Graduate Program Theology 1 Welcome to Graduate Theology

graduate program Theology 1 welcome to graduate theology

oston College offers exceptional resources for Catholic and ecumenical study of all program Bfields of theology. The Department of Theology provides students with the knowledge overview and skills necessary for reasoned reflection on their own values, faith and tradition, as well as on Ph.D. Program the religious forces that shape our world. Boston The goal of the doctoral program in theology is the College offers unusual resources for Catholic and formation of theologians who excel intellectually in ecumenical study in all areas of theology. Not the church, the academy and society. It is confessional only is the Department of Theology considered in nature and envisions theology as “faith seeking one of the foremost such departments in the understanding.” Accordingly, the program aims at country, but the city of Boston is also one of the nourishing a community of faith, scholarly conversation, richest environments in the world for the study and research and teaching centered in the study of of theology. Christian life and thought, past and present, in ways that contribute to this goal. It recognizes that creative The Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium theological discussion and specialized research (BTI), a consortium of theology faculties primarily require serious and in-depth appropriation of the great in the Boston-Newton-Cambridge area, has as philosophical and theological traditions of the past, as its constituent members the following institutions: well as ecumenical, interdisciplinary, inter-religious and cross-cultural cooperation. Boston College Department of Theology, Boston

College School of Theology and Ministry, Boston LEARNING OUTCOMES University School of Theology, Gordon-Conwell  Students are expected to acquire a rigorous mastery of Theological Seminary, Hartford Seminary, the Judeo-Christian tradition, enabling them to critically Harvard Divinity School, Hebrew College, Holy probe the foundations of various theological positions. Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and  Students are expected to command the tools and St. John’s Seminary and Theological Institute. techniques of research particular to their field and to This consortium offers complete cross-registration organize and integrate their knowledge in such a way as in several hundred courses, the use of library to make an original contribution to the academic study facilities in the nine schools, joint seminars of theology. and programs and faculty exchange programs  Students are expected to engage in ecumenical, inter- (bostontheological.org). religious, interdisciplinary and cross-cultural academic conversation as appropriate to their discipline.

 Students are expected to acquire the skills and contents competencies necessary to present papers at appropriate academic conferences and to publish the results of their Faculty 3 research in respected peer-reviewed journals. Courses 9  Students are expected to acquire the skills and Outcomes 10 competencies necessary to succeed not only as active Academic Resources 11 scholars, but also as effective teachers. Student Life & Campus Resources 12 Admission & Financial Information 14 welcome to graduate theology

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION as well as offerings in applied ethics. The exploration Students in the doctoral program focus their studies of contemporary ethics is set in a critical, historical in one of five major areas: Historical Theology/History perspective and encourages attention to the global, of Christianity, Systematic Theology, Biblical Studies, multicultural and public character of the Christian Theological Ethics or Comparative Theology. community.

The Historical Theology/History of Christianity (HT/HC) Comparative Theology involves faith seeking area studies past theological reflection on the faith understanding in constructive dialogue with another and practice of the church. The HT/HC area strives religious tradition. Students are expected to acquire to appreciate these theological expressions both within significant expertise in a religion other than their own, as their immediate historical contexts (social, cultural, well as a solid grounding in a particular area of theology institutional) and within the broader trajectories (ethics, biblical studies, historical theology or systematic of theological development in the Christian tradition. theology). Equipped with the methodological tools of the comparative study of religion, as well as a critical self- Systematic Theology is the contemporary intellectual awareness of theology of religions, students will reflect reflection on the content of divine revelation as an on a particular theological question or problem in their interrelated whole. The program fosters the capacity to own religious tradition through constructive engagement treat theological material systematically, constructively with analogous ideas or practices in the other tradition. and contextually, according to methods that attend to This will prepare them to teach courses in Christian the coherence and interconnectedness of the elements theology and in their non-Christian religious tradition, of the Christian tradition, take responsibility for the as well as in interreligious dialogue and comparative tradition’s ongoing development and address diverse theology, more generally. cultural situations. Special attention is given to the historical development of Christian thought and doctrine, its intellectual cogency, its role and significance within M.A. Joint Program in Philosophy different cultural contexts, its contemporary expressions and Theology from different theological perspectives and newly Drawing on the resources of major departments and emergent questions. distinguished authorities in each field, and situated at The Biblical Studies area focuses on the canonical books of the heart of a prominent Jesuit, Catholic university, this the Bible, both within their historical and cultural worlds program is structured around distinct concentrations and in relation to their reception within the Christian that address major areas of common concern to the and Jewish traditions. All students acquire a thorough two fields, and explores their historical, systematic and competency in both the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and disciplinary relations. Students develop a program of the New Testament, including competency in Hebrew, study in discussion with an academic advisor and take Aramaic and Greek. Students may learn other ancient courses in the standard graduate programs offered by the languages and literatures as their research requires. Philosophy and Theology departments. Concentrations The comprehensive exams cover the whole Bible, with include: Faith, Science and Philosophy; Foundations emphasis on either the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible or in Philosophy and Theology; Medieval Philosophy and the New Testament, and include a specialized exam in an Theology; and Philosophy and Religions. area of study pertinent to the student’s dissertation. This program is designed to address the various interests Theological Ethics includes the ecumenical study of major of students who wish to augment graduate study of Christian ethicists and attends to the biblical foundations, philosophy with greater exposure to theology or graduate philosophical contributions, socio-political contexts study of theology with greater exposure to philosophy; and theological interpretations of ethics. The program plan to teach or are currently teaching in private encompasses the historical development of traditions secondary schools; or simply feel in need of intellectual in Christian ethics, including the natural law and virtue enrichment. ethics. It also includes a strong social ethics component

