Susan Abraham

Susan Abraham serves as Professor of Theology and Postcolonial Cultures and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty at the Pacific School of Religion, a constituent school of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). She has been affiliated with the GTU consortium since 2017, leveraging practical theological insights from her prior youth ministry work in Mumbai's Diocese alongside postcolonial and feminist theoretical frameworks.

Her academic credentials include a Doctor of Theology from Harvard University (2003), Master of Theology from Catholic Theological Union, and MA/BA from the University of Mumbai:

• Doctor of Theology, Harvard University, 2003
• Master of Theology, Catholic Theological Union
• MA, University of Mumbai
• BA, University of Mumbai

Research spans decolonial theological praxis with emphases on:

• Postcolonial religious practices and identity formation
• Intersections of feminism, Catholicism, and global religious cultures
• Nation-state violence, religious nationalism, and peacebuilding
• Decolonizing theological education structures
• Christianity's colonial/postcolonial entanglements

Her publications reveal consistent engagement with Rahnerian ethics, political theology, and hermeneutics, particularly examining gender justice and religious identity in postcolonial contexts through both monographs and cross-disciplinary collaborations.

As Dean of Faculty, she directs academic strategy while advancing interreligious dialogue initiatives and mentoring emerging scholars in postcolonial theological education.