Faculty Members

Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
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Faculty Members

Our faculty members exemplify LMU’s mission and values. They offer expertise in the following areas:
  • African-American Ministry
  • Biblical Studies
  • Bioethics
  • Buddhism
  • Christian Spirituality
  • Christology
  • Ecclesiology
  • Faith & Culture
  • Faith Formation
  • Feminist Theology
  • Hispanic Ministry
  • Historical Theology
  • Interfaith Dialogue & Ecumenism
  • Inter-religious & Comparative
    Theology
  • Islamic Studies
  • Judaic Studies
  • Latino/a Theology
  • Liberation Theology
  • Mysticism
  • Pastoral Theology
  • Religion & Ecology
  • Religions of India
  • Sacramental Theology and Liturgy
  • Social Ethics
  • Spiritual Direction
  • Spirituality
  • Systematic Theology
  • Theological Aesthetics
  • Theological Ethics
  • Theology of Ministry

 

Dr Siker

Jeffrey S. Siker
Professor of Theological Studies;
Chair of the Department.

B.A., Indiana University, 1976; M.A., Indiana University, 1978; M.Div., Yale Divinity School, 1981; Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1989. Dr. Siker teaches and publishes in the area of New Testament studies. He is the author of Disinheriting the Jew: Abraham in Early Christian Controversy and of Scripture and Ethics: Twentieth Century Portraits. He is also the editor of Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate.
jsiker@lmu.edu
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Dr Au

Wilkie Au
Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., Gonzaga University, 1966; M.S., University of Southern California, 1972; M.Div., S.T.M., Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, 1973; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1976. Dr. Au is the author of the award winning books, By Way of the Heart: Toward a Holistic Spirituality and The Enduring Heart: Spirituality for the Long Haul, and teaches in the area of Christian Spirituality.
wau@lmu.edu
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Dr Burton Christie

Douglas Burton-Christie
Professor of Theological Studies
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B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977; M.A., Oxford University (Trinity College), 1980; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 1988. Dr. Burton-Christie is the author of the award winning book, The Word in the Desert, the editor of the journal Spiritus, and teaches in the area of Christian Spirituality.
dburton@lmu.edu
Christopher Chapple Christopher Key Chapple
Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology.
B.A. State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1976; M.A. Fordham University, 1978; Ph.D. Fordham University, 1980. A specialist in the religions of India, he has published twelve books, including Karma and Creativity; a co-translation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra; Nonviolence to Animals, Earth, and Self in Asian Traditions; Reconciling Yogas: Haribhadra's Array of Views on Yoga; and several edited volumes on Religion and Ecology, including Hinduism and Ecology and Jainism and Ecology in the Harvard series on Religion and Ecology. He serves on numerous advisory boards and in 2002 established the Yoga Studies program at LMU Extension's Center for Religion and Spirituality. Website: http://myweb.lmu.edu/cchapple
cchapple@lmu.edu
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Dr Connolly John R. Connolly
Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., St. Mary's College, 1960; S.T.B., St. Mary's College, 1963; B.S., Loyola University, New Orleans, 1964; M.A., Marquette University, 1966; Ph.D., Marquette University, 1971. Dr. Connolly specializes in Systematic Theology, revelation and faith, and is the author of Dimensions of Belief and Unbelief and several articles on Newman.
jconnolly@lmu.edu
Roberto Dell'Oro

Roberto Dell’Oro
Associate Professor of Theological Studies.

S.T.B., Facolta’ Teologica di Milano, 1983; S.T.L., Gregorian University, Rome 1985; Visiting Researcher in Philosophy, Hochschule für Philosophie, Munich, 1986-1987; S.T.D., Gregorian University, 1992; Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics, Georgetown University, 1993-95. Dr. Dell’Oro teaches in the areas of bioethics, theological ethics, and ethical theories with a special interest in anthropological themes at the crossroad of theology and philosophy. He published in several languages, is the author/editor of three books, and has translated two books and several essays from German.
RDellOro@lmu.edu
http://myweb.lmu.edu/rdelloro/
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Fredericks

James L. Fredericks
Professor of Theological Studies.

1988 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; 1983 S.T.L. Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, California; 1976 M.A. St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park , California ; 1973 B.A. St. Joseph ’s College, Mountain View , California. Dr. Fredericks is a specialist in inter-religious dialogue, especially the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity. He has worked as a Fulbright Scholar in Kyoto , Japan and is a member of the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue and the Bay Area Chan, Zen, Catholic Dialogue.
jfrederi@lmu.edu
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Cecilia Gonzalez-Andrieu

Cecilia González-Andrieu
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies

Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 2007. M.A., Loyola Marymount University, 2001. B.A., Loyola Marymount University, 1980. Dr. González-Andrieu specializes in Theological Aesthetics and teaches by bringing together the arts and theology/spirituality/religion. Her current research centers on the development of a method to systematize the way in which works of art are approached for their theological insights and the theology of the poet Federico García Lorca. Her book collaborations include Presente! U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to the Present (Orbis), Camino a Emaús (Liturgical Press), The Treasure of Guadalupe (Rowman and Littlefield), and The Sky is Crying: Race, Class and Natural Disaster (Ausburg). cgandrieu@lmu.edu
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Dr Harrison

Anna Harrison
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies.
B.A., Barnard College, 1986; M.A., Fordham University, 1994; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2007. Dr. Harrison teaches late-antique and medieval theology as well as the religious attitudes and practices of Christians in the early church and Middle Ages. Her current work focuses on the spiritual significance of community to a group of thirteenth-century nuns.
annaharrison@lmu.edu
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Dr Heyer Kristin Heyer
Associate Professor of Theological Studies
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B.A., Brown University, 1996; Ph.D., Boston College, 2003. Dr. Heyer teaches social ethics and specializes in issues at the intersection of theology and public policy. She is the author of Prophetic and Public: The Social Witness of U.S. Catholicism.
kheyer@lmu.edu
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Michael Horan Michael P. Horan
Professor of Theological Studies;
Director of Graduate Studies .

