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Theology \ Faculty \
Maureen A. Tilley
Visiting Professor of Theology
Office: Lowenstein 923E, Lincoln Center
Mail: 113 W. 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Telephone: 212-636-6369
E-Mail: mtilley@fordham.edu
A. B. Classical, Latin, University of San Francisco
M. A., Theology/Sacred Scripture, St. Michael's College
Ph. D., Early Christian Life and Literature, Duke University
Research Interests:
Augustine; Christianity in Roman Africa; Hagiography; History of biblical interpretation; Women in Christianity
Recent publications:
"Stitchery and Social Order in Caesarius of Arles Rules for Nuns", a webcast from the Center for Medieval Studies
"From Schism to Heresy in Late Antiquity: Developing Doctrinal Deviance in the Wounded Body of Christ," Presidential Address for the North American Patristics Society, Journal of Early Christian Studies 15/1 (Spring 2007): 1-21.
"Mary in Roman Africa: Evidence for her Cultus." Studia Patristica 39 (2006): 121-126.
Regional Varieties of Christianity in the First Three Centuries: North Africa" in the Cambridge History of Early Christianity: Origins to Constantine. Ed. by Margaret Mitchell and Frances Young. Cambridge: CUP, 2006.
"No Friendly Letters: Augustine's Correspondence with Women" in The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender Asceticism and History. Ed. by Dale Martin and Patricia Cox Miller. Durham: Duke University Press, 2005
"On Slavery," a translation of Francis Patrick Kenrick's Moral Theology for Creative Fidelity: American Catholic Intellectual Life. Ed. by William L. Portier, R. Scott Appleby and Patricia Byrne. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Augustine's, 2004.
"Augustine's Debt to the Donatists." In Le philosophe algerien Saint Augustin: africanité at universitalité, ed. F.Z. Bouayed. Algiers: Haut Conseil Islamique, 2006.
" The Collapse of a Collegial Church: North African Christianity on the Eve of Islam," Theological Studies 62/1 (March 2001): 3-22.
Teaching philosophy:
Teaching at a university promotes the expansion of our collective knowledge for the betterment of humanity. This is a transnational and intergenerational project. While I perform research and teach the next generation of researchers in my own field, I also contribute to the general education of students in other disciplines. Teaching people to think and to research outside their chosen field helps them to see the connectedness of all learning and the mutual benefits of an educated, actively engaged society.
Travel:
Travel to the places you study opens up a whole world of learning. My research area is Christianity in Roman Africa (180s to 700s) and I have been able to spend time in Tunisia and Algeria visiting archeological sites associated with early Christianity. It is one thing to read the sermons of St. Augustine; it is another revelatory experience to stand in the churches where he gave them. It is one thing to read about the theology of Baptism; it is quite another to stand next to a golden mosaic-lined baptistery and experience the sights that new Christians of the 500s would have seen as they entered the water.
Classes Taught, Fall 2009:
THEO 2610-L01: Early Christian Writings, TF 8:30 - 9:45.
THEO 2610-L02: Early Christian Writings, TF 10:00 - 11:15.
THEO 4011-L01: New Testament and Moral Choices, T 2:30 - 5:15.
Projected Spring 2010 Courses:
THEO 2715 Medieval Theology Texts
THEO 6466 Hagiography
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