LaRyssa Herrington
Research Assistant, Theology
Primary Area: Systematic Theology
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Biography
LaRyssa D. Herrington is a 5th year doctoral candidate in Systematic Theology and Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame from Tolono, Illinois. She holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and social work from Greenville University (formerly Greenville College) and is a graduate of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology where she completed her Master of Divinity concentrating in Catholic Studies. Her areas of research include the role of Mary in devotional and popular piety, womanist theology, liberation and political theologies, ritual studies, and sacramental theology. She is the author and co-author of several peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter, and her popular writings can be found in U.S. Catholic Magazine and the National Catholic Reporter.
Research Interests
Black and womanist theologies, devotional and popular piety, ritual studies, sacramental theology, Africana philosophy of religion, critical theory
Representative Publications
“Do you hear what I hear?: Karl Barth, the Sensus Fidelium, and Theologies of Proclamation as Tools for Engaging Contemporary Social Movements. Liturgy, 39.3-4 (Fall 2024): 109-121.
[Forthcoming] “I am Black and Beautiful: Toni Morrison’s Ecological Imagination as a Return to Black Embodiment,” Green Saints for a Green Generation: Ecological Witnesses of Inspiration and Hope During Times of Ecological Crisis. Orbis Books. 2025
Dissertation
"Africana Popular Piety as Embodied Political Theology"
Director: M. Catherine Hilkert
Education
- B.A. in Psychology, Greenville University
- B.S. in Social Work, Greenville University
- M.Div., Emory University