Fall 2007 Lecture
Diversity as Tradition:
Why the Future of Christianity is Looking More Like Its Past
7:30 - 9:00 PM
November 8, 2007
Williman Room
Benson Memorial Center
The Speaker: Dr. Gary Macy, recently appointed John Nobili, S.J. Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University, received both his Bachelor's and his Master's degrees from Marquette University where he specialized in historical and sacramental theology. He earned his doctoral degree in Divinity from Cambridge University in 1978.
He has published three books on the history of the Eucharist, Theologies of the Eucharist in the Early Scholastic Period, The Banquet's Wisdom: A Short History of the Theologies of the Lord's Supper and, Treasures from the Storeroom: Essays on Medieval Religion and the Eucharist. In 2002 and 2004, he collaborated with Dr. Bernard Cooke on a two volume series of source material on the history of ordination and women for Scarecrow Press. His latest book with Dr. Cooke, Christian Symbol and Ritual: An Introduction appeared in August of 2005 from Oxford University Press. In 2006, Dr. Macy collaborated with Dr. Orlando Espín in editing the second in a series of books from the Center for the Study of Latino/a Catholicism at the University of San Diego entitled The Future Of Our Past: Explorations In The Theology Of Tradition, (Orbis Books).
Dr. Macy’s most recent book, The Ordination of Women in Early Medieval Europe has just appeared from Oxford University Press. Dr. Macy has published over twenty articles, including "The Dogma of Transubstantiation in the Middle Ages," in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, (1994); “Demythologizing ‘the Church’ in the Middle Ages,” in the Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, (1995). "The Ordination of Women in the Early Middle Ages," in Theological Studies, (2000) and most recently “The Iberian Heritage of U.S. Latino/a Theology,” in Orlando O. Espín and Gary Macy, The Future Of Our Past: Explorations In The Theology Of Tradition. In 1991-2, Dr. Macy was Heroditus Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and during the 2005-2006 academic year was awarded the Senior Luce Fellowship at the National Humanities Center in North Carolina. He has won three national awards for his books and articles.
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