Madeleine LaForge
2nd Year PhD - Ethics
Maddie LaForge is a current PhD student at Loyola University of Chicago. She researches and teaches at the intersection of feminist ethics and Catholic social thought. At home with the Ignatian family, prior to Loyola Maddie completed her M.Div. at the Jesuit School of Theology. Committed to praxis-based theology, she continues practicing her ministerial skills through hospital chaplaincy.
Research Interests
Professional/Community Affiliations
Publications/Research Listings
“Coming Close to Appalachia: A Theology of Kinship and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining,” Berkeley Journal of Religion and Theology 7.1 (2021): 84-103.
Selected Presentations
"Embodied Integral Ecology: Experiential Learning for Ecological Conversion
Case Studies in Tacna, Peru and West Virginia, USA"
"Awajún Spirituality: Resilience and Resistance"
"Theology of Accompaniment: The Transformational Potential of Collective Desire in Post-carceral Community"
"Coming Close to Appalachia: Theology of Kinship"