Abigail Favale is a writer and professor in the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. Her latest book The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory was just released in June 2022 by Ignatius Press. Abigail’s essays and short stories have appeared in print and online for publications such as First Things, The Atlantic, Church Life, and Potomac Review. Abigail lives with her husband and four children in South Bend, Indiana.