Jorge Manuel Arredondo Sevilla
Primary Area: World Religions and World Church
Biography
Jorge Arredondo Sevilla is a Ph.D. candidate in Theology at the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include Marian theology, Indigenous Christianities, and theological interpretation in the early modern Americas, with a particular focus on Our Lady of Guadalupe. He holds a Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School and a B.A. in Philosophy from Lumen Gentium Catholic University (Mexico City). His work has been published in International Journal of Latin American Religions and American Catholic Studies, and he is the author of El polvo bajo nuestros pies (Tusquets–Planeta, 2024).
Research Interests
Historical Theology, Faith and Culture, Latino Theology, Aztec-Nahua Religion and Cosmology, Inculturation and Our Lady of Guadalupe, 16th and 17th Centuries Missionary History in the Americas, Liberation Theology, and Theology of the People
Representative Publications
"Guadalupan Nahua Stories: An Analysis of the Inner Indigenous Influence in Nahuatl Accounts of Guadalupe," Religions 2026, 17(3), 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/
"Aztec Interpretations of the Sacred Tilma: A Nahua Iconographical Reading of Our Lady of Guadalupe,” International Journal of Latin American Religions (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41603-025-00306-8.
“An Indigenous Canonization. The Journey of Juan Diego to the Altars,” Boletín del Colegio de Estudios Guadalupanos (COLEG), Año 4, No. 7. https://issuu.com/
El polvo bajo nuestros pies, Ed. Planeta (Tusquets), México, August 2024.
Eduardo Chávez, Jorge Arredondo, Nican Motecpana. Análisis y Reflexión, Ed. ISEG, México, 2018.
Education
- BA, Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium
- MTS, Harvard University