Cecilia González-Andrieu

Cecilia González-Andrieu is professor of Theology at Loyola Marymount University and President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. She completed the doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley, where she was first to combine systematic theology with religion and the arts under the late Alex García-Rivera.
González -Andrieu is a leading scholar of theological aesthetics, which she proposes as a public theology and way to bring communities together, respect and celebrate otherness, and lift the theological insights of those who know and express themselves from the peripheries.
As a budding scholar González-Andrieu was named one of the most promising theologians of the next generation by "America Magazine. "Where today she is a contributing writer, penning a number of significant essays on political theology, Latinx theologies, women's issues and theological aesthetics. Her book "Bridge to Wonder: Art as a Gospel of Beauty" received international acclaim for its ability "to link art’s power to move beyond the discursive, cognitive and propositional to a theology grounded in an experience that opens the imagination and moves one to encounter ‘God in all things'.”

Other collaborative publications include "Teaching Global Theologies: Power and Praxis", and contributor to "Go Into the Streets: The Welcoming Church of Pope Francis," and a host of articles and podcasts on theological aesthetics, justice and women. Her address for the Catholic Theological Society of America "Wounded Grace and the Disquieting Invitation of the Real," represents her emphasis on God's vision revealed in the most vulnerable. Her current work investigates the theological aesthetics of artist John August Swanson, with a first contribution in "Religion and Contemporary Art: A Curious Accord" from Routledge.

González -Andrieu teaches in LMU’s Department of Theological Studies, and is an advisor for the Discerning Deacons Project. An alumna of the Hispanic Theological Initiative, she is co-founder of LMU’s initiatives with undocumented students. Awards include GTU Alumna of the Year, the O’Hara Graff Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Virgilio Elizondo Award from the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States.