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STEBER PROFESSORS

VICTOR CARMONA, PhD

Victor Carmona teaches and writes as an associate professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. There, he also serves students and colleagues as director of the Mons. Portman Endowment in Catholic Theology and as core director. A spirituality of acompañamiento (accompaniment) lies at the

Disenchantment and Misenchantment in the Contemporary World , edited by W. Cavanaugh (forthcoming) and “Deu Filho como ternura encarnada” in Ternura: abordagem ético teológica , edited by J. Trasferetti and R. Zacharias (Brasil, Paulus Editora, 2023). Professor Carmona’s current project explores the experiences of Catholic

heart of Professor Carmona’s teaching philosophy. A commitment to healing our communities’ wounds is at the heart of his research on theological ethics of migration. A desire to build bridges that help our communities’ institutions adapt to and thrive in a changing world is at the heart of his service. His courses include Spirituality and Struggle, Catholic Social Thought, and Latine Catholicism. Among his pieces are “Fear, Security, and Idolatry at the U.S.- Mexico Border” in Is Idolatry Dead?

parishes in the Cali-Baja region to develop Catholic social thought on migration in a synodal key. He is also co-editing a book bridging insights of theologians and scholars of religion from Canada to Argentina on the future of synodality and Catholicism in the continent. Beyond USD, Professor Carmona recently completed service in the Diocese of San Diego’s Synodal Commission and the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics. He now serves in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Moral Theology .