Ma. Christina A. Astorga

Dr. Ma. Christina A. Astorga is Professor of Theology at the University of Portland, where she previously served as Department Chair. She earned both her M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the Loyola School of Theology at Ateneo de Manila University, where she also formerly served as Chair and Professor of the Theology Department. A scholar specializing in moral theology, social ethics, and liberationist thought, she has held fellowships at the Jesuit Institute at Boston College and the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University. She is the author of Catholic Moral Theology & Social Ethics: A New Method (Orbis Books, 2013) and The Beast, the Harlot and the Lamb: Faith Confronts Systemic Evil (1998), and her work has been published in journals such as Theological Studies, Horizons, and Concilium.