Joined the faculty in 1972
Ph.D. Religion and Literature, University of Chicago
M.A. Theology and Literature, University of Chicago
M.A. English, University of Missouri
B.A. English and Mathematics, College of St. Teresa
Current Scholarly Interests:
Religion and science
Women and religion
Philosophy of religion/theology
Religion and literature
Previous Teaching Experiences:
Visiting Professor in Hermeneutics, Notre Dame University
Adjunct Professor in Feminist Theology, Colgate-Rochester Seminary
Visiting Professor in Genre Theory, Department of Religious Studies, Syracuse University
Honors Program, University of Houston
Courses Routinely Taught:
Religion as a Philosophical Act
Tales of Love, Tales of Terror
Do They Mean What They Say: The Bible and the Qur'an
Religions in History and Around the World
What's Love Got to Do With It?
Religion and Science (with HWS Professor Allan Russell)
The Religious Imagination
Conflict of Interpretations
Previous Research:
Genre theory
Literary criticism
Published Work:
"Women in Christianity: The First Two Millenia" in Through Her Eyes: Women Speak on World Religions. Westview Press (forthcoming 2002)
"Hildegard of Bingen: Where is She on 'Heaven'"? in Experiences of Place and the History of Religions. Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions (forthcoming 2002)
Genre Choices, Genger Questions. University of Oklahoma Press, 1992
New Maps For Old: Essays in Science and Religion. (co-authored with HWS Professor Allan M. Russell), Continuum International, 2001.
Professional Affiliations:
Amercian Association of University Professors
American Academy of Religion
Council of Societies for the Study of Religion
Catholic Theological Society of America
International Institute for Hermeneutics
International Buddhist/Christian Theological Encounter
Editorial Chair, Religious Studies Review, 1979-1987
Editorial Boards:
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Journal of American Academy of Religion
The Journal of Religion
Zygon
Studies in Religion: Sciences Religieuses
Consulting Editor for Harper and Row
Editorial Advisory Boards for Complete Edition of Bernard Lonergan's Writings (Univ. of Toronto Press)
Senior Consultant on Rhodes College Lilly Foundation Grant on "Postmodernism: the Future of Denominational Colleges"
Personal Statement:
Doing research on Greek Orthdox women in Greece, being hosted as a keynote speaker at a conference on Metaphor and Cognition in Törun Poland, and teaching and writing on bidisciplinary topics with colleagues at Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been highpoints for me. I am now researching and writing a third book on science and religion with my colleague, Allan Russell, that will address the relationship between religious mystical experience and the process of scientific invention and discovery.