Izak Santana

Credentials: BA, Hardin-Simmons University / MDiv, Harvard Divinity School / PhD, The University of Chicago Divinity School (Present)

Denomination: Baptist

Specific Field: Systematic and Philosophical Theology

Biography: Izak Santana was raised under the burning sunsets and infinite stars of West Texas. Brought up by a single mother of Native-Hispanic origins, his family overcame countless struggles in the search for stability, community, and purpose, all the while holding their hopes together in a person called “Jesus.” This led to Santana’s exploration, from a young age, of every “kind” of Christianity, and eventually human spirituality, that he could discover as he tried to reconcile what he knew of God from his own life with what the world’s people have testified about God in theirs. This drive animates his work as a theologian as he draws from theology, philosophy, history, and the broader study of religion to construct theologies that strive to honor the truth of God and the miracle of being human which, of course, cannot be separated. His dissertation project focuses on constructing a novel theory of Christian revelation in conversation with liberationist and existentialist traditions of theology.