MEET AN AUSTRALIAN THEOLOGIAN

Dr Cristina Lledo Gomez

This afternoon she will speak on her most recent research “Life is transformed, not ended: Christianity and Philippine spirit ancestor belief”

 Cristina is a Catholic Systematic Theologian. She is the Senior Lecturer in Theology at BBI-The Australian Institute of Theological Education (BBI-TAITE) and Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture at Charles Sturt University. She is also Associate Editor of Horizons, the Journal of the College Theology Society and Co-Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network sessions at the American Academy of Religion. Cristina obtained her Master of Theology at the Catholic Institute of Sydney (2009) and her PhD in Theology at Charles Sturt University (2015). She is published in the areas of Church, Mariology, Feminist Theologies, Post Colonial and Indigenous Theologies.

The MC will be Adrian Gomez.    

Deacon Adrian Gomez RAN is a Mission Partner in the Mission, Leadership and Culture Directorate at Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese, where he supports spiritual formation of staff and students across the system’s 80 schools. Prior to this, he spent 23 years in the classroom, teaching Religious Education and Studies of Religion. Adrian has a passion for Youth Ministry, having helped run the LIFTED youth events for Parramatta Diocese and coordinated participation in Australian Catholic Youth Festivals and World Youth Days as well as having run youth groups in his home parish. He is a reservist officer and chaplain in the Royal Australian Navy. Adrian is a member of Australian Catholics Exploring the Diaconate (ACED), which supports restoring the early Church’s tradition of ordaining women as deacons.

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