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Miguel H. Diaz, PhD

Title/s:  The John Courtney Murray, S.J., University Chair in Public Service

Office #:  Crown Center 311

Phone: 773.508.8372

Email: mdiaz13@luc.edu

CV Link: Diaz CV

About

Miguel H. Díaz is the John Courtney Murray, S.J., University Chair in Public Service at Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Díaz served under President Barack Obama as the 9th U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. He is a co-editor of the series Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente (Fordham University Press). He is editor of the multi-authored volume one, The Word Became Culture (FUP, 2024) and the author of the third volume, Queer God de Amor (FUP, 2022). As a public theologian, Professor Diaz regularly engages print, radio, and television media. He is a contributor to the “Theology en la Plaza column for the National Catholic Reporter. He is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), the American Academy of Religion (AAR), and a member and past President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). As part of his ongoing commitment to advance human rights globally, Díaz participates in several diplomatic initiatives in Washington, D.C., including being a member of the Ambassadors Circle at the National Democratic Institute (NDI), and a member of the Board and Senior Fellow for Religion and Peacebuilding for the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP).

 

Degrees

Ph.D. in Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Dissertation: “A Study in U.S. Hispanic Theological Anthropology, 1972-1999”
M.A. in Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana


Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, Fordham University, New York, New York
Doctor of Sacred Theology, Honoris Causa, Florida Center for Theological Studies, Miami, Florida

Program Areas

Systematic Theology (Teach and Direct Dissertations in our Integrative Studies in Ethics and Theology Degree Program)

 

Research Interests

Trinitarian Theologies, Queer Theologies, Liberation Theologies, Latinx and Latin American Theologies, Contextual Theologies, Theological Anthropology

Awards

2013
Virgilio Elizondo Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theology on Dr. Miguel H. Díaz

2012
Award in Recognition to Service as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, National Museum of Catholic Art and History, Washington, D.C.

2011
Premio Internazionale “Bonifacio VIII,” Anagni, Italy

2010
Blessed are the Peacemakers Award, Chicago Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois

2007
Recognized for service as president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians
Recognized for service to the Hispanic Theological Initiative on the 10th anniversary of the organization
Educational Trailblazer Theologian of the Year Award, Houston, Texas

2002
Hispanic Theological Initiative Book of the Year Award, On Being Human

Selected Publications

Books and Book Chapters

The Word Became Culture, revised. Editor of volume 1, Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente, Forward by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (Fordham University Press, forthcoming, 2024).

Queer God de Amor, vol. 3 in Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente (Fordham University Press, 2022).

The Rondine Method: A Relational Approach to Conflict. Co-editor with Chip Hauss (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023).

“On the Love of God and Our Enemies: Hospitality and The Rondine Method,” Introductory Chapter to The Rondine Method: A Relational Approach to Conflict (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2023).

Journal Articles

“Regresando de Narnia: Entre la encrucijada de armarios y templos, Conexión Queer,” Revista Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Teologías Queer. Hugo Córdova Quero, Saúl Serna Segura, Jorge A. Aquino, Miguel H. Díaz, No. 5 (2022).

Forthcoming Publications

Vol. 4 of Disruptive Cartographers: Doing Theology Latinamente. Co-editor of the ongoing
groundbreaking series in Latinx theology, Fordham University Press.

“Evangelization and Religious Freedom,” Chapter 6, Vatican II, forthcoming by Paulist Press, 2024.

All of Us. Co-editor, forthcoming by Fortress Press, 2024. The manuscript will include the chapters of queer prominent voices of color who gathered at Loyola University of Chicago with the financial help of a $30,000 grant from the Louisville Institute.

“La Virgen of Sexiles: Mariconeando the Experience and Language of Grace,” in All of Us, forthcoming by Fortress Press, 2024.

Teorías y Teologías Queer. Co-editor with Hugo Córdova Quero, forthcoming in LA, 2024. The manuscript will publish the contributions of Latinx and Latin American queer thinkers that came together in San José, Costa Rica, August 2-6, 2022. The volume will also include contributing chapters from three of our doctoral students.

“Cuerificando el Deseo Natural de Dios,” in Teorías y Teologías Queer, forthcoming, 2024.