AGNES M. BRAZAL, S.T.D., Ph.D.
Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Moral Theology

Contact Information

Maryhill School of Theology
62 14th St., corner Gilmore Ave.
New Manila, 1112 Quezon City
Tel. (+63 02) 721-2695

Courses

Ethics and Migration; Body, Sexuality and Gender in Migration

Areas of Interest

Postcolonial-intercultural methods, migration, feminist and Filipino-Asian theologies/ethics.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Management Engineering, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
Licentiate in Sacred Theology, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Doctorate in Sacred Theology, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Doctor of Philosophy in Theology, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Current Professional Activities

Agnes is full-time professor at the Maryhill School of Theology (MST),  President and founding member of DaKaTeo (Catholic Theological Society of the Philippines) and. 2004 coordinator of the Ecclesia of Women in Asia (association of Catholic women theologians in Asia). She helped conceptualize the Migration Theology Program in the Philippines in collaboration with the Scalabrini Migration Center and the Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, and teaches the course Ethics and Migration in MST, St. Vincent School of Theology and the Loyola School of Theology. She is also the Theology and Religious Studies Series editor of the Ateneo de Manila University Press and editorial board member of the academic journal Asian Christian Review. She is married to another lay theologian Emmanuel S. de Guzman.

Research and Publications

A. Authored Books

• Growing Up as Christians in God’s Family Series (Grades 1-6 Textbooks).  Trinitas Publishing, Bulacan, 2009.

B. Edited Books

• Transformative Theological Ethics: East Asian Contexts (with Eric Genilo, SJ, Aloysius Cartagenas and James Keenan, SJ). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2010. (Distributed in the USA by the University of Hawaii Press).
• Faith on the Move: Toward a Theology of Migration in Asia (With Fabio Baggio, CS) Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008. (Distributed in the USA by University of Hawai'i Press.)
• Body and Sexuality: Theological-Pastoral Perspectives of Women in Asia (with Andrea Lizares Si). Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2007. (Finalist, National Book Award).

C. Edited Journals

• Theologies of Migration (with Peter Phan and Kiyoshi Seko). Asian Christian Review, no. 2 (2010).
• Interdisciplinarity in Theology (with Daniel Franklin Pilario). Hapag: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 4, nos. 1-2 (2007).

D. Articles

• "East Asian Discourses on Harmony: A Mediation for Catholic Social Teaching." In Catholic Social Teaching in Global Perspective.  Edited  by Dan McDonald. Maryknoll: Orbis (2010).
• "Redeeming the Vernacular: Doing Postcolonial-Intercultural Theological Ethics." Asian Horizons 4, no. 1 (June 2010): 50-66.
• "A 'Models' Approach: Teaching Fundamental Moral Theology in an Intercultural World." In Transformative Theological Ethics: East Asian Contexts.  Edited by Agnes Brazal, Aloysius Cartagenas, Eric Genilo and James Keenan. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press (2010).
• "Gender and Migration: Theological Challenges." Exodus Series 13: A Resource Guide for the Migrant Ministry in Asia . Quezon City: Scalabrini  Migration Center, 2010.
• "Harnessing Cultural Resources Toward Solidarity." MST Review 11, no. 1 (2009): 31-59.
• "Can the Real Paul Stand Up? Paul and Women's Leadership in the Church." MST Review 10, no. 1 (2009): 38-60.
• “Information, Sex Education and Church Intervention in Public Policy in the Philippines” In Calling for Justice throughout the World:  Catholic Women Theologians Considering the Moral Ramifications of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic.  Edited by Mary Jo Iozzio, Elsie Miranda and Mary Roche. New York: Continuum (2008).
• Die Interkulturelle Kirche als Brücke der Solidarität im Migrationskontext,” in Für ein Leben in Fülle: Visionen einer missionarischen Kirche Für Hermann Schalück, 66-75. Herausgegeben  von Richard Brosse und Katja Heidemanns. Freiburg: Herder (2008).
• "Cultural Rights of Migrants: A Philosophico-Theological Exploration." Asian Christian Review 1, no. 3 (2008): 31-50; also in Faith on the Move: Toward a Theology of Migration in Asia. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press (2008) 68-92.
• “Globalization and Catholic Theological Ethics: A Southeast Asian Perspective.” In Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church:  The Plenary Papers from the First Cross-cultural Conference on Catholic Theological Ethics.  Edited by James Keenan. New York: Continuum (2007) 74-81.    
• “Disciplines, Interdisciplinarity and Theology.” (co-author with Daniel Franklin Pilario, CM) In Interdisciplinarity in Theology, Hapag 4, nos. 1-2: 5-25. 
• “Fusion of Horizons:  Women Naming and Celebrating their God-Experience.” (co-author with Ma. Anicia Co, RVM) in Discipleship of Asian Women at the Service of Life.  Edited by  Virginia Saldanha. Bangalore, India: Claretian Publications (2007) 199-221.
• “Interculturality – A Challenge in the Postmodern World.” In Asian Consultation on Harmony through Reconciliation/FEISA VII: 40th Anniversary of the Pastoral Constitution on Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes), 167-74. January 16-21, 2006. Edited by Bro. Anthony Rogers, FSC.