B.A., Iona College, 1977; M.R.E., Catholic University of America, 1982; Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1989. Dr. Horan's research and publications treat the history and theory of catechetics in the United States and the preparation of lay pastoral leaders for the future. He teaches in the area of pastoral theology and religious education. He is the author of the book Catechesis as an Evangelizing Moment.
http://myweb.lmu.edu/mhoran
mhoran@lmu.edu
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Headshot Dr. Hussain 2008

Amir Hussain
Associate Professor of Theological Studies.
B. Sc., University of Toronto, 1987; M. A., University of Toronto, 1990; Ph. D., University of Toronto, 2001. Dr. Hussain teaches and publishes about Islam and Muslim lives. His research focuses on Muslim communities in North America. He also teaches about comparative religion and interfaith dialogue. He is the author Oil & Water: Two Faiths, One God.
http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theology/amir
amir.hussain@lmu.edu
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Fr. Lee Headshot 2008 Michael G. Lee, S.J.
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies.

B.S., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983; M.A., Saint Louis University, 1989; M.Div., Th.M., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, 1996; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005. Fr. Lee's research focuses on Religious Education and the connections between U.S. Latino/a popular religious practices and other Christian practices.
mlee51@lmu.edu
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Fr Llywelyn

Dorian Llywelyn, S.J.
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., University of Cambridge, 1977. M.A., University of Cambridge, 1979. S.T.B., Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, 1990; S.T.L., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, 1995; Ph.D., University of Wales, 2005. Fr. Llywelyn teaches in the area of Christian Spirituality, specializing in the area of Catholic faith and culture. He is the author of Sacred Place, Chosen People: Land and Nationality in Welsh Spirituality.
dllywelyn@lmu.edu
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Dr Radler

Charlotte Radler
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
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B.A., University of Lund (Sweden), 1997; M.A., University of Lund (Sweden), 1997; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2003. Dr. Radler researches theological and mystical developments from late antiquity to the late Middle Ages. In particular, she focuses on the issues of mysticism, heresy, and women. She is currently completing a book on Meister Eckhart.
cradler@lmu.edu

Fr Rausch

Thomas P. Rausch, S.J.
Professor of Theological Studies;
T. Marie Chilton Professor of Catholic Theology.
B.A., Gonzaga University, 1966; M.A., Gonzaga University, 1967; S.T.M., Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, 1972; Ph.D., Duke University, 1976. Fr. Rausch teaches in the area of ecclesiology, Christology, and ecumenism. He has authored thirteen books, including The Roots of the Catholic Tradition, Catholicism at the Dawn of the Third Millennium, Reconciling Faith and Reason. trausch@lmu.edu
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Dr. Rothchild

Jonathan Rothchild
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., Georgetown University, 1996; M.A. University of Chicago, 1999; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004. Dr. Rothchild analyzes contemporary moral issues and social and legal structures through the lenses of Christian theology and ethics.
jrothchild@lmu.edu
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Dr. Sanchez

David Sanchez
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., CSULA 1988; M.A., Claremont School of Theology, 1997; M.Phil., Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2004; Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary, New York, 2006. Prof. Sanchez specializes in New Testament Studies with an emphasis on the Apocalypse of John as a discourse of counter imperial resistance. His research interests also include Guadalupan studies and contemporary Guadalupan iconography.
sanchez@lmu.edu
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Fr Sauer

Stephen Sauer, S.J.
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies

B.S., Georgetown University, 1983; M.A. University of Minnesota, 1991; S.T.B., Pontifical Gregorian University, 1997; S.T.L., Institut Catholique de Paris, 1999; S.T.D., Catholic University of America, 2007. Fr. Sauer teaches in the areas of sacramental theology and liturgy, with special interests in the areas of lay ministerial preparation and contemporary approaches to the celebration of and discourse on the sacraments.
ssauer@lmu.edu
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Dr DanielSmith

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Professor of Theological Studies.

B.A., George Fox University, 1977; M.Div., Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, 1981; D. Phil., Oxford University (Trinity College), 1986. Dr. Smith-Christopher teaches biblical studies and is the author of Religion of the Landless: The Social Context of the Babylonian Exile and the "Commentary on the Book of Daniel" for the New Interpreter's Bible (1996), and "Ezra-Nehemiah" for The Oxford Bible Commentary (2000).
dchristopher@lmu.edu
Dr Tiemeier Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies

B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1997; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1999; Ph.D., Boston College , 2006. Dr. Tiemeier’s teaching and research interests include Hinduism, comparative theology, contemporary theological anthropologies and identity politics, Asian and Asian American theologies, feminist theologies, and post-colonial theory.
ttiemeier@lmu.edu
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