Agnes M. Brazal

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Agnes M. Brazal is a Filipina theologian, known for her work in feminist theology, a theology of migration, and cybertheology.

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Brazal received her first degree in 1981, a BS in management engineering from Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines. She later pursued studies in theology, first at Maryhill School of Theology in Quezon City, before completing a STL (1994) and a SThD (1998), both from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium. [1]

She taught at Maryhill School of Theology (1998–2012), St. Vincent School of Theology (2012–2015), and, since 2016, has been at De La Salle University, where she is presently a full professor in theology and religious education. [1] [2] She was a founding member and past president of the Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines (DaKaTeo) and a founding member and past president of the Ecclesia of Women in Asia (EWA), [2] an organization that encourages Catholic Asian female theologians to be heard as equal partners with male theologians. [3]

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  1. 1 2 "Brief Profile". Agnes Brazal. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Brazal, Agnes M." De La Salle University. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. Viehland, N.J. (16 October 2014). "Q & A with Agnes Brazal". Global Sisters Report. Retrieved 7 December 2019.