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Jonathan Rothchild Associate Professor of Theological Studies
Chair 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 Curriculum Vitae: Jonathan Rothchild
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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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Douglas E. Christie Professor of Theological Studies
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1977; M.A., Oxford University (Trinity College), 1980; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 1988. Dr. 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.
DEchristie@lmu.edu
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Christopher Key Chapple Professor of Theological Studies 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.
Curriculum Vitae: Christopher Chapple CV cchapple@lmu.edu
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Roberto Dell Oro 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
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Nicholas Denysenko Assistant Professor of Theological Studies B.S., University of Minnesota, 1994; M.Div., St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, 2000; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2008. His teaching and research interests focus on liturgical and sacramental theology, the Byzantine liturgical tradition, Mariology, mystagogy, and contemporary pastoral theology. Curriculum Vitae: Nicholas Denysenko CV.pdf Nicholas.Denysenko@lmu.edu
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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.
james.fredericks@lmu.edu Curriculum Vitae: James L. Fredericks
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Cecilia González-Andrieu Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union; M.A. Loyola Marymount University; B.A. Loyola Marymount University;. Specializing in Theological Aesthetics, U.S. Latino Theology, and Systematic Theology, González-Andrieu is currently completing her first book on Theological Aesthetics for Baylor University Press due out in 2012. She has been recognized by the GTU, the Catholic Press Association Best National Column Award, and the Hispanic Theological Initiative in Princeton. Writings include chapters in: Encounters of Faith: Latin American Devotional Art, Presente! U.S. Latino Catholics from Colonial Origins to the Present, Catholic Theatre and Drama: Critical Essays, Camino a Emaús, The Treasure of Guadalupe, and essays in ARTS, The Journal of the Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies.
Cecilia.Gonzalez-Andrieu@lmu.edu
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Anna Harrison Associate 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.
anna.harrison@lmu.edu
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Michael P. Horan Professor of Theological 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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Amir Hussain 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://myweb.lmu.edu/ahussain/ amir.hussain@lmu.edu
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Gil P. Klein Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
B.Arch., Bezalel Academy, 1998; M. Phil., Cambridge University, 2003; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 2007. Dr. Klein specializes in the study of late antique rabbinic Judaism in correspondence with the discipline of architectural history and theory.
gil.klein@lmu.edu
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Dorian Llywelyn, S.J. Associate 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 Christian Spirituality, specializing in the area of theology and culture. He is the author of Sacred Place, Chosen People: Land and Nationality in Welsh Spirituality and Toward a Catholic Theology of Nationality.
dorian.llywelyn@lmu.edu
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Associate Chair of Undergraduate Education
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.
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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 seventeen books and over 200 articles, including Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to His Theological Vision, 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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David Sanchez Associate Professor of Theological Studies Associate Chair of Graduate Education
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.
david.sanchez@lmu.edu
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Jeffrey S. Siker Professor of Theological Studies
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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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
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Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier Associate 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 teaches and researches in the areas of Hinduism, comparative theology/interreligious dialogue, feminist theology, Asian and Asian American theology, and religion and popular culture. She also co-chairs the Los Angeles Hindu-Catholic Dialogue.
tracy.tiemeier@lmu.edu
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Part-Time Faculty
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Emeriti
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- John Connolly
- Marie Anne Mayeski
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