Catholic Theological
Society of America

Interest Groups are temporary convention program units.   CTSA members who are engaged in a focused, scholarly project or who would like to learn about a new theological area may apply to the Board for recognition as an Interest Group, and, once approved, the Interest Group is provided a three-year term on the convention program.  Each Interest Group establishes its own procedures for setting its convention program.  For information on “Proposing a New Interest Group,” please see this link under the homepage link “Convention Structure.”

2021 Interest Groups

The Liberating Theology of James Hal Cone (2021-1st Year) 

Co-conveners:  Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, dorseybellow@msn.com
C. Vanessa White, vwhite@ctu.edu

Mental Health in Theological Perspective (2021-1st Year) 

Co-conveners: Susan Abraham, sabraham@psr.edu
Jessica Coblentz, jmc35@stmarys-ca.edu

Fieldwork in Theology (2021-1st Year) 

Co-conveners: Jaisy Joseph, josephjaisy@seattleu.edu
Layla Karst, layla.karst@lmu.edu
Lorraine Cuddeback-Gedeon, cuddeback-gedeon@msmary.edu

Extractives and Catholic Peacebuilding (2021—2nd Year) 

Convener: Caesar A. Montevecchio, cmonteve@nd.edu
Tobias Winright
Laurie Johnston

Post-Post-Conciliar Millennial Theologians (2021—2nd Year) 
Co-conveners: Katherine Schmidt, kschmidt@molloy.edu
Michael Canaris, mcanaris@luc.edu
Mary Beth Yount, yountm@neumann.edu

Transnational Catholicities: Faith and Popular Culture in Global Dialogue (2021—2nd Year)
Co-conveners: Kevin Considine, considkp@gmail.com
Linh Hoang, lhoang@siena.edu
Sophia Park, park@hnu.edu

Schillebeeckx for a New Generation and New Contexts (2021—3rd Year) 

Co-conveners: Mary Ann Hinsdale, hinsdale@bc.edu
Kathleen McManus, mcmanus@up.edu
Stephan van Erp, stephan.vanerp@theokuleuven.be

Theological Witness of Oscar Romero (2021—3rd Year) 
Co-conveners: Todd Walatka, twalatka@nd.edu
Michael Lee, fmilee@fordham.edu