Theresa A. Yugar is a Latina feminist liberation theologian, notable for her work on the 17th century nun, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.

Organisational affiliations

She served as co-chair of the

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and

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's Women's Caucus from 2013 - 2015 and as a board member on the

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from 2006-2009.

Education and career

Yugar earned a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School in 1997, and later completed a PhD from

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in 2013. Her areas of expertise include Ecofeminist Theory and Praxis and Gender in Colonial Latin American History. She is the recipient of a Fulbright and Hispanic Theological Initiative Fellowship, and Scholar for the Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program. Yugar teaches in the Chicana(o) and Latina(o) Studies and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies departments at California State University in Los Angeles, California.

Published work

Her published work includes ''Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Feminist Reconstruction of Biography and Text'' where she identifies de la Cruz's life and work as a precursor to current ecofeminist theologies''.'' This book is the basis for her 2019

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Animation entitled ''History’s Worst Nun'' documenting the details of 17th century Mexican poet and scholar Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. This Ted-Ed Animation was the second most viewed Ted-Ed Animation in 2019 with nearly 6.5 million views. As well, she is co-editor of ''Valuing Lives, Healing Earth: Religion, Gender, and Life on Earth'' (2021). This book honors and builds on the work of

Rosemary Radford Ruether Rosemary Radford Ruether (1936–2022) was an American feminist scholar and Roman Catholic theologian known for her significant contributions to the fields of feminist theology and ecofeminist theology. Her teaching and her writings helped est ...

, a major Christian, feminist theologian. It addresses the connections between gender, ecology, colonialism and indigenous issues in a global Christian context.

References

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