Sophia Park

Sophia Park Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Holy Names University and a member of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. She authored a book, A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience: Creating a Hybrid Identity, Constructing a Borderland (Peter Lang: New York, 2012) and has written numerous articles and chapters in books, focusing on biblical spirituality, cross-cultural spiritual direction and religious life from a global feminist perspective. Her main interest is how to empower the marginalized in this global society.

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Sophia Park Ph. D., es profesora adjunta de Estudios Religiosos y Filosofía en la Universidad Holy Names y miembro de las Hermanas de los Santos Nombres de Jesús y María. Es autora del libro A Hermeneutic on Dislocation as Experience: Creating a Hybrid Identity, Constructing a Borderland (Peter Lang: Nueva York, 2012) y ha escrito numerosos artículos y capítulos de libros centrados en la espiritualidad bíblica, la dirección espiritual transcultural y la vida religiosa desde una perspectiva feminista global. Su principal interés es cómo empoderar a los marginados en esta sociedad global.

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On the way back to the city from Lurigancho, Peru, the road was slippery and dry, but it was fun and safe when we held hands together firmly. Relying one another is such a wonderful practice of liberation theology among women. (Courtesy of Sophia Park)

In Peru, women's hands are writing a new liberation theology

I found 21st-century liberation theology amid Peruvian women's networks, creating communities with sweat and tears, fixing lunch for the villagers, and helping the needy.

On the evening of the Full Moon festival, candidates at the community house spent the evening singing and dancing with joy. (Sophia Park)

A hybrid community of joy in Ho Chi Minh City

The beauty of this community in Ho Chi Minh City manifests a deep sense of joy in living in two cultures that are fused, thereby creating a third culture that pursues intercultural sisterhood.

A legacy of border-crossing spirit

Beyond habits and no habits: A reflection on the identity of religious women in the U.S.

Global sorority: A contemplative encounter

A reflection on religious vocation: The wine is ready, but the wineskin is not