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amey victoria adkins jones boyd taylor coolman Assistant Professor Professor Ph.D., Duke University Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS Mariology; theological anthropology; iconography and visual Medieval Catholicism; Victorine and early Franciscan traditions; theory; womanist theology and Black feminist though; human emergence of scholastic theology; medieval mystical theologies trafficking; prison industrial complex RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS:  “Trinity in the Summa Halensis.” In Early Franciscan Theology:  “Black/Feminist Futures: Reading Beauvoir in Black Skin, White Doctrines and Debates, ed. L. Schumacher (Brill, 2020). Masks.” South Atlantic Quarterly 112(4) (2013): 697-723.  “Beauty in Hugh of St. Victor: The First Christian Theological  “From Crib to Cage: The Theological Calculus of Solitary Aesthetics?” In Beauty and the Good: Past Interpretations and Confinement.”The Muslim World 103(2) (2013): 209-22. Their Contemporary Relevance, ed. A. Ramos (Catholic University of America Press, 2020). lisa sowle cahill  “Spiritual Itineraries.” In The Oxford Handbook for Mystical Theology, eds. E. Howells and M. McIntosh (Oxford University J. Donald Monan Professor Press, 2020). Ph.D., University of Chicago  “A cord of three strands is not easily broken: The Transcendental Brocade of Unity, Truth and Goodness in the Early Franciscan RESEARCH INTERESTS Intellectual Tradition.” Nova et Vetera (English Edition) 16(2) History of Christian ethics; Christology and ethics; Catholic social (2018): 555-80. teaching and globalization; gender equality; bioethics; war and  Knowledge, Love and Ecstasy in Thomas Gallus (Oxford peacebuilding University Press, 2017). RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “On the Subject Matter of Theology in the Summa Halensis  Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Pacifism, Just War, and Peacebuilding and St. Thomas Aquinas.” The Thomist 79 (2015): 439-66. (Georgetown University Press, 2019).  Theology and Praxis of Gender Equality (Dharmaram Press, 2018).  “Catholic Social Teaching as Political Theology.” In Cambridge catherine cornille Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture Companion to Political Theology, eds. E. Phillips and C. Hovey (Cambridge University Press, 2016). Ph.D., Catholic University of Leuven  “Renegotiating Aquinas: Catholic Feminist Ethics, RESEARCH INTERESTS Postmodernism, Realism, and Faith.” Journal of Religious Ethics 43 Comparative theology; theology of religions; interreligious (2015): 193-217. dialogue; religious hybridity; concrete questions in the Hindu-  Global Justice, Christology, and Christian Ethics (Cambridge Christian and Buddhist-Christian dialogues University Press, 2013). RECENT PUBLICATIONS jeffrey l. cooley  “Abhishiktananda.” In Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations, eds. C. Bauman and M.V. Roberts (Routledge, 2020). Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director  “Globalization and the Challenges of Hybrid Religious Ph.D., Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion Identities.” In Religiöse Identitäten in einer Globalisierten Welt, eds. M. Heimback-Steins and J. Köneman (Aschendorff Verlag, RESEARCH INTERESTS 2019). Hebrew Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context; the intersection  Meaning and Method in Comparative Theology (Wiley, 2019). of ancient scholarship and literature; intellectual history of ancient  “Beauty and Truth in Christian Theology of Religions.” In Israel and Mesopotamia; divination in the ancient Near East Finding Beauty in the Other, eds. P. Casarella and M. Sirry RECENT PUBLICATIONS (Crossroads, 2019).  Poetic Astronomy in the Ancient Near East: The Reflexes of Celestial  “The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology.” In How Science in Ancient Mesopotamian, Ugaritic, and Israelite Narrative to do Comparative Theology, eds. F. Clooney and K. von Stosch (History, Archaeology, and Culture of the Levant, 5) (Eisenbrauns, (Fordham University Press, 2018). 2013).  “Soteriological Agnosticism and the Future of Theology of  “Judean Onomastic Hermeneutics in Context.” Harvard Interreligious Dialogue.” In The Past, Present and Future of Theological Review 112 (2019): 184-208. Theologies of Interreligious Dialogue, eds. T. Merrigan and J.  “Judean Scribalism, Documentary Epistemology, and the Name Friday (Oxford University Press, 2017). In“The Scaffolding of Our Thoughts”: Essays on Assyriology  Ed., The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Inter-religious Dialogue ”.לארׂשי and the History of Science in Honor of Francesca Rochberg (Ancient (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013). Magic and Divination, 13), eds. C.J. Crisostomo, E.A. Escobar, T.  Ed., Women and Interreligious Dialogue (Wipf and Stock, 2013). Tanaka and N. Veldhuis (Brill, 2018).

3 john a. darr yonder gillihan Associate Professor Associate Professor Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Ph.D., University of Chicago

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS New Testament, specifically, the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of Dead Sea Scrolls; Matthew and Paul; apocalypticism; Christian the Apostles; literary criticism and theory; biblical characters and origins within the context of Jewish sectarianism in the late characterization; synoptic relations; eco-theology; biblical ethics Second Temple period RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “Reading Luke-Acts as Scriptural History and Philosophical  “Civic Ideology, Organization, and Law in the Rule Scrolls: A Biography: A Pragmatic Approach to Lukan Intertextuality and Comparative Study of the Covenanters’ Sect and Contemporary Genre.” In The Gospels and Ancient Literary Criticism: Continuing Voluntary Associations in Political Context.” In Studies on the the Debate on Gospel Genre(s), eds. R. M. Calhoun et al. (Mohr Texts of the Desert of Judah, ed. F.G. Martínez (Brill, 2012). Who Wasn’t There: Fictional Aliens in the Damascus רג Siebeck, 2020).  “The  “Murmuring Sophists: Extratextual Elements in Luke’s Rule.” Revue de Qumran 98 (2011): 257-305. Portrayal of Pharisees.” In Anatomies of the Gospels and Beyond:  “Associations.” In Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism, eds. J. Essays in Honor of R. Alan Culpepper, eds. M.C. Parsons et al. Collins and D. Harlow (Eerdmans, 2010). in the Qumran חושל/חשל Brill, 2018).  “Posture or Gesture? A Note on)  “Levi’s Banquet (Luke 5:29-39) and Lukan Discipleship: Group Penal Codes.” Revue de Qumran 94 (2009): 291-96. Characters and Christian Identity Formation.” In Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts, eds. F.E. Dicken and J.A. Snyder kristin heyer (T&T Clark, 2016). Professor, Graduate Program Director  “Narrative Therapy: Treating Audience Anxiety through Psychagogy in Luke.” Perspectives in Religious Studies 39(4) (2012): Ph.D., Boston College 335-48. RESEARCH INTERESTS  “‘Be Not Anxious’: Reading Martha and Mary (Lk. 10.38- Catholic social thought; migration ethics; conscience and moral 42) Within Luke’s Overall Discourse on Anxiety.” In Reading agency Ideologies: Essays on the Bible and Interpretation in Honor of Mary Ann Tolbert (Bible in the Modern World, 40), ed. T. Liew RECENT PUBLICATIONS (Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2011).  Co-ed., Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers From Ctewc 2018 (Orbis Books, 2019).  Co-ed., Public Theology and the Global Common Good: The richard r. gaillardetz Contribution of David Hollenbach, SJ (Orbis Books 2016). Department Chairperson, Joseph Professor of Theology  Co-ed., Conscience and Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities and Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Institutional Responses (Orbis Books, 2015).  Kinship Across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration (Moral RESEARCH INTERESTS Traditions series) (Georgetown University Press, 2012). Ecclesiology; Vatican II; authority and ministry; ecumenism  Co-ed., Catholics and Politics: The Dynamic Tension Between Faith RECENT PUBLICATIONS and Power (Georgetown University Press, 2008).  Ed., Cambridge Companion to Vatican II (Cambridge University  Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism Press, 2020). (Moral Traditions series) (Georgetown University Press, 2006).  By What Authority: Foundations for Understanding Authority in the Church (revised and expanded edition, Liturgical Press, 2018). kenneth r. himes, o.f.m.  Co-ed., Go Into the Streets! The Welcoming Church of Pope Francis Professor (Paulist Press, 2016).  An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis and the Renewal Ph.D., Duke University of Catholicism (Liturgical Press, 2015). RESEARCH INTERESTS Catholic social teaching and political economy; ethical issues in war and peacebuilding; fundamental moral theology; Christianity in American public life RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Inequality, and American Society.” Journal of Religious Ethics 47(2) (2019): 283-310.  “Catholic Social Teaching in a Church That Is Both Local and Universal.” In The Catholic Ethicist in the Local Church, eds. A. Autiero and L. Magesa (Orbis Books, 2018).

