Pamela J. Kirk Rappaport
Associate Professor
Theology and Religious Studies
St.John Hall Room B6-4
(718) 990-5408
kirkp@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Catholic Theology, Dr.
Theol., 1985
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Catholic Theology, Dipl.
Theol. (M. Div.), 1977.
Indiana University, Bloomington, Comparative Literature, M.A.,
1971.
Rosary College, French, B.A., 1969
Publications
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Selected Writings. Classics of Western
Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ, Paulist Press, 2005.
Paperback edition of: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Religion, Art and
Feminism. New York: Continuum, 1999.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Religion, Art and Feminism. New York:
Continuum, 1998.
Tod und Auferstehung innerhalb einer anthropologisch gewendeten
Theologie. Hermeneutische Studies zur individuellen Eschatologie
bei Karl Rahner, Ladislaus Boros, Gisbert Greshake. Boch und
Herchen, Frankfurt, Bad Honnef, West Germany, 1986.
Selected Articles
“Revealing Resistance: Luise Rinser’s Celebration and Suffering” in
Theology and the New Histories, Gary May, ed., Annual Publication
of the College Theology Society, Vol. 44, 1998. Maryknoll, New
York: Orbis, 1999.
“Reflections on Luise Rinser’s Graatwanderung” in Philosophy and
Theology, (Sp. 1998) 293-300.
Mulieris Dignitatem. In New Catholic Encyclopedia Jubilee Volume:
The Woytyla Years. Washington, DC: Catholic University Press, 2001,
217-218.
“Adrienne von Speyr,” New Catholic Encyclopedia, 18 (1989)
489.
“Women and God in the Church, Critique and Construction.” New
Theology Review, 8/3 (1995), 19-28.
“Complexities of Conversion. Latin American and European
Encounter-500 Years,” in the Living Light, Winter, 1992,
22-34.
“Creation and Liberation in Conflict? Latin American Theology and
the Environmental Crisis” in the Living Light, Winter, 1991, Vol.
27/2 (112-122).
Membership in Scholarly
Societies
American Academy of Religion (1990-present)
College Theology Society (1988-present)
Catholic Theology Society of American (1988-present)
Latin American Jewish Studies Association (1994-present)
Description of Current Scholarly
Interests
Systematics, Liberation Theology, Women’s Studies Focus on Sor
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Edith Stein, Luise Rinser
Courses Taught
Theology 1000C Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic
Approach
Theology 3240 Women and Theology
Theology G401 The Mystery of God
Theology G404 The Community Called “Church”
Theology G410 The Challenge of Liberation Theology for North
America
Theology G430 Women and the Christian Tradition
Theology G435 Creation: From Cosmology to Ecology