Brianne Bell Jacobs
Scholar of Catholic Theology and Gender
Dr. Jacobs researches and teaches about Roman Catholic Theology and Women and Gender Studies.
About
Brianne is Catholic feminist theologian. Her scholarship expresses the faith of Catholic Christianity in light of new and developing science and philosophy of sexual difference, with the goal of liberation and joy for all people across gender.
She teaches courses in Catholic Theology, Relationships and Sexuality, and Women in Christianity; she coordinates and teaches core courses for the Women and Gender Studies Minor; and has won multiple teaching awards.
Her first book, Holy Body: Gender and Sexual Difference in Theological Anthropology and Ecclesiology argues that all bodies across sexual difference are procreative. In response to the harms of patriarchy, sexualized racism, homophobia, and sexual abuse, this book presents a Roman Catholic theology that affirms we are each of us, and together, a life-giving and holy body.
Background
After finishing a BA in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD, Brianne moved to New York City where she lived for over a decade, earning a Masters in Systematic Theology from Union Theological Seminary, and a PhD in Systematic Theology from Fordham University.
Brianne is now an Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Coordinator of Women and Gender Studies at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts.
