Religious Studies Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Julie Miller, Th.D., Chair Associate Professor Close-up	Adrienne Nock Ambrose, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Glenn Ambrose, Ph.D. Associate Professor Close-up
Martha Ann Kirk, C.C.V.I., Th.D. Professor Visit her web page	Timothy M. Milinovich, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Sister Eilish Ryan, Th.D. Thomas A. French Chair in Religious Studies; Professor; Director of the Pastoral Institute Close-up

Part-time Faculty

Arturo Chavez, Ph.D.

John Chikature, Ph.D.

Anthony Deosdade

Fr. Tom Dymoski, D.Min.

Andrew Eubanks

Fr. Ramon Gonzalez

Rev. Ann Helmke, M.Div. (Study and practice of nonviolence, interfaith dialogue, peace in Israel/Palestine)

Jason Lamoreaux, Ph.D.

Sylvia Maddox, M.T.S. (Religious Experience, Prayer and Spirituality, Christian Symbols and Worship)

Antonio Ramirez de Leon

Suzan Roy, M.A.(historical development of spirituality, spirituality and technology, developmental nature of faith, community and justice)

Peggy Starkey, Ph.D. (World Religions, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, Ecumenism)

William Walker

Gregory Zuschlag, Ph.D.

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Glenn Ambrose, Ph.D.

• Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley CA, 2001
• M.T.S. Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA, 1992
• B.A. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1990


Areas of Interest: Systematic theology, Sacramental Theology, Philosophical Theology, Religion and Culture, Theologies of Liberation

 

Julie Miller, Th.D.

• Th.D., Harvard University, 2000
• M.T.S., Harvard University, 1988
• B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1986

Papers and Publications:
“To Remember Self, To Remember God: Augustine on Relationality, Sexuality and the Trinity,” in Feminists Re-Reading the Canon, Judith Stark, ed., Penn State Press, (forthcoming, Fall 2007).

“Rapt by God: Eroticized Violence in Medieval Women’s Literature and Law,” in The Subjective Eye: Essays in Culture, Religion and Gender, Richard Valentasis and Janet Carlson, editors. Mellon Press, 2006.

Co-editor, Verbum Incarnatum: Ethics and Social Justice. Vo1. 1, No. 1, 2006. University of the Incarnate Word, 2006.

“Education and Engagement: Striving for Success,” in Education and Engagement: Theory and Practice. University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Anthology, 2005. Julie B. Miller and Phil Lampe, editors.

“Mystical Masochism and the Spiritual Status Quo: The Limitations of Appropriation,” in The Eclectic Edition, Phil Lampe and Julie B. Miller, editors, 2004.

“Mission Matters: A Comparative Look at Mission in San Antonio,” in Mission Matters, Julie B. Miller and Phil Lampe, editors, 2003.

Co-editor, Religion and Society. University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Anthology, 2002, Phil Lampe and Julie B. Miller, editors.

“Feminist Historiography, Patriarchal Ideology and the Future of Sisterhood: A Review Essay of Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia by Jo Ann Kay McNamara” in The Annual Review of Women In World Religions, Arvind Sharma and Katherine Young, eds. (Vol. VI, 2002)

“Sexuality/Spirituality: The Problem of Eroticized Violence and Contemporary Eros Theology,” Ann Arbor: UMI, 2000 (dissertation).

“Eroticized Violence in Medieval Women’s Mystical Literature: A Call for a Feminist Critique,” in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, (Fall 1999).

Areas of Interest: Feminist theology and ethics, sexual theology and ethics, environmental theology and ethics, women in Christian tradition, medieval mysticism

 

Dr. Eilish Ryan, CCVI, Th.D.

• Th.D. University of St. Michael's College/Toronto School of Theology, 1994
• M.A. (Mental Health Counseling) St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, 1984
• M.A. (Religious Studies) Pastoral Institute, Incarnate Word College, 1976
• B.A. Incarnate Word College, 1968

Papers and Publications:

"Spirituality: the Living Heart of Religion Education," National Catholic Educational Association Annual Convention, Los Angelos, 1998

"Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope," in Proceedings of the Symposium on Christianity and Society. University of Metz, 1998.

Review of Christianity Spirituality: Themes form the Tradition, by Lawrence Cunningham and Keith Egan, in Horizons 24:2 (Fall, 1997), 318-319.

Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope. (Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1997).

Areas of Interest:Contemporary Christian Spirituality, History of Christianity, Pastoral Theology, Feminist Theology

 

Rev. 10/2012