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 “Humanitarian Intervention and Catholic Political Thought: david g. hunter Moral and Legal Perspectives.” Journal of Catholic Social Thought Margaret O’Brien Flatley Chair of Catholic Theology 15(1) (2018): 139-69. Ph.D., University of Notre Dame  Co-ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations (2nd rev. ed.,Georgetown University Press, 2017). RESEARCH INTERESTS  Drones and the Ethics of Targeted Killing (Rowman and Patristics; history of Christian ethics; history of biblical Littlefield, 2016). interpretation; marriage, divorce and celibacy in ancient Christianity; Augustine and his contemporaries michael himes RECENT PUBLICATIONS Professor  “Wedding Rituals and Episcopal Power: ‘Consecrating’ Ph.D., University of Chicago Marriage.” In The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual, eds. R. Uro, J. Day, R.E. DeMaris and R. Roitto (Oxford RECENT PUBLICATIONS University Press, 2019).  Ongoing Incarnation: Johann Adam Möhler and the Beginnings  “Clerical Marriage and the magnum sacramentum in the of Modern Ecclesiology (Crossroad, 1997). Early Middle Ages.” In Sacramentum magnum: The Sacrament  Co-ed., The Legacy of the Tübingen School: The Relevance of Marriage in the Middle Ages—Le sacrement du mariage au of Nineteenth-Century Theology for the Twenty-First Century moyen âge—Das Ehesakrament im Mittelalter, ed. P. Blažek (Crossroad, 1997). (Aschendorff-Verlag, 2018).  Johann Sebastian Drey: A Brief Introduction to the Study of  “Did the Early Church Absolutely Forbid Remarriage After Theology (translation and introduction) (University of Notre Divorce?” Vergentis: Revista de Investigación de la Cátedra Dame Press, 1994). Internacional conjunta Inocentio III 6 (2018): 45-64.  “Ambrosiaster.” In Law and Christianity in the West: mary ann hinsdale, i.h.m. The First Millennium, ed. P.L. Reynolds (Cambridge University Associate Professor Press, 2019).  “Single Marriage and Priestly Identity: A Symbol and Ph.D., University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto its Functions in Ancient Christianity.” In The Symbolism RESEARCH INTERESTS of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages: Theological anthropology; ecclesiology; theology of Edward Images, Impact, Cognition, ed. L.C. Engh (Amsterdam Schillebeeckx; ecological theology; feminist theologies; use of University Press, 2019). participatory action research in theological reflection; Mary  “Ambrosiaster and Damasus: A Presbyter’s Perspective on Magdalene as a resource for women’s ecclesial leadership Clerical Misconduct.” Sacris erudiri: Journal of Late Antique and Medieval Christianity 58 (2019): 255-66. RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “Between Discipline and Doctrine: Augustine’s Response to  “Mutual Responsibility for the Gospel: Schillebeeckx’s Later Clerical Misconduct.” Augustinian Studies 51 (2020): 3-22. Theology of Ministry and Its Implications for Today.” In T & T Clark Handbook of Edward Schillebeeckx, eds. S. Van Erp and D. Minch (T&T Clark, 2020). cathleen kaveny  “Enacted Discipleship as Christian Anthropology.” In Darald and Juliet Libby Professor Enfleshing Theology: Embodiment, Discipleship, and Politics in the J.D., Ph.D., Yale University Work of M. Shawn Copeland, eds. R.J. Rivera and M. Saraceno (Lexington Books, 2018). RESEARCH INTERESTS  “Vatican II and Feminism: Recovered Memories and Refreshed Relationship of law, religion and ethics; public theology, mercy Hopes.” Toronto Journal of Theology 32(2) (2016): 251-72. and justice; complicity; religion and rhetoric  “A Feminist Reflection on Postconciliar Catholic Ecclesiology.” RECENT PUBLICATIONS In A Church With Open Doors: Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third  Ethics at the Edges of Law: Christian Moralists and American Millennium, eds. R.Gaillardetz and E. Hahnenberg (Liturgical Legal Thought (Oxford University Press, 2018). Press, 2015).  Prophecy Without Contempt: Religious Rhetoric in the Public  “St. Mary of Magdala: Ecclesiological Provocations.” CTSA Square (Harvard University Press, 2016). Proceedings (2011): 67-90.  A Culture of Engagement: Law, Religion, and Morality (Moral  Women Shaping Theology (Paulist Press, 2006). Traditions series) (Georgetown University Press, 2016).  “Infinite Openness to the Infinite: Karl Rahner’s Contribution  Law’s Virtues: Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American to Modern Catholic Thought on the Child.” In The Child in Society (Moral Traditions series) (Georgetown University Christian Thought, ed. M. Bunge (Eerdmans, 2001). Press, 2012).  Co-author, ‘It Comes from the People’: Community Development and Local Theology (Temple University, 1995).

