Loyola University Maryland

Department of Theology

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Bauerschmidt
Frederick C. Bauerschmidt Professor

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Ph.D., Duke University, 1996

Research interests: Medieval and Contemporary Theology; Thomas Aquinas

Jim Buckley
James J. Buckley Professor Emeritus

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Ph.D., Yale University, 1977

Research interests: Dogmatic Theology (Catholic and Evangelical); Philosophical Theology (religious and religionless)

Daniel Castillo
Daniel Castillo Associate Professor

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Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 2014

Research interests: Liberation Theology; Ecotheology/Environmental Ethics; World Christianity; Theology and Science

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Pamela Cochran Affiliate Faculty
Conley
Rev. John J. Conley Professor

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Ph.D., Université Catholique de Louvain, 1988

Research interests: Moral Theology; Philosophy and Theology; French Philosophy

Rebekah
Rebekah Eklund Department Chair, Associate Professor

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Th.D., Duke University, 2012

Research interests: New Testament (Gospels); Ethics; racial justice; feminist/womanist and theological readings of Scripture

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Stephen E. Fowl Dean of Loyola College, Professor

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Ph.D., University of Sheffield, 1987

Research interests: New Testament (esp. Pauline Studies); Hermeneutics; Theological Interpretation of Scripture

Kiess
John Kiess Associate Professor

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Ph.D., Duke University, 2011

Research interests: Moral Theology; Political Theology; Ethics of Armed Conflict and Peacebuilding

Linnane
Brian F. Linnane Professor, President Emeritus Loyola University Maryland

Ph.D., Yale University, 1990

Research interests: Moral Theology; Health Care Ethics;Virtue Ethics

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Stephen J. Lloyd Assistant Teaching Professor

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Ph.D., Boston University, 2019

Research interests: History of Christianity; World Christianity; Theology, Ethnicity, and Race in South Africa

Claire Mathews
Claire R. Mathews McGinnis Professor

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Ph.D., Yale University, 1994

Research interests: Prophets (esp. Isaiah); Exodus; Biblical Narrative; Theological Interpretation

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Matthew Moser Assistant Teaching Professor
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Rev. Bao Nguyen
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Nicole Reibe Director of Program Operations of the Masters of Theological Studies

Ph.D., Boston College, 2015

Rossi
Rev. Joseph S. Rossi Professor

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Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1989

Research interests: American Catholic Life and Thought; Catholic NGOs at the United Nations; Theology and Cinema (American and International)

Seah
Audrey Seah Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2021

Research interests: Global liturgy and culture; ritual and reconciliation in post-conflict situations; liturgy and politics; worship and disability rights

Jill Snodgrass
Jill Snodgrass Associate Professor

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Ph.D., Claremont School of Theology, 2011

Research interests: Practical/pastoral theology; Spiritual care and counseling with traditionally marginalized populations; Intercultural care and counseling

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Rev. Steven Spahn
Sutherland
Arthur M. Sutherland Associate Professor

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Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 2000

Research interests: Systematic Theology; History of Doctrine; Theologies of Hospitality, Patience, and Generosity; African American Religious Thought; Christianity and its Critics; Theology and Autobiography

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Richard Wagner
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Becky Walker Assistant Teaching Professor
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Maiju Lehmijoki Wetzel

Ph.D., University of Turku, 1999

Research interests: Health and religious traditions; religious dietary ethics; urban health issues; Christian mysticism and contemplative traditions

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John Zaleski Assistant Teaching Professor

Ph.D., Harvard University, 2019

Research interests: Asceticism; Sufism; Syriac Christianity; Monasticism; Muslim-Christian Interaction; Scriptural Exegesis

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Lisa M. Flaherty Program Assistant

M.S., Loyola University Maryland, 1992

In Memoriam

Arthur Sutherland
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Arthur Sutherland, Ph.D.

Meet Arthur Sutherland, Ph.D., associate professor of theology who also teaches courses in Messina and Loyola's Honors Program

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