Julia A. Feder, Ph.D. Creighton University Department of Theology 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178 JuliaFeder@creighton.edu (402) 280-2209 EDUCATION University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Ph.D. Theology, May 2014 Dissertation: A Mystical-Political Theology of Posttraumatic Healing: Teresa of Avila, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Contemporary Trauma Theology Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA M.A. Theology, May 2008 The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. B.A., May 2006, summa cum laude EMPLOYMENT 2016-Present Assistant Professor Department of Theology Creighton University 2014-2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Theology, Science, and Human Flourishing The University of Notre Dame The Evolution of Wisdom Project and The Human Distinctiveness Project Funded by the John Templeton Foundation Spring 2013 Instructor Foundations of Theology Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame PUBLICATIONS PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Edward Schillebeeckx and Sexual Trauma: Salvation as Healing, in Edward Schillebeeckx and the Theology of Public Life, T&T Clark Bloomsbury (in press).
Feder, CV, 2 Directed Toward Relationship: William Stoeger s Immanent Directionality and Edward Schillebeeckx s Mystical Eschatology, Theological Studies, vol. 78, issue 2 (June 2017): 447-461. Genetics, Race, and the Practice of Science, Anthropology Today (December 2016) co-authored with Jonathan Marks Part One, subtitled: On How the Humanities Help Us Think Critically About Science Part Two, subtitled: On How Human Genetics is BioPolitical The Impossible is Made Possible: Edward Schillebeeckx, Symbolic Imagination, and Eschatological Faith, Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences vol. 3, iss. 2 (Oct. 2016): 188-216. "O Virgin of Virgins, Our Mother: A Feminist Reconstruction of Mary s Perpetual Virginity as a Model for Christian Discipleship," Journal of Interdisciplinary Feminist Thought (2010) Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 2. EDITOR REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Christian Love as Love of Self and Love of One s Sisters: Lessons from Teresa of Avila in All You Need is Love: Honoring the Diversity of Women s Voices in Theology, Mennonite Church USA, Women in Leadership Project. Male Dominance and the Marriage Rite, Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa, Spring 2007. WORKS IN PROGRESS Trauma and Salvation: A Theology of Healing (Fortress Press). BOOK REVIEWS Review: Sex, Violence, and Justice: Contraception and the Catholic Church by Aline H. Kalbian, Theology and Sexuality, vol. 21, no. 2 (2016) 150-51. Review: The Feminine Genius of Catholic Theology by Matthew Levering Theology and Sexuality, vol. 20, no. 2 (2014) 161-63. Review: How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God: The Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul by Susan Shooter Theology and Sexuality, vol. 19, no. 2 (2013) 184-85. INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS The Christian Wisdom of Traumatic Violence: Possibilities for Wounding and Healing, Human Distinctiveness: Wisdom s Deep Evolution, University of Notre Dame London Gateway, London, United Kingdom, July 2017.
