Senior Fellow
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
January 30, 2025
On January 30, Berkley Center Senior Fellow Andrew Prevot delivered a lecture at Xavier University of Louisiana titled "Faith Seeking Liberation: Xavier University of Louisiana's Contribution to Theology." This lecture was part of a broader Georgetown initiative to encourage partnership and collaboration with Catholic educational institutions in Louisiana.
Andrew Prevot is the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies, senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. He studies the vital roles that Christian spirituality plays in contemporary theology, philosophy, culture, and politics, with a particular focus on Roman Catholic and Black/African American traditions. He is the author of The Mysticism of Ordinary Life: Theology, Philosophy, and Feminism (Oxford University Press, 2023); Theology and Race: Black and Womanist Traditions in the United States (Brill, 2018); and Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality amid the Crises of Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015). He co-edited Anti-Blackness and Christian Ethics (Orbis Books, 2017) and has published more than 30 articles and essays. Before coming to Georgetown, he was on the faculty at Boston College. He holds a Ph.D. and M.T.S. in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame and a B.A. in philosophy from Colorado College.
