Carmen Nanko-Fernández
CTU Faculty
Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry
Director of the Ecumenical Doctor of Ministry Program
Director of the Certificate in Pastoral Studies
M.A., D.Min., Catholic University of America
Carmen Nanko-Fernández is a Catholic pastoral theologian with extensive experience in ministry, teaching, and administration. Her scholarship reflects an appreciation for contextual and postcolonial theologies and has focused on areas of US Hispanic/Latino/a theologies, Catholic social teaching, interreligious and intercultural relations, youth, and on the intersections between faith and popular culture with particular attention to béisbol.
Nanko-Fernández was the 2008-09 President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologicans of the United States (ACHTUS), co-editor of the New Theology Review, convener of the Latino/a section of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), co-chair of the Committee on Underrepresented Ethnic and Racial Groups (CUERG) of the CTSA, and co-chair of the Latino/a Religion, Culture, and Society section of the American Academy of Religion (AAR).
Her publications include the chapters "From Pájaro to Paraclete: Retrieving the Spirit of God in the Company of Mary, in Building Bridges, Doing Justice: Constructing a Latino/a Ecumenical Theology (Orlando O. Espín, ed. 2009), “Language, Community and Identity,” in Handbook of Latina/o Theologies, "(Edwin Aponte and Miguel de la Torre, eds. 2006), and "Justice Crosses the Border: The Preferential Option for the Poor in the United States," in A Reader in Latina Feminist Theology: Religion and Justice (María Pilar Aquino et al, eds. 2002). Among her journal articles are “Locating the Daily: Lo cotidiano as a Locus for Exploring Christian--Jewish Relations latinamente,” Apuntes (2009); “We Are Not Your Diversity, We Are the Church! Ecclesiological Reflections from the Marginalized Many,” Perspectivas: Occasional Papers [Fall 2006]; “¡Cuidado! The Church Who Cares and Pastoral Hostility” in New Theology Review (2006); “The World Series in Ordinary Time,” in Preach (2005).
She has published a number of articles in the Journal of Hispanic / Latino Theology [http://www.latinotheology.org/] including “Theologizing en Espanglish: The Imago Dei in the Vernacular” (2008), and “Elbows on the Table: Ethics of Doing Theology/ A U.S. Hispanic Perspective” (2003). Nanko-Fernández has also authored several theological perspective pieces on Sunday readings for Lectionary Homiletics in print and online as well as for year A of the Feasting on the Word series.
Affiliations: National Advisory Committee, Center of the Study of Latino/a Catholicism, University of San Diego.
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Member of the leadership team for the Latina/o Faculty Colloquy [2008-2009]
| Thu. May. 17 2:00 PM |
Informal Conversation with Honoree Doctorate in Theology |
| Fri. May. 25 12:00 AM |
Romero Convivencia for Graduates |
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