Faculty Profiles
Jessica Coblentz
Associate Professor
162 Spes Unica
jcoblentz@saintmarys.edu
Education
PhD, Boston College
MTS, Harvard Divinity School
BA, Santa Clara University
Areas of Expertise
- Catholic systematic theology
- Feminist theologies
- Theologies of suffering
- Theological anthropology
- Queer theologies
Research Interests
- Mental health in theological perspective
- Theology and psychology
- Theologies of embodiment
- Mary and the Saints
Courses Recently Taught
- RLST 101: Religions in Feminist Perspective
- RLST 261: Catholic Faith and Life
- RLST 264: Queer Theologies
- RLST 265: Who Is Saint Mary?
- RLST 341: How to Become a Saint
- RLST 342: Does God Care When Women Suffer?
- RLST 343: Theologies of Mental Health
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression (Liturgical Press, January 2022)
- The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Re-Examining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications (Orbis Books, May 2022); co-edited with Daniel P. Horan, OFM
- Women Responding to the Spirit: Selections from the Madeleva Lectures (Paulist Press, 2025); co-edited with Daniel P. Horan
- A full list of publications can be found here
Professional Memberships
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- College Theology Society
- Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
- American Academy of Religion
- Center of Theological Inquiry