Abigail Favale, Ph.D.

Website:  
abigailfavale.wixsite.com/home 

Topics:

• Conversion Story: From Postmodern Feminist to Roman Catholic
• What is Sex For? (Catholic Theology of Sexuality)
• Feminism from a Catholic perspective
• Gender from a Catholic perspective
• Catholic womanhood

Available to speak in the following areas of the Archdiocese: 
Portland metro 
Mid-Valley 
South Coast 
Southern Oregon 
North Coast 

Bio: 
Abigail Rine Favale, Ph.D., is a writer, professor, and speaker. She currently directs 
and teaches in the William Penn Honors Program, a Great Books curriculum at 
George Fox University. Abigail's essays and short stories have appeared in print and 
online for publications such as First Things, The Atlantic, and Church Life. She was 
awarded their J.F. Powers Prize for short fiction in 2017. Abigail's conversion memoir, 
Into the Deep: An Unlikely Catholic Conversion (Cascade 2018) traces her journey 
from postmodern feminism to Roman Catholicism. Abigail is available to speak on a 
range of topics, but her primary focus is articulating the beauty and wisdom of 
Catholic teaching on sexuality, gender, and the body.