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Christy Randazzo is Affiliate Faculty for the Department of Religion at both Montclair State University and Earlham School of Religion (Indiana) - a Quaker seminary. Dr. Randazzo is a skilled educator with experience teaching across a wide range of of ages, venues, and topics, including: religious peacemaking, Christian peace and justice theology, Biblical studies, religious literacy, K-12 education, as well as a decade spent developing curricula for education and spiritual development in religious communities. This work continues in Randazzo's work as an editor for the Political Theology Network's Politics of Scripture project, which explores the intersections of Jewish and Christian scripture with the concerns of political theology.

Much of Dr. Randazzo's work has been focused on reconciling conflict within religious communities. This includes work as a minister for youth and young adults in Christian communities experiencing division as well as research on theologies of peacemaking and reconciliation. Randazzo holds an MPhil from Trinity College Dublin in Conflict Transformation, where they studied the causes and theological justifications of ethno-religious conflict. Randazzo also holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham (UK) in Quaker Studies. Their first book, Liberal Quaker Reconciliation Theology: A Constructive Approach (Brill, 2020) stems from their doctoral work, and was the first major work exploring the connection between Christian reconciliation theology and Quaker theology. Reflecting this continued emphasis, Randazzo teaches courses on building faith communities centred on justice, reconciliation, and peacemaking at Earlham School of Religion.

Dr. Randazzo's most recent research focuses on theologies of environmental sustainability and ecology, with a particular focus on developing Quaker ecotheology. Their most recent book, A Quaker Ecotheology of Light (Brill, 2022), is co-written with Cherice Bock and will begin the work of establishing the foundations of a uniquely Quaker ecotheology. Randazzo continues this work with their current research project, tentatively titled Ecosystem: A Quaker Theological Method, which seeks to be the first comprehensive work bringing Christian systematic theology, Quaker theology, and Christian ecotheology into conversation, with the intent of developing a uniquely Quaker systematic ecotheology.

- Courses Taught at MSU -
RELG 100: Religions of the World
RELG 101: Understanding Religion
RELG 218: Death, Dying, and Afterlife
HUMN 285: Mythology

Here is a video where Dr. Randazzo explains their ongoing ecotheology work:

Specialization

I am primarily a Christian theologian, focusing on Quaker, eco-, reconciliation, and peace theologies: effectively, I want to always reimagine our understanding of the world, both our beautiful Earth and our amazing, complex inner worlds.

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• Book - Quakers, Ecology, and the Light
• Author's Page - "The Politics of Scripture Project", on the Political Theology Network
• Book - Liberal Quaker Reconciliation Theology: A Constructive Approach

Research Projects