5 james f. keenan, s.j. michael c. magree, s.j. Canisius Professor; Director of Jesuit Institute Assistant Professor Ph.D., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS Virtue ethics; Thomas Aquinas; history of theological ethics; Early Christian scriptural exegesis; theological interpretation of public health ethics scripture; history of Christological and Trinitarian Doctrine; 11th- th RECENT PUBLICATIONS and 12 -century western monastic theology; Byzantine theology  Co-ed., Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of of the Hesychast controversy; theologies of grace and asceticism; Sarajevo 2018 (Orbis Books, 2019). eschatology  Co-ed., Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics (Orbis RECENT PUBLICATIONS Books, 2019).  “Messianic Age: Patristic and Orthodox Theology” and  “The World at Risk: Vulnerability, Precarity and Messianism: Patristic and Orthodox Theology.” In Encyclopedia of Connectedness.” Theological Studies 81(1) (2020): 132-49. the Bible and Its Reception (De Gruyter, forthcoming).  University Ethics: Why Colleges Need A Culture of Ethics (Rowman  “‘A Higher Consideration’: Eadmer Beyond Anselm on the & Littlefield, 2015). Immaculate Conception.” In Eadmer Beyond Anselm, eds. S.N. Vaughn and C.C. Rozier (Brill, 2019). ruth langer Professor john j. makransky Ph.D., Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison RESEARCH INTERESTS Jewish liturgy and Christian-Jewish relations RESEARCH INTERESTS RECENT PUBLICATIONS Researching connections between insight, compassion and  Jewish Liturgy: A Guide to Research (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). devotion in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism; exploring what  Cursing the Christians?: A History of the Birkat HaMinim Buddhist and Christian theologians can learn from each other; (Oxford University Press, 2011). adapting Buddhist forms of contemplative practice into accessible  Liturgy in the Life of the Synagogue (Eisenbrauns, 2005). forms to help address current needs and support inter-religious  To Worship God Properly: Tensions Between Liturgical Custom and learning Halakhah in Judaism (Hebrew Union College Press, 1998). RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “Co-author. “Recovering the Relational Starting Point fred lawrence of Compassion Training: A Foundation for Sustainable Professor and Inclusive Care.” Perspectives on Psychological Science (forthcoming). Ph.D., University of Basel  “Contemplative Practice, Social Analysis and Compassionate RESEARCH INTERESTS Action: Toward Integrating Aspects of Buddhist and Christian Topics surrounding political theology; how Christian and other Epistemology.” In Meditation in Buddhist-Christian Encounter: A religions can mediate a normative order of values, without which Critical Analysis, eds. E. Harris and J. O’Grady (EOS Editions of a society cannot flourish and may not even survive Sankt Ottilien, 2019).  “A Buddhist Critique of, and Learning from, Christian RECENT PUBLICATIONS Liberation Theology.” Theological Studies 75(3) (2014): 635-57.  The Fragility of Consciousness: Faith, Reason, and the Human Good  “Compassion in Buddhist Psychology.” In Wisdom and (University of Toronto Press, 2017). Compassion in Psychotherapy, eds. C. Germer and R. Siegel  “A Jewish and a Christian Approach to the Problematic of (Guilford Press, 2012). Jerusalem and Athens: Leo Strauss and Bernard Lonergan.”  Awakening Through Love (Wisdom Publications, 2007). Divyadaan: Journal of Philosophy and Education 26(1-2) (2015): 217-318.  “Lonergan’s Search for a Hermeneutics of Authenticity: Re-originating Augustine’s Hermeneutics of Love.” In Lonergan’s Anthropology Revisited, eds. G. Whelan and A. Gregoriana (Gregorian and Biblical Press, 2015).  “Lonergan’s Hermeneutics.” In The Routledge Companion to Hermeneutics, ed. J. Malpas (Routledge, 2014).

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mark massa, s.j. RECENT PUBLICATIONS  Professor 1 Corinthians (Baker Academic, 2012).  Reading the New Testament (3rd ed., Paulist Press, 2012). Th.D., Harvard University  Introduction to the Synoptic Gospels (Eerdmans, 2007).  RESEARCH INTERESTS Peter: Apostle for the Whole Church (Fortress Press, 1994, 2000).  rd th th 19th- and 20th-century Catholic thought and practice; the tradition Associate ed., The New Oxford Annotated Bible (3 4 and 5 eds., of anti-Catholicism in North American public culture; the effects of Oxford University Press, 2001, 2010, 2018)  Vatican II on American Catholic practice and belief; the history of The New Interpreter’s Bible: Ephesians (Abingdon Press, 2000). Catholic theological battles in moral theology after Humanae Vitae RECENT PUBLICATIONS: stephen j. pope  The Structure of Theological Revolutions: How Debates Over Birth Professor Control Changed American Catholic Theology (Oxford University Ph.D., University of Chicago Press, 2018). RESEARCH INTERESTS  The American Catholic Revolution: How the Sixties Changed the Love and justice, reconciliation and restorative justice, virtue ethics, Church Forever (Oxford University Press, 2010). Catholic social teaching, the relevance of science to theological  American Catholic History: A Documentary Reader (New York ethics University Press, 2008).  Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice? (Crossroad Press, RECENT PUBLICATIONS 2003).  A Step Along the Way: Models of Christian Service (Orbis Books,  Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and 2015). the Notre Dame Football Team. (Crossroad Press, 1999). [Winner of  Ed., Solidarity and Hope: Jon Sobrino’s Challenge to the Christian the ACJU/Alpha Sigma Nu Award for Outstanding Work in Theol- Theology (Orbis Books, 2008). ogy for 1999-2001].  Human Evolution and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University  Co-ed., Foundations of Theological Study (Paulist Press, 1996). Press, 2007).  Charles Augustus Briggs and the Crisis of Theological Criticism (Fortress Press, 1990). andrew prevot Associate Professor james w. morris Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Professor RESEARCH INTERESTS Ph.D., Harvard University Prayer and spirituality; phenomenology and theology; political and RESEARCH INTERESTS liberation theology; questions of identity; the doctrine of God Islamic philosophy and theology; Sufism; Islamic humanities RECENT PUBLICATIONS (especially poetry and music); the Qur’an; Shiite thought;  Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality Amid the Crises of pilgrimage and popular devotional life Modernity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015). RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “L’excès cruciforme. Stanislas Breton et la théologie mystique  Openings: From the Qur’an to the Islamic Humanities (World chrétienne.” Transversalités: Revue de l’Institut Catholique de Paris 135 Wisdom, forthcoming). (2015): 25-42.  Approaching Ibn ‘Arabi: Foundations, Contexts, Interpretations  “The Gift of Prayer: Toward a Theological Reading of Jean-Luc (Anqa, forthcoming). Marion.” Horizons 41(2) (2014): 250-74.  Ostad Elahi: Knowing the Spirit (SUNY Press, 2007).  “Hearing the Cries of Crucified Peoples: The Prayerful Witness of  The Reflective Heart: Discovering Spiritual Intelligence in Ibn Ignacio Ellacuría and James Cone.” In Witnessing: Prophecy, Politics, ‘Arabi’s ‘Meccan Illuminations’ (Fons Vitae, 2005). and Wisdom, eds. M.C. Bingemer and P. Casarella (Orbis Books, 2014). pheme perkins  “Ignacio Ellacuría and Enrique Dussel: On the Contributions of Phenomenology to Liberation Theology.” In A Grammar of Justice: Joseph Professor of Catholic Spirituality The Legacy of Ignacio Ellacuría, eds. J.M. Ashley and K. Burke (Orbis Ph.D., Harvard University Books, 2014). RESEARCH INTERESTS Greco-Roman cultural setting of early Christianity, particularly Hellenistic philosophy and Christian theology in the 2nd and 3rd centuries (Gnosticism, Nag Hammadi, Irenaeus); Pauline epistles; Johannine writings; Resurrection and early Christian eschatology

