Amanda Kaminski

Specialization

• Spirituality
• Mysticism
• Trauma Studies
• Social Entrepreneurship
•  Nonprofit Leadership
• Peace and Conflict Studies

Publication and Presentation

• Roger Haight, Al Pach, and Amanda Avila Kaminski. Mystical Consciousness and Missional Spirituality: Teresa of Avila. Past Light for Present Light: Theology, Spirituality, and Ethics. New York: Fordham University Press, forthcoming.
• “Spiritual Practices for Discerning Prophetic Action in the Context of Empire: A Trauma-Informed Reading of the (Dis)Obedience of Esther.” In Jesus and Empire: Christian Witness in the Context of Power. Edited by Marcel Măcelaru. Oxford: Oxford Press, under review.  
• David Pocta and Amanda Avila Kaminski, eds. Resurrection in an Age of Uncertainty. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2025.  
• Roger Haight, Al Pach, and Amanda Avila Kaminski. A Civic Spirituality of Sanctification: John Calvin. Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality. New York: Fordham University Press, 2024.  
• “Conversion, Apostasy, or Hybridity? The Terrible, Troubled, Transformative Experience of Paul as Exemplar for Missiology in an Age of Multiplicity,” Missiology: An International Review 50 (1): 91-104.