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Christiana Zenner

United States
Institution Fordham University
Position Associate Professor of Theology, Science, and Ethics
Email Address czenner2@fordham.edu
University Profile Website URL
Prior Education Background
  • Yale University, Ph.D. with distinction, Religious Studies (Ethics), 2011
  • Yale Divinity School, M.A.R. (Ethics), summa cum laude, 2005
  • Stanford University, B.A. (Human Biology), 2001
Research Interests
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Globalization
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • Liberation Theologies
  • Postcolonial/Decolonial Theologies
  • Social Ethics
Past Events
  • Trent 2010
Recent Publications
  • Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and Global Fresh Water Crises (Orbis Books, 2018; first edition, 2014).
  • "Valuing Fresh Waters." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WATER, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1343
  • "Commentary on Laudato Si'." 18,000-word commentary on the encyclical Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home. Chapter 20 in Kenneth Himes, ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations (Georgetown University Press, 2018).
  • "Hydrology, Theology, and Laudato Si'." Theological Studies, vol. 77, no. 2 (2016): 416-435.
  • Co-editor (with Andrea Vicini), Just Sustainability: Ecology, Technology, and Resource Extraction. Orbis Books, 2014.
  • “Troubling Waters: the Jordan River between Religious Imagination and Environmental Degradation.” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 3, no. 2 (2013): 109-119.
  • “Water Ethics on a Human-Dominated Planet: Rationality, Context, and Values in Global Governance.” 4,000-word literature review and analysis, co-authored with Jeremy J. Schmidt (Harvard University). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: WATER, Vol. 1 (6), November/December 2014: 533-547.