the Hispanic Theological Initiative, serves on the board of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the US, and co-founder of LMU’s initiatives with undocumented students. Awards include GTU Alumna of the Year and the O’Hara Graff Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America.
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