Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu Assistant Professor of Theological Studies Department of Theological Studies Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive, Suite 3700 Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA Office: University Hall 3778 Email:Cecilia.Gonzalez-Andrieu@lmu.edu Phone: (310) 258-8622 Fax: (310) 338-1947

Academic Background
Ph. D. Graduate Theological Union, Art & Religion & Systematic Theology; 2007
M.A. Loyola Marymount University (Theology); 2001
B.A. Loyola Marymount University (double major: Film/Television & Spanish); 1980 

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Current Areas of Research
-The development of a methodology for fostering and facilitating the work of relating the arts and religion/ theology/spirituality.
-The study and translation of the theological insights in the works of the poet-playwright Federico García Lorca.
-The appreciation of the insights apparent in diverse Christologies as these are expressed through the arts.
-The  teaching of theology through non-discursive methods that foster accessibility to communities that value and practice other ways of knowing.
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Courses Currently Teaching
THST 198 – Introduction to Christian Theology
THST 398 – Jesus: Meeting Christ in Faith and Art
RELX 936.01 for LMU Extension – La fe en la cultura: El mundo conectado y el pensamiento critico.
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Professional Bio
Professor González-Andrieu received her doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley in the areas of Art & Religion and Systematic Theology.  Born in Cuba and raised in Southern California Gonzalez-Andrieu is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University where she studied Film, Spanish and Theology.  She has been recognized with awards by the GTU, the Catholic Press Association for her regular column, "De Todo Un Poco" in T he Tidings, and the Hispanic Theological Initiative in Princeton.  Her book contributions include Presente! U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to the Present (Orbis), Camino a Emaús (Liturgical Press), The Treasure of Guadalupe (Rowman and Littlefield), and The Sky is Crying: Race, Class and Natural Disaster (Ausburg) .

 Dr. González-Andrieu is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Academy of Hispanic Catholic Theologians of the U.S., and Alpha Sigma Nu., the Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.  She collaborates on workshops for faith formation and leadership training at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the Dioceses of San Jose and San Diego, and LMU's Center for Religion and Spirituality
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Selected Publications

"Mañana is too late to learn how to love," in The Sky is Crying, ed. Kirk-Duggan, Cheryl, Nashville, Abingdon Press, 2006.

"Till there was you," in The Treasure of Guadalupe, ed. Elizondo, Deck, and Matovina . Lanham, MD,: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.

"Awakening Life in a De Staebler Universe" in The Art of Stephen De Staebler, ed., Adams, Doug.  Berkeley: Center for Art and Religion Education (accepted for publication).

Camino a Emaús, Reflexiones Bíblicas Sobre el Ministerio, ed. Isasi-Diaz, A., Matovina, T. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 2002.

Presente!: U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to the Present ed. Matovina, T., Poyo, G. New York: Orbis Books. 2000
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