Dr. Saracino is the author of four books. Her most recent book is Christian Anthropology: An Introduction to the Human Person (Mahwah: NJ; Paulist Press, 2015). This latest book is a textbook for undergraduate and seminary students and deals with the important and sacred relationship between human and non-human animals. Clothing: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2012) examines the spiritual and emotional anxiety we negotiate through our adornment practices, and has recently been published in a Chinese edition. In her book Being about Borders: A Christian Anthropology of Difference (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2011), she focuses on the theological implications of the borders of self, religion, and place. She is also the author of the book, On Being Human: A Conversation with Lonergan and Levinas (Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press, 2003).
She has recently coedited Enfleshing Theology (Lexington Books: Lanham, MD, 2018) with Robert Rivera. This volume is a collection of essays on the distinguished Catholic theologian, M. Shawn Copeland.
In addition, Professor Saracino has published various academic essays. A few recent ones include: “Antennae In: Manifesting a Christian Anthropology of Self-Compassion,” The Journal of Interreligious Studies 39 (May 2023): 68-81; “Intimate Wilderness: A Spirituality of Empathy,” Spiritus 21 (2021): 173-192; and “Into the Blue: Swimming as a Metaphor for Revelation,” in The Enigma of Divine Revelation: Between Phenomenology and Comparative Theology, eds. Jean-Luc Marion and Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer (New York: Springer Press, 2020), 177-195.
She also publishes on issues related to theology and difference, specifically gender. Two essays on that topic include: “Moving Beyond the ‘One True Story,” in Shoulder to Shoulder: Frontiers in Constructive Catholic Feminist Theology, eds. Susan Abraham and Elena Procario-Foley (Fortress Press, 2009), and “Feeling through the Limits of Conversation,” in Prophetic Witness: Catholic Women’s Strategies for the Church, ed. Colleen Griffith (Crossroad, 2009).