7 brian d. robinette margaret a. schatkin Associate Professor Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Notre Dame Ph.D., Fordham University; Th.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS Phenomenology; hermeneutics; mimetic theory; mystical theology; St. John Chrysostom; Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, new contemplative studies; theology of creation; doctrine of God American translation; Pseudo-Chrysostom; the Cross as the Cosmic Tree RECENT PUBLICATIONS  “Theology After the Death of God.” In The T&T Clark RECENT PUBLICATIONS Companion to Political Theology, ed. R.R. Rodríguez (Bloomsbury/  “New Perspectives on the Christology of St. John Chrysostom.” In T&T Clark, 2020). Pascha Nostrum Christus: Essays in Honor of Raniero Cantalamessa,  “Undergoing Something from Nothing: The Doctrine of eds. P.F. Beatrice and B. Pouderon (Beauchesne, 2016). Creation as Contemplative Insight.” In The Practice of the Presence  Review of: “Mark Ellingsen, The Richness of Augustine: His of God: Theology as Way of Life, ed. M. Laird and S. Treflé Hidden. Contextual and Pastoral Theology.” Justitia: International Journal of (Routledge, 2017). Faith and Dialogue 1(1) (2016).  “Contemplative Practice and the Therapy of Mimetic Desire.” Contagion: Journal of Violence, Mimesis, and Culture 24 (2017): david vanderhooft 73-100. Associate Professor  “The Difference Nothing Makes: Creatio Ex Nihilo, the Resurrection, and Divine Gratuity.” Theological Studies 72 (2011): Ph.D., Harvard University 525-57. RESEARCH INTERESTS  “Heraclitean Nature and the Comfort of the Resurrection: Hebrew Scriptures, especially the Former and Latter Prophets; Theology in an Open Space.” Logos 14(4) (2011): 13-38. historical, cultural, theological and comparative analyses of ancient  Grammars of Resurrection: A Christian Theology of Presence and Israel’s literature; the relationship between Israel and the ancient Absence (Herder & Herder/Crossroad, 2009). empires of Assyria and Babylonia RECENT PUBLICATIONS Chaldeans’ in Judean Prophecy and‘ םידשכ dieter t. roth  “Depictions of Assistant Professor Historiography.” In “Now It Happened in Those Days”: Studies in Ph.D., University of Edinburg Biblical, Assyrian and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Habil. theol., Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday, eds. S. Aḥituv, A. Baruchi-Unna, I. Eph‘al, T. Forti and J.H. Tigay (Eisenbrauns, 2017). RESEARCH INTERESTS  “The Final Phase of the Common ‘Proto-Semitic’ Alphabet in The Gospels in the second century; Marcion’s Gospel; textual the Southern Levant: A Rejoinder to Sass and Finkelstein.” In Ccriticism of the New Testament, the Synoptic Gospels: Q and the Rethinking Israel: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Ancient Synoptic problem Israel in Honor of Israel Finkelstein, eds. O. Lipschits, Y, Gadot and M. RECENT PUBLICATIONS Adams (Eisenbrauns, 2017).  ”Raising the Bar: An Overlooked Element for Identifying  “The Name of the Prophet ḥăbaqqûq.” In Cultural Contact and a Staurogram within Nomina Sacra.” Novum Testamentum Appropriation in the Axial-Age Mediterranean World, A Periplos, eds. (forthcoming). B. Halpern and K. Sacks, (Culture and History of the Ancient Near  “Prophets, Priests, and Kings: Old Testament Figures in East, 86 )(Brill, 2017). Marcion’s Gospel and Luke.” In Connecting Gospels: Beyond the  “Babylonia and the Babylonians.” In The World Around the Old Canonical/Non-Canonical Divide, eds. F. Watson and S.J. Parkhouse Testament, eds. B. Arnold and B. Strawn (Baker Academic, 2016). (Oxford University Press, 2018).  “Ezekiel in and on Babylon.” Transeuphratène 46 (2014): 99-119.  “Die Parabeln in der Logienquelle: ‘Alte’ Probleme und ‘Neue’  “Wadi el-Ḥôl Inscription 2 and The Early Alphabetic Graph *ǵ, Ansätze.” In Built on Rock or Sand? Q Studies: Retrospects, Introspects *ǵull-, ‘yoke’.” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 2 (2) (2013): 125-35. and Prospects (Biblical Tools and Studies, 34), eds. C. Heil, G. Harb and D. Smith (Peeters, 2018).  The Parables in Q (The Library of New Testament Studies, 582) (T&T Clark, 2018).  “Marcion’s Gospel and the History of Early Christianity: The Devil is in the (Reconstructed) Details,” Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 21 (2017): 25-40.  The Text of Marcion’s Gospel (New Testament Tools, Studies, and Documents, 49) (Brill, 2015).

