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O. Ernesto Valiente

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology

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O. Ernesto Valiente

Ph.D.

Contact

Simboli Hall 302A

Telephone: 617-552-6547

Email: orfilio.valiente.1@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A., Tulane University
  • M.B.A., University of Miami
  • M.Phil., Fordham University
  • M.Div., Weston Jesuit School of Theology
  • Th.M., Weston Jesuit School of Theology
  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Research Interests

Liberation Theology, Political Theology, Theologies of Reconciliation

Expertise

  • Feminist and Liberation Theologies
  • Latin American Theologies
  • Systematic Theology
Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Ernesto Valiente, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador. 聽Prior to receiving a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, he earned a BA in Economics from Tulane University, and a Th.M. and an M.Div. from Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Selected Courses

  • Christology
  • Latin American Liberation Theology
  • Theology, Violence and non-Violence
  • Reconciliation in a World of Conflict
  • Theology of JB Metz
  • Fundamental Theology
  • Seminar on Ellacur铆a, Sobrino and Romero

Selected Publications

淭he Work and Legacy of Gustavo Gutierrez� in聽Ford The Modern Theologians聽Ed. R. Muers, A. Cocksworth, and D. Ford. London: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024. 53-64.

淐hristian Cross and Martyrdom: Jesus Response to a Violent World� in聽Put Away Your Sword聽Gospel Nonviolence in a Violent World.聽Studies in World Catholicism Series. Ed. Michael Budde. Cascade Books, 2024, 35-54.

The Grace of Medell铆n: History, Theology and Legacy. Edited by Margaret Guider, Felix Palazzi, and O. Ernesto Valiente. Miami: Convivium Press, 2018

Liberation through Reconciliation: Jon Sobrino Christological Spirituality. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016.

淐hristian Cross and Martyrdom: Jesus response to a Violent World� Studies in World Catholicism Series. Cascade Books, forthcoming

淭he Option for Nonviolence in Latin American Liberation Theology: The Case of Archbishop Oscar A. Romero,� International Journal of Latin American Religions, (2022) V.6: 98�112

淭he Historical Jesus in the Context of Latin America Liberation Theology,� Catholic Theology and Thought in Asia. Vol. 82, January 2019, 180-217.

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