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Tom Ryan , Ph.D.

Director and Professor of Theology

6363 St. Charles Avenue, Box 67
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504)865-2069
Fax: (504)865-2066
Email: tfryan@loyno.edu
Office: Stallings 204

Education

  • Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 1997
  • M.A.R. Yale University Divinity School, 1992
  • B.A. University of Notre Dame, 1983

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Academic/Professional Experience

Professor Religious Studies and Pastoral Ministries            1997-2007
Professor and Director of LIM                                            2007-Present

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Research Interests

I am interested in the history of biblical interpretation, the history of spirituality, and the transformative implications of the Bible and Church history for the Church and world today.

I am available to offer presentations and workshops on topics such as the following:

-Catholicism and the Bible
-Catholics and the Book of Revelation
-Spirituality and the Song of Songs, Spirituality and the Bible, Art and Spirituality, Lenten Spirituality
-St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, medieval mystics, both women and men.
-Judaism and Christianity
-Catholicism Today
-The Catholic Worker

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Publications

  • Thomas Aquinas as Reader of the Psalms. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2000

Co-author of volume of translations of medieval commentaries on St. Paul’s letter to the Romans. Forthcoming from Eerdmans.

“The Love of Learning and the Desire for God in Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary on Romans,” in volume on medieval exegesis of Romans. Forthcoming from Trinity Press International.

“By the Numbers: Material Spirituality and the Last Supper,” Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 2 (2002): 147-162. Co-authored with Lawrence C. Rubin.

“Sex, Spirituality, and Pre-Modern Readings of the Song of Songs,” Horizons 28 (2001): 81-104.

“Cormac McCarthy’s Catholic Sensibility: A Review of The Road.” National Catholic Reporter. May 4, 2007: 14-15.

“Carnivals: A Preview of Heaven.” The Florida Catholic, Miami Edition. February 23, 2007: A17.

“Rebuilding New Orleans, City of Hope.” National Catholic Reporter. September 23, 2005: 17.

“Faithful See God in All Creation,” Miami Herald Op-Ed, December 6, 2004.

 

Director's Writings

For a selection of essays I've written as LIM Director, click on the link above.

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Updated February 7, 2008