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Theology \ Faculty \
 Jeannine Hill Fletcher
Associate Professor of Theology
Duane Library 142
(718) 817-3256
hillfletche@fordham.edu
Th.D. Harvard Divinity School (2001)
M.T.S. Harvard Divinity School (1996)
B.A. University of Illinois (1990)
Research interests: Systematic theology: Theologies of Religious Pluralism, Global Christianities, Systematic Theology, Feminist and Postcolonial Thought.
As a systematic theologian, I am especially interested in how to communicate Catholic Christian identity in a religiously plural world, using resources of the tradition to address contemporary challenges. For example, in Monopoly on Salvation? A Feminist Response to Religious Pluralism (Continuum, 2005), I reclaim Karl Rahner’s theology of God’s incomprehensibility in a feminist theology of religious pluralism. My current research pursues the issues raised in this text by asking whether and how women’s interfaith engagements might inform our understandings of identity and plurality. My work in this area has been published in Studies in Interreligious Dialogue (2006) in an essay entitled, “Women’s Voices in Dialogue: A Look at the Parliament of the World’s Religions.” I am also interested in problematizing ‘dialogue’ as a means for conceptualizing the encounter of people of diverse faiths. In “As Long as We Wonder: Possibilities in the Impossibility of Interreligious Dialogue” Theological Studies (2007), I look to the tradition for alternative frameworks for interreligious encounter.
My graduate teaching has centered on a variety of systematic issues related to method in theology, including Global Christianity/Christology, Feminist Theology and, most recently, Theology and the Postmodern Subject. Intersecting with methodology is a special interest in the area of Theological Anthropology, drawing on the voices and experiences of previously marginalized groups.
In addition to these areas of research and teaching, I am interested in diverse teaching methods, especially the pedagogies of service-learning. As Faculty Director of Service-Learning, I collaborate with Fordham’s Community Service Program and a range of Community Partners to help faculty members across the disciplines develop courses that employ service as a means through which to achieve learning objectives. The program allows undergraduate students to deepen their comprehension of course material and understanding of the local community through active engagement in the ongoing efforts of social justice.
Current Research: Engendering Dialogue: What we learn about being human from women’s interfaith encounter
My current research attempts to construct a Christian theological anthropology drawn from the experiences of women in interreligious encounter, using original archival material (Maryknoll sisters), direct interviews (Philadelphia Area Women’s Interfaith Group) and historical research on the global feminist movement.
Some recent publications:
Monopoly on Salvation? A Feminist Approach to Religious Pluralism (New York: Continuum, 2005).
“As Long as We Wonder: Possibilities in the Impossibility of Interreligious Dialogue” Theological Studies 68 (2007) 532-554.
“A Definition of Catholic: Toward a Cosmopolitan Vision” in Catholic Studies, ed. Margaret McGuinness and James Fisher (Fordham University Press, Forthcoming)
“Unknowing in the Place of Understanding: The Theological Fruits of Dialogue,” in Prophetic Witness: Catholic Women’s Strategies for the Church, ed. Colleen Griffith (Crossroad, Forthcoming, 2007).
“Women’s Voices in Dialogue: A Look at the Parliament of the World’s Religions” Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 16:1 (2006) 1-22.
“Responding to Religious Difference: Catholic Perspectives from Trent to Vatican II,” in From Trent to Vatican II: A Historical and Theological Investigation, ed. Raymond F. Bulman and Frederick Parrella (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 393-415.
“Rahner and Religious Diversity,” in the Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner, ed. Declan Marmion and Mary E. Hines (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005), 235-248.
“Shifting Identity: The Contribution of Feminist Thought to Theologies of Religious Pluralism,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 19.2 (Fall 2003) 5-24. Winner of the Journal’s New Scholar Award for 2003.
Courses Taught: Fall 2009:
THEO 6509-R01: Theology and Religious Pluralism, M 11:45-2:15.
HPRH 3001-003: Religion in the Modern World, W 11:30-2:00.
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