Ashley Theuring

Ashley Theuring is an Assistant Professor in the Theology Department at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her theological research is informed by her past work at the rape crisis, and abuse center, Women Helping Women of Hamilton County, where she was as an advocate and educator. Her research continues to be informed by contemporary communities of trauma survivors and focuses on exploring religious practices, meaning making, and survival in response to trauma. Her dissertation, entitled “Toward a Catholic Feminist Practical Theology of Hope After Domestic Violence,” explored the question “What constitutes hope after domestic violence?” Her publications include,“Imagination as a Theological Resource: A Theopoetics-Informed Trauma Theology,” “Salvific Communities and Practices of Resistance: A Feminist Theological Response to Trauma,” and “Holding Hope and Doubt: The Interreligious Theopoetic Response to Public Tragedies.”