Biography
Xochitl Alvizo is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the area of Women and Religion and the Philosophy of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality. She dedicates her work to bringing a feminist and queer focus to theology and to the study of religion and does research in congregational studies, ecclesiology, and the emerging church.
Dr. Alvizo is co-founder of Feminism and Religion (FAR) – an online project that brings together multiple feminist voices from around the world to dialogue about feminism in religion and at the intersection between scholarship, activism, and community. Her blog writing can be found on FAR and can be reached on Twitter @XochitlAlvizo.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Practical Theology, Boston University School of Theology, 2015
M.Div., Boston University School of Theology, Summa Cum Laude, 2007
B.A., Religion, University of Southern California, East Asian Studies minor, 2001
Research Interests: Feminist and Queer Theologies, Congregational Studies, and the Emerging Church.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
In press: “The Emerging Church Movement: Possible Futures and Trajectories” in upcoming, The Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion Volume 2: Curations and Durations, co-authored piece with Rachel Schneider and Terry Shoemaker in co-edited volume with same (Cascade Books).
2018 “Emerging Out of Patriarchy? The Emerging Church Movement from a Feminist Practical Theological Perspective,” co-authored with Gerardo Martí. In The Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion, eds. Randall Reed and Michael Zbaraschuk (Cascade Books)
2018 “Radical Economics and Wesleyan Congregations in the U.S.,” co-PI on study and co-authored results with Bryan Stone, The Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, https://oxford-institute.org/working-group-papers-at-2018-institute/.
2017 “I Dream Myself a Revolutionary,” authored piece in Women, Religion, Revolution, and co-editor of volume with Gina Messina (Feminist Studies in Religion Press).
2017 “To Be Comrades en La Lucha,” Insights: the Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary, Volume 132 Number 2 Spring, 17-21.
2016 “Pyrotheology, Post-Evangelicalism and the Logic of the ‘One’” in Modern Believing – A Journal of Theological Liberalism, special issue on Pyrotheology (Liverpool University Press), Volume 57 Issue 4, 377-389.
2016 “A Feminist Analysis of the Leadership Structures of the Emerging Church” in The Emerging Church: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, eds. Mike Clawson and April Stace Vega (Pickwick Publications) 92-119.
2016 “The Listening Guide: A Practical Tool for Listening Deeply to the Body of Christ” in Perspectivas, Thirteenth Issue, Spring.
2015 “Participating for Transformation in Online Space,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Vol. 31, No. 2, Fall 2015, pp. 163-167.
2014 “Being Undone by the Other: Feminisms, Blogs, and Critique” in Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century: Utilizing Technology to Expand Borders ed. Rosemary Radford Ruether and Gina Messina-Dysert (Routledge).
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Academy of Religion
National Women's Studies Association