8 faculty profiles courses james m. weiss FALL 2020 Associate Professor Comparative Mysticism Cornille Ph.D., The University of Chicago Jews and Christians Langer RESEARCH INTERESTS Catholic Theological Ethics Keenan Work and career as forms of calling; capstone programs in Theology, Ethics, Politics Cahill higher education; history of the papacy and college of cardi- Ethics, Religion and International Politics Owens nals; biographical writing in the Renaissance and Reformation A Theology of Food: Eucharist Bergin RECENT PUBLICATIONS HIV/Aids and Ethics Heyer  Humanist Biography in Renaissance Italy and Reformation Authority of Scripture Perkins Germany: Friendship and Rhetoric (Ashgate, 2010).  “Too Much a Prince to be but a Cardinal: The College Women and the Church Hinsdale of Cardinals in the Age of the Baroque.” In Patronage and The Pelagian Controversy Hunter Consumption in Baroque Rome, ed. S. Leone (University of Cultic Professionals in the Hebrew Bible Cooley Chicago Press, 2011). Contemporary Currents In Ecclesiology Gaillardetz  “Kennst Du das Land wo die Humanisten blühen? The Role of Italy in the Biographies of German Humanists, 1485-1585.” Mariology Adkins-Jones In Germania Latina …: Politik, Wissenschaft, humanistische Development In Doctrine and Theology Wilkins Kultur …, eds. E. Kessler and H. Kuhn (Brill, 2003). Macabees Gillihan  “Humanism,” “Renaissance,” “Beatus Rhenanus,” and Patristic Greek Schatkin “Cardinal Stanislaus Hosius.” In Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation, ed. H. Hillerbrand (Oxford University Press, 1996). SPRING 2021 Theology as Political Lawrence jeremy d. wilkins Moral Agency Heyer Associate Professor Patristics: Latin/English Schatkin Ph.D., Boston College Graeca Perkins Contemporary Theories/Justice Kaveny RESEARCH INTERESTS Foundations and method of theology; Trinitarian theology; Christian Ethics Gender Equality Cahill Christology and soteriology; divine missions and the order of Biotechnology, Health and Theological Ethics Vicini grace; Bernard Lonergan; Thomas Aquinas Theological Anthropology Hinsdale RECENT PUBLICATIONS Contemplative Theology Robinette  “Lonergan’s Isomorphism of Knowing and Being: A Reply to Ethics of War and Peacemaking Himes, Kenneth Gaven Kerr.” International Philosophical Quarterly 59(1) (2019): The Minor Prophets Vanderhooft 77-92.  “The Fragility of Conversation: Consciousness and Self- Women and Gender in Islam Delong-Bas Understanding in Post/Modern Culture.” Heythrop Journal Buddhist Ethics Philosophy and Psychology Makransky 59(5) (2018): 832-47. Sacraments and Art Bergin  Before Truth: Lonergan, Aquinas, and the Problem of Wisdom Christian Manuscripts, Texts and Exegesis Roth (The Catholic University of America Press, 2018). Pauline InterpretationLate Antiquity Hunter  Co-ed. and trans., Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan: The Redemption (Vol. 9) (University of Toronto Press, 2018). Early and Medieval Theology  Co-ed. and trans., Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan: The in the 20th Century Coolman Incarnate Word (Vol. 8) (University of Toronto Press, 2016).  “What ‘Will’ Won’t Do: Faculty Psychology, Intentionality Analysis, and the Metaphysics of Interiority.” Heythrop Journal 57 (2016): 473-91.