Feder, CV, 3 Catholic Religious Violence and Trauma, Response to John Sheveland, College Theology Society, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, June 2017. Hearing the Cry of Tamar, co-authored with Elizabeth Groppe, Project Tamar, Saint Mary s College, Indiana, March 2017. Homo Sapiens Sapiens: Visions of the Human as Place-Maker, Evolution of Wisdom Colloquium, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, July 2016. Imagination, (Im)possibility, and Wisdom, Evolution of Wisdom Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 2015. Theology and Human Distinctiveness: Edward Schillebeeckx as a Point of Departure, Human Distinctiveness Summer Seminar, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, June 2015. Teresa of Avila: Prayer as an Adventure in Love A Response to Keith Egan, How Love Transforms: A Symposium to Celebrate the 500 th Anniversary of the Birth of Teresa of Avila, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois, March 2015. Teresa of Avila on Humility, 500 th Anniversary of Teresa of Avila s Birth, Saint Mary s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, March 2015. Teresa of Avila and Love, Plenary Speaker, All You Need is Love: Honoring the Diversity of Women s Voices in Theology, Mennonite Church USA conference, Leesburg, Virginia, February 2014. Women in Theology, Notre Dame Summer Scholars Series, Theology track, July 2013. Theology and Gender Studies, Notre Dame Summer Scholars Series, Gender Studies Track, July 2012. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS Fortification: Posttraumatic Healing and Teresa of Avila s Theology of Courage, Relation, Vulnerability, Love: Theological Anthropology in the 21 st Century, Leuven, Belgium, September 2016. Directed toward Relationship: William Stoeger s Immanent Directionality and Edward Schillebeeckx s Mystical Eschatology, Catholic Theological Society of America, Theology and Science Session, Justice and Mercy, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 2016. Human Distinctiveness and Negative Contrast Experience: A Way Forward? Catholic Theological Society of America, Selected Session: Assessing the Sensus Fidelium of the Sinned-Against : A Critical Conversation, Sensus Fidelium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 2015. Human Suffering, Evolution, and Ecological Niches, College Theology Society, An Unexpected Wilderness: Seeking God on a Changing Planet, Portland, Oregon, May 2015.
Feder, CV, 4 Edward Schillebeeckx and Sexual Trauma: Salvation as Healing, Edward Schillebeeckx Centenary Conference, Nijmegen, Netherlands, August 2014. Teresa of Avila and the Trauma Survivor: Contemplation as a Healing Practice, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois, November 2012. Post-traumatic Healing as a Sacramental-Spiritual Practice, Catholic Theological Society of America, Sacrament/s and the Global Church, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2012. Vatican II s Ecclesiotypical Mariology in Contemporary Translation: What to Make of the Virgin Church? College Theology Society, Found in Translation: Living Faith in New Contexts, San Antonio, Texas, June 2012 Trauma, Language, and Prayer: Contemplation as a Resource for Healing, College Theology Society, They Shall Be Called Children of God: Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred, New Rochelle, New York, June 2011 Teaching from Experience: Autobiography as a Vehicle for Doctrine, Midwest American Academy of Religion, Teaching Religion, Rock Island, Illinois, April 2011 Spiritual Autobiography as Genre Particularly Suited to Hindu-Christian Insights? An Examination of Sara Grant s Toward an Alternative Theology, Engaging Particularities IX:New Directions in Comparative Theology, Interreligious Dialogue, Theology of Religions, and Missiology, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, March 2011 Courageous and Kenotic Love: Issues of Power and Agency in Christian Loving, Religion and Power: Unleashing the Force, Indiana University Bloomington, February 2011. O Virgin of Virgins, Our Mother: A Feminist Reconstruction of Mary s Perpetual Virginity as a Model for Christian Discipleship, Midwest American Academy of Religion, Religion, Sex, and the Body, Rock Island, Illinois, March 2010 "The Troubles Which Arise From Being So Much with One Who is So Different from You": Spiritual Experiences of Bodily Pain in The Life of Teresa of Jesus, Midwest American Academy of Religion, Religion, Sex, and the Body, Rock Island, Illinois, March 2010 MEDIA COVERAGE The Meaning of the Cross, Catholic Comments, April 10, 2017 Catherine M. Odell, Still a Beloved Friend: St. Teresa s Revolutionary Spirituality Inspires Women after 500 Years, National Catholic Reporter, July 3-16, 2015. New Directions in Prayer: Trauma and Prayer, Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Radio Program, May 2013.
Feder, CV, 5 ACADEMIC SERVICE Theology and Science committee member, Creighton University Book endorsement for Imaging the Creator God: From Antiquity to Astrophysics by Georges De Schrijver, SJ Theological Anthropology administrative team member, Catholic Theological Society of America, 2015-present. Decided on conference proposals for 2017 meeting Theology, Ecology and Natural Science administrative team member, College Theology Society, 2016-present. Decided on conference proposals for 2017 meeting Blind peer-reviewer for Political Theology, 2016.