Faculty of Theology Faculty

Full Time Faculty

Michael Attridge

Michael Attridge

Michael Attridge, BA, MA, STL, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor,
Systematic Theology; Christology; Vatican II
michael.attridge@utoronto.ca
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Lee F. Cormie

Lee F. Cormie

Lee F. Cormie, BA, MA, PhD (Chicago)
Associate Professor
Christian Ethics; Systematic Theology and Social Sciences; Liberation Theologies; Feminist Theologies
lee.cormie@utoronto.ca

Mario O. D'Souza, csb Dean Faculty of Theology

Mario O. D'Souza, csb

Mario O. D' Souza, CSB, BA, MEd, MDiv, CAES, PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Dean of Theology
Jacques Maritain; Philosophy of Education; Catholic Educational Theory; Religion and Education; Catholic University; Person and Personalism
Associate Member SGS Theory and Policy Studies in Education OISE/UT
mario.dsouza@utoronto.ca
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Darren Dias

Darren Dias, OP

Darren Dias, OP, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Assistant Professor

(Research Leave January 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012)
Trinitarian Theology; Religious Diversity; Lonergan Studies
darren.dias@utoronto.ca

Stan Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo, BPhil, BD, PGCE, PGDE, STL, MA, ThM, PhD (St. Michael's), DEd (cand, UNISA)
Assistant Professor
Religious Education; Multicultural Education; Systematic Theology; Theories of Leadership; Augustine; Balthasar
stanchu.ilo@utoronto.ca
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Christian McConnell

Christian McConnell

Christian McConnell, BA, BTh, MA, PhD (Notre Dame)
Assistant Professor, Director of Basic Degree Programs
Early Liturgical History; Christian Initiation; Liturgical Theology; Sacramental Theology
christian.mcconnell@utoronto.ca

John L. McLaughlin

John L. McLaughlin

John L. McLaughlin, BA, MA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Degree Programs
Ugarit; Israelite Origins; Ancient Israelite Religion; Pre-exilic Prophets; Wisdom Literature; Psalms; Hebrew Poetry
Cross-appointed to the Graduate Faculty, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
johnl.mclaughlin@utoronto.ca

Margaret O'Gara

Margaret O'Gara

Margaret O'Gara, BA, MAR, PhD (St. Michael's)
Professor
Systematic Theology; Ecumenism; Rahner; Ecclesiology
margaret.ogara@utoronto.ca
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Dennis Patrick O'Hara

Dennis Patrick O'Hara

Dennis Patrick O'Hara, DC, ND, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Assistant Professor, Director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology & Ecology
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty for the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto
Ecological Ethics; Christian Ethics; Theology and Ecology; Spirituality and Ecology
dennis.ohara@utoronto.ca
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Colleen Shantz

Colleen Shantz

Colleen Shantz, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor

(Research Leave July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012)
New Testament Social World; Social Scientific Approaches; Early Christian Religious Experience; Cognitive Science of Religion
Cross-appointed to the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
c.shantz@utoronto.ca
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Mary Ellen Sheehan

Mary Ellen Sheehan

Mary Ellen Sheehan, IHM, BA, MA, STB, STL, STD (Louvain)
Professor emerita, Director of Pastoral Formation
Theology of Ministry; Feminist Theory and Theology
maryellen.sheehan@utoronto.ca

Departmental Faculty

Biblical Department

John S. Kloppenborg, BA, MA, PhD (St. Michael's)
Professor, Chair of Department and Centre for the Study of Religion
Synoptic Gospels; Q Document; Social Description of Earliest Christianity
john.kloppenborg@utoronto.ca

John L. McLaughlin, BA, MA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor, Director of Advanced Degree Programs
Ugarit; Israelite Origins; Ancient Israelite Religion; Pre-exilic Prophets; Wisdom Literature; Psalms; Hebrew Poetry
Cross-appointed to the Graduate Faculty, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto
johnl.mclaughlin@utoronto.ca

Colleen Shantz, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor
New Testament Social World, Social Scientific Approaches, Early Christian Religious Experience, Cognitive Science of Religion
Cross-appointed to the Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
c.shantz@utoronto.ca