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Recent Dissertations Daniel Vos, “Some of the Other Katherine Jackson-Meyer, “Tragic Recent Placements Works of the Torah: Boundaries Dilemmas and Virtue A Christian Our recent students’ 2019–2020 and Inheritance as Legal Feminist View” Metaphors in the Hebrew Bible placements include: Samuel Keyes, “Here for Jonathan Bailes, “Becoming Like and Hellenistic Jewish Literature” God in Christ: Nicene Theology Medicine, There for Delight: Barry University The Ecclesial Mysteries of the and Christian Virtue in Gregory 2018–2019 Benedictine College of Nyssa” Victorine Speculum” B. Kevin Brown, “Beloved Catholic Theological Union Kimberly Bauser McBrien, “‘… Joseph Mben, “Empowering Disciples in Mission to the Disempowered Working Women: College of the Holy Cross remembering what the Savior World: The Contribution of had said’: Social Memory and the A Gendered African Perspective College of St. Benedict/St. John Sandra M. Schneiders, I.H.M., on Christian Social Ethics” Sayings of Jesus Tradition” to the Theology of the Prophetic Creighton University Jinyong Choi, “Analogy, Nature of the Church” Megan McCabe, “Sex, Power, and Duquesne University Violence on the College Campus: Spirituality and the Beatific Justin Coyle, “An Essay on East Carolina University Enjoyment of God: Bonaventure Rape Culture and Complicity in Theological Aesthetics in the Emmanuel College and the Doctrine of Likeness” Evil” Summa halensis” Fairfield University Peter Folan, SJ, “Matters Ty Monroe, “The Development of Stephanie Edwards, Augustine’s Early Soteriology – Gonzaga University of Interpretation: Biblical “Pharmaceutical Memory Boyd Taylor Coolman” Heythop College Methodology in the Lutheran- Modification and Christianity’s Catholic Dialogue on the ‘Dangerous’ Memory” Kate Mroz, “No Salvation Apart Humboldt State University Doctrine of Justification” from Religious Others: Edward Laboure College Craig Ford, “Foundations of a Schillebeeckx’s Soteriology as Hans Harmakaputra, “The Queer Natural Law” Loyola Marymount Community of Friends of God: a Resource for Understanding Manhattan College Comparative Theology and the Michael Wahl, “‘Stirred to Christian Identity and Construction of an Inclusive Virtue by Word and Example’: Discipleship Marquette University in a Religiously Pluralist World” Theology of Saints” A Thomistic Account of Marymount University Moral Exemplarity and Virtue Teva Regule, “Identity, Formation, Won-Jae Hur, “Corporeality in Cultivation” Merrimack College Contemplation: A Comparative Transformation: The Liturgical th Misericordia University Study of Edith Stein and Tibetan Jordan Wood, “That Creation Movement of the 20 Century University of Notre Dame Buddhist Lojong” is Incarnation in Maximus and the Liturgical Reform Efforts Confessor” of New Skete Monastery” University of Portland Jaisy A. Joseph, “Reimagining Catholicity: An Interstitial Jennifer Sanders, “The Trinitarian Providence College Perspective” 2017–2018 Telos of the Summa theologiae: Rivier College Robert J. Brodrick, “Charismatic Thomas’s Application of the Léocadie Lushombo, “Imagining Sacred Heart University and Pastoral Power: A Aristotelian Ordo Disciplinae to an Ethics of Political Participation Foucauldian Analysis of the CDF Sacra Doctrina in Light of His Saint Anselm College For Women In Sub-Saharan Investigation of Leonardo Boff” Augustinian Heritage” Saint Gregory University Africa: A Sophialogical Hermeneutic” David Clint Burnett, “Psalm Clifton Stringer, “Becoming One Saint John’s University 110:1 In Confessional Material In in the Paschal Mystery: Christ, Saint Joseph College Andrew Massena, “Torah for Corpus Paulinum: Cultural and Spirituality, and Theology in Its own Sake: The Decalogue in Saint Joseph University Religious Context” Hugh of St. Victor” Rabbinic and Patristic Exegesis” Saint Leo University Ryan Duns, “Spiritual Exercises Veronica Tierney, “For Us and Ligita Ryliškytė, SJE, “Cur Deus Saint Mary College, Moraga for a Secular Age? William For Our Salvation: Revelation and Cruciatus?: Lonergan’s Law of the Desmond’s Theological Imitation in Cyril of Alexandria” Saint Norbert’s College Cross and the Transpositions of Achievement” Seattle University ‘Justice over Power’” Katherine Wrisley Shelby, Charles Thomas Fraatz, “Blessed “The Vir Hierarchicus: St. University of San Diego Annie Selak, “Toward an Ecclesial Is the One Who Reads and Bonaventure’s Theology of Vision in the Shadow of Wounds” University of San Francisco Those Who Hear the Words of Grace” University of Scranton Marcel Uwineza, SJ, “Reconciling Prophecy: Rome and Revelation’s Memories: A Theology from a Use of Scripture” University of Virginia Place of Wounds No Authentic David Kwon, “A Study of the Role Villanova University Theology with my Back Turned to st Xavier University Nyamata” of Jus Post Bellum in the 21 Century: Human Security and Yale Divinity School Political Reconciliation”

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he oldest and largest of the University’s eight THE BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INTERRELIGIOUS CONSORTIUM schools and colleges, the Morrissey College T The Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium of Arts and Sciences offers graduate programs (BTI) allows graduate students to cross-register at in the humanities, social sciences and natural Boston University School of Theology, Gordon-Conwell sciences, leading to the degrees of Doctor of Theological Seminary, Hartford Seminary, Harvard Philosophy, Master of Arts and Master of Science. Divinity School, Hebrew College, Holy Cross Greek In addition, numerous dual-degree options are Orthodox School of Theology and St. John’s Seminary offered in cooperation with the Carroll School and Theological Institute. of Management, the Boston College Law School, BOSTON AREA CONSORTIUM the Lynch School of Education and Human The Boston Area Consortium allows graduate students Development and the School of Social Work. to cross-register for courses at Boston University, Brandeis University and Tufts University. With approximately 800 students and over

400 full-time faculty, the Graduate School BOSTON COLLEGE LIBRARIES is small enough to know you as a person, but The University is home to eight libraries, containing large enough to serve you and prepare you for 2.95 million volumes; more than 700 manuscript a rewarding life and satisfying career. collections, including music, photos, art and artifacts; 625,000 e-books; and more than 600 electronic databases. O’Neill Library, Boston College’s main library, Academic Resources offers subject-specialist librarians to help with research,

THE LONERGAN CENTER to set up alerts to publications in areas of interest and to The Lonergan Center at Boston College fosters studies answer any research- and library-related questions. related to the work of the Jesuit theologian and THE BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM philosopher Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984). Inaugurated The Boston Library Consortium allows Boston College in 1986, the center houses a growing collection of students access to millions of volumes and other services Lonergan’s published and unpublished writings, as well at 19 area institutions in addition to the world-class as secondary materials and reference works; it also serves resources available through the Boston College Library as a seminar and meeting room. The center is located System. in Bapst Library. Boston College sponsors an annual Lonergan Workshop, which provides resources, lectures and workshops. For more information, call 617-552-8095 or visit bclonergan.org.

THE BOSTON COLLEGE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY Boston College’s School of Theology and Ministry (STM) offers its students opportunities for comprehensive graduate theological education and spiritual formation for ministry. The School of Theology and Ministry offers an array of academic, theological, spiritual and pastoral courses for ministry, academic specialization and continuing education in faith.

