Meghan Toomey
STANDING
PhD Candidate
DISSERTATION DIRECTOR
RESEARCH INTERESTS
black liberation theology, post-WWII German political theology, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Catholic ecclesiology
PUBLICATIONS
Queering Theology’s Object: Redefining the Quest for God, with Colby Heath Dickinson, Aimee Upjohn Light, and Kent L. Brintnall; Theology and Sexuality, Vol. 23, Iss. 1-2, 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1080/13558358.2017.1341210) (edited volume)
PRESENTATIONS
Ethics as Moments of Crucial Decision Making in the Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Signs of the Times: Context, Contingency, and Crisis Symposium hosted by the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage, April 2021
Praxis in a Love that Says “I Free You,” Political Theology Panel hosted by Theology Department, Loyola University Chicago, 2017
Un-White Washing Theology: Embedding Race and Ethnicity Pedagogy throughout an Undergraduate Course, Theology Pedagogy Panel hosted by Theology Department, Loyola University Chicago, 2017
To Which Christ Do You Pray?: A Theological Reflection on Twenty-First Century Representations of Christ, 13th Annual Marquette/Loyola University Chicago Graduate Student Theological Colloquium: Christology in Interdisciplinary Perspectives, January 2015
Renouncing Whiteness and Wealth: A Liberation Theology for Recovering Oppressors. Theta Alpha Kappa Panel Presentation, October 2014
The Variability of Human Nature and Edward Schillebeeckx’s Theological Anthropology: A New Way to Understand Postmodern Fragmentation? 12th Annual Marquette/Loyola University Chicago Graduate Student Theological Colloquium: Theology and Ethics in the Midst of Ecological Concern, February 2014
EDUCATION
B.A., The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, Major: Psychology;
M.A. Fordham University, Bronx, NY, Developmental Psychology;
M.A. Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY, Systematic Theology
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Christian Theology
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AAR and CTSA
OTHER
Meghan teaches Christian Scriptures, Sacraments, and World Religions at Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, IL where she is also the Director of Mission Integration.
