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Cristina Traina

United States
Institution Northwestern University
Position Chair and Professor of Religious Studies
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Email Address c-traina@northwestern.edu
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Prior Educational Background
  • 1992- Ph.D. in Theology with distinction, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1984- M.A. in Religion, University of Chicago Divinity School, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1983- A.B. in Religion, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, summa cum laude
Research Interests
  • Bioethics/Medical Ethics
  • Economic Ethics
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • History of Theological Ethics
  • Immigration
  • LGBTQ Theologies
  • Race
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
Past Events
  • Trent 2010
  • Sarajevo 2018
Recent Publications
  • “Local Authoritarianism as a Barrier to Democracy,” Journal of Moral Theology 8 no. 2 (June 2019): 113-121.
  • “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Unwanted Pregnancy, Mercy, and Solidarity.” Journal of Religious Ethics 46 no.4 (December 2018): 658-81.
  • “Holy Family or Holy Child? Child Migrants as Vulnerable Agents.” Unaccompanied Minor Children: Social, Legal, and Ethical Proposals, ed. Hille Haker and Molly Greening (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2018), 141-60.
  • “The Vice of ‘Virtue’: Teaching Consumer Practice in an Unjust World,” Journal of Moral Theology 7 no. 1 (2018):13-27.
  • “‘This is the Year’: Narratives of Structural Evil.” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 37 no. 2 (2017): 3-19.
  • Prologue to Tolerance: Human Fragility and the Quest for Justice, ed. Ville J. Päivänsalo, Taina Kalliokoski, and David Huisjen, Jr. (Zűrich: LIT, 2017), 5-6.
  • “Humanae Vitae,” Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception Volume 12: Ho Tsun Shen – Insult. Edited by Dale C. Allison, Jr., Christine Helmer, Steven L. McKenzie, Thomas Römer, Jens Schröter, Choon-Leong Seow, Barry Dov Walfish, and Eric J. Ziolkowski (Boston: De Gruyter, 2016), 532.
  • “Whose Sensus? Which Fidelium? Justice and Gender in a Global Church.” In Learning from All The Faithful: A Contemporary Theology of the Sensus Fidei. Edited by Peter C. Phan and Bradford Hinze (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2016), 155-169.
  • “Commodifying Sex: A View from the Margins.” Concilium 2014 no. 4: 44-52. Also published in Spanish and Italian.
  • “A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Dealing Honestly with Pastoral Power.” In Soft Shepherd or Almighty Pastor?: Power in Pastoral Care, 122-144. Edited by Annemie Dillen. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2014.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • 2018-present Co-chair, Contingent Faculty Task Force, Society of Christian Ethics
  • 2017-present Member, Editorial Board, Theological Studies