2008 Woodie Awards
Theologian speaks tonight to discuss social justice
Laura Smith
Issue date: 2/28/08 Section: News
How much do you consider knowing about social justice in our country? People are dealing with all sorts of issues on a daily basis, but not many seem to address this directly.
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Ph.D., is a renowned and outspoken theologian who believes in social justice and the effects on Hispanic and Latina immigrants in the U.S.
In a conversation Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the William H. Pitt Center Board Room, she will discuss the titled presentation, "Justice: What Else is There?"
Dr. June-Ann Greeley, assistant director of religious studies, is deeply involved with bringing Isasi-Diaz to the school to speak. She believes that it is important to bring a women theologian, especially because most people who speak about matters of the church and social issues are men.
According to the Isasi-Diaz personal website, she was born in La Habana, Cuba to a catholic family. She grew up there until 1960 where she became a political refugee in the U.S.
Her life began in the U.S. by joining a convent in the order of St. Ursula. After this she enrolled in the College of New Rochelle, N.Y. where she earned a bachelor's degree in European history.
In 1967, Isasi-Diaz traveled to Lima, Peru and joined a missionary. In the duration of her three-year stay she worked to understand and help the poor and oppressed in their struggle for justice.
Arriving back in the U.S. she understood that she wanted to help others with social reform. She wanted to help women especially because of what she experienced in her own life and saw while working with others.
This inspired her to get a master's degree in divinity at Union Theological Seminary in New York, as well as a doctorate in psychology focusing on Christian ethics.
In 1991 she joined the staff at the theological and graduate schools of Drew University teaching Christian Ethics and Theology.
According to Greely, Isasi-Diaz plans to promote an understanding of Hispanic and Latina women and the experiences of Christianity through the current immigration issues.
Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Ph.D., is a renowned and outspoken theologian who believes in social justice and the effects on Hispanic and Latina immigrants in the U.S.
In a conversation Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the William H. Pitt Center Board Room, she will discuss the titled presentation, "Justice: What Else is There?"
Dr. June-Ann Greeley, assistant director of religious studies, is deeply involved with bringing Isasi-Diaz to the school to speak. She believes that it is important to bring a women theologian, especially because most people who speak about matters of the church and social issues are men.
According to the Isasi-Diaz personal website, she was born in La Habana, Cuba to a catholic family. She grew up there until 1960 where she became a political refugee in the U.S.
Her life began in the U.S. by joining a convent in the order of St. Ursula. After this she enrolled in the College of New Rochelle, N.Y. where she earned a bachelor's degree in European history.
In 1967, Isasi-Diaz traveled to Lima, Peru and joined a missionary. In the duration of her three-year stay she worked to understand and help the poor and oppressed in their struggle for justice.
Arriving back in the U.S. she understood that she wanted to help others with social reform. She wanted to help women especially because of what she experienced in her own life and saw while working with others.
This inspired her to get a master's degree in divinity at Union Theological Seminary in New York, as well as a doctorate in psychology focusing on Christian ethics.
In 1991 she joined the staff at the theological and graduate schools of Drew University teaching Christian Ethics and Theology.
According to Greely, Isasi-Diaz plans to promote an understanding of Hispanic and Latina women and the experiences of Christianity through the current immigration issues.
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