Eleazar S. Fernandez
Professor of Constructive Theology
Ordained
minister in the United Church of Christ in the Philippines
Appointed 1993
constructive
theology
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theological
voices from the global South
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theological
anthropology
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theology
of religions
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exposure-immersion
trips
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| mission
and ecumenics |
| globalization
and its challenges to theology and ministry |
“The
Church as a Household of Life Abundant: Reimagining the
Church in the Context of Global Economics.” In Theology
That Matters: Ecology, Economy, and God, edited by
Darby Kathleen Ray. Fortress Press, 2006.
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Reimagining
the Human: Theological Anthropology in Response to
Systemic Evil
St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2004. |
Realizing
the America of our Hearts: Theological Voices of Asian
Americans. Co-edited with Fumitaka Matsuoka. St.
Louis: Chalice Press, 2003.
Hacia
Una Theologia De La Lucha. Translated by Jesus
Valiente Malla. Estella, Spain: Editorial Verbo Divino,
2002.
“From
Babel to Pentecost: Finding a Home in the Belly of the
Empire.” In Semeia: The
Bible in Asian America, edited by Tat-siong Benny
Liew. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature,
2002.
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A
Dream Unfinished: Theological Reflections on America
from the Margins
Co-edited with Fernando Segovia.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2001.
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“Theology
of Struggle.” Dictionary
of Third World Theology. Maryknoll: Orbis Books,
2000.
“Cross-Cultural
Mission to Postcolonial Masters in a Globalized World.” In
Unfaithing U.S. Colonialism, edited
by Deborah Lee and Antonio Salas. Berkeley:
Pacific and Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies,
1999.
“A
Filipino Voice: ‘Unfinished Dream’ in the Land
of Promise.” In Preaching
Justice: Ethnic and Cultural Perspective,
edited by Christine Smith. Cleveland: The United
Church Press, 1998.
“Confronting
the White Noise: Mission from the Experience of the Marginalized.” In Beyond
the White Noise: Mission in a Multicultural World,
edited by Tom Montgomery-Fate. St. Louis: Chalice
Press, 1997.
Toward
a Theology of Struggle. Maryknoll: Orbis
Books, 1994.
B.A.
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Philippine
Christian University |
M.Div.
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Union
Theological Seminary, Philippines |
Th.M.
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Princeton
Theological Seminary |
| Ph.D. |
Vanderbilt
University |
Significant
for my personal life is my growing realization that one’s
destination is already embedded in the journey, as the
flower in a bud, the spring in a freezing winter, or the
butterfly in a chrysalis. With this wisdom I have come
to find a home in the journey. Moreover, I have learned
to cherish the banal, laugh at myself when I discover my
limited knowledge, and marvel at serendipitous events even
as I doggedly struggle for the longed-for not-yet.
Contact
Eleazar at efernandez@unitedseminary.edu or
651.255.6131.
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“As
a constructive theologian, I consider it an important
task to enable faith communities to do theology that
names their pains and laments their anguish and celebrates
their joys; poetically articulates their longings
for a better tomorrow; orients their transforming
actions to the here and now; and equips them with
courage to live as if the future were present in
the spirit of the One who was crucified and resurrected
with the people.”
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“I
want to help students acquire theological skills
to construct a new and better tomorrow for them to
inhabit
in their present journey. Moreover, I am committed
to enlarging the social and moral imagination of
my students so they may have the heart to welcome
what has been considered impossible into the range
of the possible.”
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“I
am passionate about retrieving dangerous memories,
naming our pains in the present, and articulating our
dreams of a new and better tomorrow through ecumenical
ministries committed to making our hearts as large as
the world at a time when many hearts are constricting
and walls of fear and hostilities are rising.”
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