Flora A. Keshgegian

Flora A. Keshgegian writes about Christianity and culture; contemporary issues in theology; religion, violence and suffering; and women and religion. She has a Ph.D. in theology and has taught at Brown University, University of Massachusetts Boston, Stonehill College, Boston College and the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.

Flora Keshgegian’s two books, Time for Hope: Practices for Living in Today’s World and Redeeming Memories: A Theology of Healing and Transformation, focus on re-imagining Christian ideas about suffering and memory, justice and hope. Her writing draws on her experiences growing up in an immigrant home and as a child of survivors of the Armenian genocide. She is particularly interested in what it means to live with a legacy of trauma and to remember a past that is peppered with suffering. She also explores the dynamics of cultural and gender difference and the workings of power.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Flora Keshgegian attended public schools and the University of Pennsylvania where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Thought. In addition, she has a Master of Divinity Degree from the Philadelphia Divinity School and a Ph.D. from the joint doctoral program of Boston College and Andover Newton Theological School. She has had a long working relationship with Brown University where she served as Associate Chaplain from 1984-1998. Currently, she is Faculty Ombudsperson there. She resides in Rhode Island and is ordained in the Episcopal Church.