Marie A. Conn, Ph.D. Professor of Religious Studies Religious Studies and Philosophy Department Office Location:  St. Joseph Hall, Room 206 Office Phone:  215.248.7044 E-Mail:  mconn@chc.edu

 Educational Background
 

• M.A., Classical Languages, Villanova University, 1975
• M.S., Religious Education, Marywood College, 1986
• M.A., Liturgy, University of Notre Dame, 1990
• Ph.D., Theology, University of Notre Dame, 1993

Courses Taught
 

• Roman Catholicism
• Old Testament Studies
• Women in the Bible; New Testament Studies
• Morality ; Contemporary Moral Issues; Biomedical Moral Issues
• Heart of the City (with Martin Malloy)
• God and the Struggle for Cival Rights
• Global Perspectives on Slavery an Emancipation

Scholarly Interests
 

• Women in History; Feminine Symbolism
• Medieval Liturgical Developments
• Social Justice; Healthcare Reform

Selected Publications
 

• "Health Care Reform:A Human Rights Issue", in J. Koterski, ed., Life and Learning VI (Georgetown University, 1997)
• "Cracking Open Symbols", ARTS, 1997 (with Therese McGuire, SSJ, Ph.D.)
• "The Rites of King-Making in 10th-Century England" in M. Gosman, ed., The Propagation of Power in the Medieval West (Groningen: The Netherlands, 1997)

Other Academic Information
 

• Author, Noble Daughters: Unheralded Women in Western Christianity, 13th to 18th Centuries, Greenwood Press, 2000.
• Editor/Author, Balancing the Scales: An Examination of the Manipulation and Transformation of Symbolic Concepts of Women, University Press of America, 2003.
• C. S. Lewis and Human Suffering: Light among the Shadows, Paulist Press, 2008
• Co-Editor/Author, Not Written in Stone: Essays on Ritual, Soul, and Society, University Press of America, 2007