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EDUCATION
Ph.D., Systematic and Philosophical Theology; Graduate Theological Union, 2005
M.Div., Seattle University; Seattle, Washington. 1991
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, Pineda-Madrid was Assistant Professor of systematic theology at St. Mary’s College of California (2002-2005). She has taught at the Graduate Theological Union (2000) and at the University of San Francisco (1998). She serves as a faculty member not only of the theology department but also of the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry (IREPM). She works at the intersection of systematic theology and practical theology. She grew up in northern New Mexico and west Texas, and has over a decade of professional ministerial experience primarily in the Archdiocese of Seattle. She has two grown step-children and resides with her husband in Boston.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Systematic Theology; Method in Practical/Pastoral Theologies; U.S. Latino/a Theologies; Feminist Reconstructions of Redemption/Salvation; United States North American Pragmatism and Religious Thought.
TEACHING
U.S. Latino/a Theology
Seminar in Practical/Pastoral Theology
Foundations of Theology
Exploring Catholicism I and II
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Convener, North American Contextual Theologies Continuing Group of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). 2000-2004.
Member, Committee on Convention Structure Implementation of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). Fall 2006
Member, Committee on Underrepresented Ethnic and Racial Groups (CUERG) of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA). Spring 2005 - present.
Board Member, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). Summer 2005 - present.
Seattle University Centennial Alumni Award, 1991
PUBLICATIONS
Solicited Chapters in Edited Volumes
“Latinas Writing Theology at the Threshold of the Twenty First Century.” In Feminist
Theologies: Legacy and Prospect. Edited by Rosemary Radford Ruether. Minneapolis:
Fortress Press, 2007: 55-65. [at press]
“Traditioning: The Formation of Community, The Transmission of Faith.” In Futuring
Our Past: Explorations in the Theology of Tradition. Edited by Orlando Espín and Gary
Macy. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2006: 204-226.
“Guadalupe’s Challenge to Rahner’s Theology of Symbol.” In Rahner Beyond Rahner: A Great Theologian Encounters the Pacific Rim. Edited by Paul Crowley. Kansas City, MO: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005: 73-85.
“Notes Toward a ChicanaFeminist Epistemology (and Why It Is Important for Latina Feminist Theologies).” In A Reader In Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice. Ed. María Pilar Aquino, Daisy Machado and Jeanette Rodríguez. Austin, TX: UT Press, 2002: 241-266.
“Überlegungen im Hinblick auf eine chicana-feministische Epistemologie (und warum sie für feministische Latina-Theologien von Bedeutung ist).” In: Glaube an der Grenze Die US-amerikanische Latino-Theologie. Raul Fornet-Bentancourt, (Hg.). Freiburg: Verlag Herder, 2002: 180-210. (Translation of “Notes Toward a ChicanaFeminist Epistemology”)
“In Search of a Theology of Suffering, Latinamente.” In The Ties That Bind: African-American and Hispanic-American/Latino Theology in the United States. Edited by Anthony B. Pinn and Benjamin Valentin. New York: Continuum, 2001: 184-199.
Encyclopedia/Dictionary Articles
“Latina Roman Catholic Theologies.” In Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller and Rosemary Radford Ruether. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2006: 1193-1200.
“Latina Theology.” In New Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. Edited by Berard Marthaler, et. al. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press and Gale Group, 2002: 369-370.
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