Michael Edward Lee

Michael E Lee is Professor of Systematic Theology at Fordham University. Born of Puerto Rican parents, he was raised in Miami, FL. With varied background experience, having worked with the homeless in a Catholic Worker community in Arizona and done theological graduate work at the University of Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Lee writes in the areas of religion, culture, spirituality and politics. His expertise is in Roman Catholic thought, Latin American liberation theologies and U.S. Latino/a theologies.

In 2010, his book, Bearing the Weight of Salvation, was awarded the Book Prize of the Hispanic Theological Initiative (based at Princeton Theological Seminary).