Lynn Tang Lee

A headshot photo of Lynn Tang Lee, a a doctoral student in the systematics track in the Theology Department at Fordham University. Lynn has black hair tied behind her head.

Education

B.A. – University of California, Berkeley, 1996

M.F.A. – Vermont College of Fine Arts, 2010

M.T.S. – Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University, 2023

Biography

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area and the daughter of Chinese immigrants, Lynn is a
third-year Ph.D. student in Systematic Theology. Her current research interests examine the
interlacing of Christian theology and poetics as a deepened way of transformation and ethical
response to systems of coloniality and race. In her approach, she wonders whether theology can convey itself more fully through a particular, poetic way of writing; and whether poetic writing can create a heretofore unexpressed theology. In addition to theo-poetics and theological aesthetics, Lynn’s research interests include liberation and feminist theologies, as well as fundamental theology.

Lynn’s work in parish and church settings has always included helping people to pray and to engage in spiritual formation practices. She trained at the Jesuit Retreat Center of Los Altos in accompanying others in the 19th Annotation of the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, and she has worked as a spiritual director since 2020. Lynn currently resides in the Bronx with her spouse and two children.

Publications

“Afro-pessimism and Christian hope.” The Christian Century, Volume 142, Issue #8 (August
2026).

Awards

Alpha Sigma Nu (Member since 2023)