Faculty Profiles
Jessica Coblentz
Associate Professor
Religious Studies and Theology
Gender and Womens Studies
162 Spes Unica
Education
PhD, Boston College
MTS, Harvard Divinity School
BA, Santa Clara University
Areas of Expertise
- Catholic systematic theology
- Feminist theologies
- Theologies of suffering
- Theological anthropology
- Queer theologies
Research Interests
- Mental health in theological perspective
- Theology and psychology
- Theologies of embodiment
- Mary and the Saints
Courses Recently Taught
- RLST 101: Religions in Feminist Perspective
- RLST 261: Catholic Faith and Life
- RLST 264: Queer Theologies
- RLST 341: How to Become a Saint
- RLST 342: Does God Care When Women Suffer?
- RLST 343: Theologies of Mental Health
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression (Liturgical Press, January 2022)
- The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Re-Examining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications (Orbis Books, May 2020); co-edited with Daniel P. Horan, OFM (Orbis Books, 2022)
- A full list of publications can be found here
Professional Memberships
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- College Theology Society
- Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
- American Academy of Religion
- Center of Theological Inquiry