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oston College is located on the edge of one The University of the world’s most vibrant cities. Just six B Boston College is a Jesuit university with 14,400 miles from downtown Boston—an exciting and students, 821 full-time faculty and nearly 180,000 active dynamic place to live and learn—Boston College alumni. Since its founding in 1863, the University has is an easy car or “T” ride away from a booming known extraordinary growth and change. From its center for trade, finance, research and education. beginnings as a small Jesuit college intended to provide higher education for Boston’s largely immigrant Catholic Home to some of New England’s most population, Boston College has grown into a national prestigious cultural landmarks, including the institution of higher learning that is consistently ranked Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart among the top universities in the nation. Boston College Gardner Museum, Boston Symphony Hall is ranked 37th among national universities by U.S. News & and the Freedom Trail, Boston provides a rich World Report. environment for those passionate about art, Today, Boston College attracts scholars from all 50 states music and history. For sports fans, Boston and over 80 countries, and confers more than 4,000 hosts a number of the country’s greatest sports degrees annually in more than 50 fields through its eight teams: the Celtics, Patriots, Bruins and, of schools and colleges. Its faculty members are committed course, Fenway Park’s beloved Red Sox. Found to both teaching and research and have set new within a short drive from Boston are some of marks for research grants in each of the last 10 years. The University is committed to academic excellence. New England’s best recreational sites, from the As part of its most recent strategic plan, Boston College excellent skiing in New Hampshire to the pristine is in the process of adding 100 new faculty positions, beaches of Cape Cod. expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid and widening opportunities in key Boston also offers a wide range of family friendly undergraduate and graduate programs. attractions, including the Children’s Museum, New England Aquarium, Franklin Park Zoo The University is comprised of the following colleges and and the Museum of Science. There are roughly schools: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Carroll 50 universities located in the Boston area, and School of Management, Connell School of Nursing, the large student population adds to the city’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College Law intellectually rich and diverse community. Events, School, School of Social Work and School of Theology lectures and reading groups hosted by world- and Ministry. renowned scholars abound on area campuses, providing abundant opportunities to meet and network with other graduate students and faculty General Resources throughout the Boston area. HOUSING While on-campus housing is not available for graduate students, most choose to live in nearby apartments. The Office of Residential Life maintains an extensive database with available rental listings, roommates and helpful local real estate agents. The best time to look for fall semester housing is June through the end of August. For spring semester housing, the best time to look is late November through the beginning of the second semester. Additionally, some graduate students may live on campus as resident assistants. Interested students should contact the Office of Residential Life.

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JOHN COURTNEY MURRAY, S.J., GRADUATE developing teaching portfolios; and provides class visits STUDENT CENTER and teaching consultations, upon request. Through One of only a handful of graduate student centers these and other activities, the Connors Family Learning around the country, the Murray Graduate Student Center Center plays an important role in enhancing the quality is dedicated to the support and enrichment of graduate of academic life at Boston College. student life at Boston College. Its primary purpose is to build a sense of community among the entire graduate MARGOT CONNELL RECREATION CENTER student population and cultivate a sense of belonging to The Margot Connell Recreation Center redefines the the University as a whole. Its amenities include study future of fitness and recreation at Boston College. The rooms, a computer lab, two smart televisions, kitchen, 244,000-square-foot, four-story structure offers our deck and patio space, complimentary coffee and tea, and community an inspired space to play, pursue sports, more. Throughout the year, the center hosts programs gather with friends and work out. This facility includes a organized by the Office of Graduate Student Life and fitness center, rock climbing wall, jogging track, aquatics graduate student groups. The Murray Graduate Student center, wood-floor basketball courts, tennis courts, multi- Center also maintains an active job board (available activity courts, multi-purpose rooms for spin, yoga and electronically), listing academic and non-academic fitness classes, and so much more. opportunities for employment both on and off campus. BOSTON COLLEGE CAREER CENTER MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART The Boston College Career Center works with graduate Serving as a dynamic educational resource for the students at each step of their career development. national and international community, the McMullen Services include self-assessment, career counseling, Museum of Art showcases interdisciplinary exhibitions various career development workshops, resume and that ask innovative questions and break new ground in cover letter critiques, and practice interviews. In addition the display and scholarship of the works on view. The to extensive workshop offerings, Career Center staff McMullen regularly offers exhibition-related programs, members are available throughout the year for one-on- including musical and theatrical performances, films, one advising about any aspect of the career path. The gallery talks, symposia, lectures, readings and receptions Career Resource Library offers a wealth of resources, that draw students, faculty, alumni and friends together including books, periodicals and online databases. for stimulating dialogue. Located on the Brighton campus, the McMullen Museum is free to all visitors.

CONNORS FAMILY LEARNING CENTER Working closely with the Graduate School, the Connors Family Learning Center sponsors seminars, workshops and discussions for graduate teaching assistants and teaching fellows on strategies for improving teaching effectiveness and student learning. Each fall, the Learning Center and the Graduate School hold a “Fall Teaching Orientation” workshop designed to help students prepare for teaching. The center also hosts ongoing seminars on college teaching, higher learning and academic life; assists graduate students in

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Admission Requirements Financial Assistance

pplicants to the Ph.D. program should have DEPARTMENT FUNDING Acompleted the M.Div. or equivalent degree; a The Department of Theology offers full-tuition master’s degree in religion, theology or philosophy; scholarships and stipends (currently more than $22,000 or a bachelor’s program with an exceptionally strong per year) for five years to all doctoral students in good background in religion, theology and/or philosophy. standing. Admitted students may also be chosen to compete for Presidential Fellowships that add $5,000 The deadline for receipt of applications for fall admission per year to the stipend. Students (usually in the areas is January 2 for the Ph.D. program and February 1 for the of Comparative Theology or Bible) who focus research joint Philosophy/Theology M.A. program. Please visit on an aspect of Judaism may also be awarded a Jewish bc.edu/gsas for detailed information on how to apply. Studies Fellowship, supplementing the stipend by $4,000 per year. Application requirements include: FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID  Application Form: Submitted online, via the GSAS website. Graduate students can apply for federal financial aid using the FAFSA. The loans that may be available to  Application Fee: $75, non-refundable. graduate students are the Federal Direct Unsubsidized  Abstract of Courses A concise overview of background Stafford Loan and Perkins Loan, based on eligibility. Form: and related courses completed in an intended field or proposed If additional funds are needed, student may apply for a area of study. Grad Plus Loan. For more information, see the Graduate Financial Aid website at bc.edu/gradaid or contact the  Official Transcripts: Demonstrating coursework completed/degree conferral from Graduate Financial Aid Office at 617-552-3300 or all post-secondary institutions 800-294-0294. attended.  GRE General Test: Official score report (optional).  Three Letters of From professors or supervisors. Recommendation: It is highly advisable that at least one letter be from an academic source.  Statement of Purpose: A brief (approx. 3 page) discussion of an applicant’s interest in the program and academic goals.  Writing Sample: A sample of an applicant’s best work (usually a course paper or equivalent of no more than 25 pages) related to their proposed field of study.  Curriculum Vitae: A list of an applicant’s academic (Resume) and work experience.  Proof of English Official TOEFL/IELTS reports Proficiency: accepted. (International only)

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