Delgado Yenny

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PhD Student

Psychology of religion

Institute for social sciences of religion (ISSR)

Email : yenny.delgado<at>unil.ch

Fields of interest:

Psychology and Religion
Narrative identity and ancestral memories
Multidimensionality of Religion and Spirituality Studies
Christianity in Abya Yala and Abya Yala theology 
Decolonization and Migration
Public and political theology
Women and Womanist studies


Presentation

Yenny Delgado is a Peruvian psychologist and theologian. She is a scholar of Native descent who appreciates her Native roots and considers the key components in her theological work. She founded Publica Theology and organizes Women Doing Theology in Abya Yala, where she plays a crucial role in facilitating dialogues that elevate women's voices and encourage theological reflection from womanist and feminist decolonial perspectives.

Yenny studied psychology at Federico Villarreal University in Peru and theology at Biblical Latin America University in Costa Rica. She earned a master’s in theology from Wesley Theological Seminary in the United States and a master’s in development for cooperation from Jaume I University in Spain. Currently, she is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Social Sciences of Religion, focusing on the Psychology of Religion, at the University of Lausanne. As a doctoral candidate, she is working on her dissertation entitled, "Religious and Spiritual Aspects in the Construction of Psychological Identity," under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Pierre-Yves Brandt.

She has engaged extensively in international collaborations, contributing to various publications, and has presented her work on Abya Yala theology and Psychology in Religion at numerous academic venues.

Book Chapters

  1. Motherhood in Abya Yala: A womanist approach to ancestral memory of care and resistance. (2025). In Divine Interruptions: Maternal Theologies and Experiences (1st ed., pp. 64–78). Paulist Press.

  2. Christianity in Abya Yala: Motherland, Sustainability, and Ecocide. (2024). In World Christianity and Ecological Theologies (1st ed., pp. 297–310). Fortress Press.

  3. We are one in Christ: Reading Galatians 3:28 from the native understanding in Abya Yala. (2023). In Resonanzen: Festschrift für Gerd Theissen (1st ed., pp. 137–145). Penguin Random House.

  4. Reclaiming our Prophetic Voice to Call for Justice. (2020). In Jubilee: God's Answer to Poverty? (1st ed., pp. 135–146). Oxford, England: Regnum Books.

Journal Publications

  1. Abya Yala Theology: Decolonizing the Christian Message from a Native Perspective. Ecumenical Trends. Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute. Vol 52 N2 March/April 2023. New York, United States.

  2. Women Doing Theology Globally: From a Womanist and Decolonial Perspective. New Life Theological Journal. June/August 2024. Kerala, India.

Speaking Engagements

  1. Paper: "The Pedagogy of Liberation: Ancestral Memories and Spiritual Practices as Pathway of Embrace Liberation in Abya Yala." Discernment Radical Engagement. January 26-29, 2025. Harare, Zimbabwe.

  2. Paper: "Decolonizing borders in Abya Yala: Territories, Bodies, Languages, and Spiritual Practices for a Womanist Perspective." American Academy of Religion. November 23-26, 2024, San Diego, California. United States.

  3. Paper: "Embracing Native Spiritual Practices on the Path to a Decolonial and Inclusive Christian Church in Abya Yala." Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network. June 26-28, 2024. Chicago Theological Seminary. Illinois, United States.

  4. Paper: "Embodying Native Spiritual Practices and Christian Faith among Spanish Speakers with Native Ancestry in the United States". Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Princeton Theological Seminary. April 26-28, 2024. New Jersey, USA.

  5. Paper: "From "Hope to Political Theology, Good Living, Decoloniality and Plurinational Abya Yala." International Land Coalition. December 8-11, 2023. Mazatenango, Guatemala.

  6. Paper: "Ecojustice in Abya Yala: Historical and Theological Decolonial Approach" Council for the World Mission Conference, 13-16 September 2023. Bangkok, Thailand.

  7. Paper: "Women Doing Theology in Abya Yala." Ecumenical experiences at the service of the Kingdom. Catholic University of Temuco. May 26, 2023. Temuco, Chile.

  8. Paper: "The Implications of Christianity in Abya Yala." Conference Juan A. Mackay. Latin American Biblical University. April 8-21, 2023. San Jose, Costa Rica.

  9. Paper: "Decolonized Theology and Implications on Motherland, Borders, and Citizenship". Global Network for Public Theology 6th Global Consultation. Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná. October 3-6, 2022. Paraná, Brazil.

  10. Paper: "Women of Abya Yala, Ancestral Memory and Public Faith." Intensive Seminary Teologanda. October 1, 2022. Cordoba, Argentina.

Journal Guest Editor

  1. MDPI Religions Journal. Special Issue: Revisioning Latin American Christian Theology. February 2022. ISSN 2077-1444.

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