Historical Department

Martin Dimnik, CSB, BA, MA, MDiv, DPhil (Oxford)
Senior Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Kievan Rus, 9th to 13th century; History of Medieval Slavs in the Balkans
martin.dimnik@utoronto.ca

Mark McGowan, BA, MA, PhD (Toronto)
Professor, Principal and Vice-President (Academic), St. Michael's College
Canadian Catholic History; Catholic Social Teaching; Religion and Culture
mark.mcgowan@utoronto.ca

T. Allan Smith, csb, BA, MA, MDiv, DTheol (Erlangen)
Associate Professor, Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Early and Medieval Church History; Russian Church History and Theology; Eastern Orthodox Spirituality; Monasticism; 19th and 20th Century Orthodox Theology; Sergei Bulgakov
Cross-appointed to Theological Department.
allan.smith@utoronto.ca

Pastoral Department

Anne Anderson, CSJ, RegN, BA, MHA, MA, DMin (Regis College/UT)
Associate Professor, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of St. Michael's College
Jewish-Christian Studies, Pastoral Ministry; Pastoral Theology
anne.anderson@utoronto.ca

Mario O. D' Souza, CSB, B.A.(Hons), MEd, MDiv, CAES, PhD. (Toronto)
Dean, Faculty of Theology, University of St. Michael's College, Associate Professor Religion and Education
Philosophy of Education, Catholic Educational Theory, Culture and Education
Associate Member of the School of Graduate Studies and the Department of Theory and Policy Studies, OISE/University of Toronto
mario.dsouza@utoronto.ca

Christian McConnell, Christian McConnell, BA, BTh, MA, PhD (Notre Dame)
Assistant Professor, Director of Basic Degree Programs
Early Liturgical history, Christian Initiation, Liturgical Theology, Sacramental Theology
christian.mcconnell@utoronto.ca

Theological Department

Michael Attridge, BA, MA, STL, PhD (St. Michael's)
Associate Professor
Systematic Theology; Christology; Vatican II
michael.attridge@utoronto.ca

Lee F. Cormie, BA, MA, PhD (Chicago)
Associate Professor
Christian Ethics; Systematic Theology and Social Sciences; Liberation Theologies; Feminist Theologies
lee.cormie@utoronto.ca

Darren Dias, OP, BA, M Div, PhD (St. Michael's)
Assistant Professor
Trinitarian Theology, Religious Diversity, Lonergan Studies
darren.dias@utoronto.ca

Moira M. McQueen, LLB, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Sessional Lecturer, Executive Director, Canadian Catholic Bioethics Centre
Foundational Themes in Christian Ethics; Natural Law; Human Sexuality and Marriage; Justice: Individual and Social
moira.mcqueen@utoronto.ca

Margaret O'Gara, BA, MAR, PhD (St. Michael's)
Professor, Systematic Theology; Ecumenism; Rahner; Ecclesiology
margaret.ogara@utoronto.ca

Dennis Patrick O'Hara,  DC, ND, BA, MDiv, PhD (St. Michael's)
Assistant Professor, Director of the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology & Ecology
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty for the Centre for Environment, University of Toronto
Ecological Ethics; Christian Ethics; Theology and Ecology; Spirituality and Ecology
dennis.ohara@utoronto.ca

Emeritus Faculty

William H. Irwin, CSB, BA, MA, STL, SSD (Pontifical Biblical Institute)
Professor emeritus
Old Testament; Biblical Hebrew Poetry; comparative Northwest Semitic; Biblical Spirituality
bill.irwin@utoronto.ca

Mary Ellen Sheehan, ihm, BA, MA, STB, STL, STD (Louvain)
Professor emerita, Director of Pastoral Formation & Field Education
Theology of Ministry; Feminist Theory and Theology
maryellen.sheehan@utoronto.ca

Michael Vertin, BA, STB, MA, STL, PhD (Toronto)
Professor emeritus
Philosophy of Theology; Theological Foundations of Multi-disciplinary Studies
michael.vertin@utoronto.ca