Theology Department Faculty

Megan Loumagne Ulishney

Assistant Professor

Selected Publications

Monographs

Original Sin and the Evolution of Sexual Difference (Oxford University Press, 2023)

Journal articles and contributions to edited volumes听

鈥淏iocultural Evolution, Play, and Theological Aesthetics,鈥听Heythrop Journal听(forthcoming Spring 2025)

鈥淩estoration of Abundance: Feyerabend, Mysticism, and Science-Engaged Theology,鈥澨Theology and Science听(forthcoming Fall 2024)

鈥淭heological Anthropology After Darwin,鈥 in听Oxford Handbook of Theological Anthropology, eds. Ashley Moyse, Jens Zimmermann,听Oxford University Press (forthcoming)

鈥淐reaturely Agency in Evolution and Theology,鈥 in听God and the Book of Nature: Experiments in Theology of Science, ed. Mark Harris,听Routledge Science and Religion Series (Routledge, 2023)

鈥淕ender as Context in Science and Religion: 鈥楴atural鈥 Sexual Difference as a Case Study,鈥澨Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences听9, no. 2 (2022)

鈥淭he Evolution of听Homo Ludens: Sexual Selection and a Theology of Play,鈥澨窜测驳辞苍听57, no. 3 (2022)

鈥淯nity in the听Massa Peccati: Original Sin and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis,鈥 in听Emerging Voices in Science and Theology: Contributions from Young Women, eds. Alister McGrath and Bethany Sollereder,听Routledge Science and Religion series (Routledge, 2022).

鈥淎ugustine and the Gendered Self in Time,鈥 in听Augustine and Time, eds. Sean Hannan, Kim Paffenroth, John Doody (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021).

鈥淰isiting Iniquity Upon the Generations: Epigenetics, Systems Biology, and Theologies of Inherited Sin,鈥澨Philosophy, Theology, and the Sciences听7, no. 2 (2020).

Teresa of Avila on Theology and Shame,鈥澨New Blackfriars听99, no. 1081 (2018).

鈥淎 Theologian Standing with God in the World: Developments in Schillebeeckx鈥檚 Epistemology and Implications for Feminist Theology,鈥 in听Salvation in the World: The Crossroads of Public Theology,eds. Stephan van Erp, Christiane Alpers, Christopher Cimorelli (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017).

鈥淭he Rise of Fundamentalisms and the Concept of Sin,鈥澨Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review听105, no. 422 (2017).

鈥淐reated Sick, Commanded to Be Sound: Augustine on Original Sin After Darwin,鈥澨Tijdschrift voor Theologie听55 (2015) (online edition).听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听

鈥淭aking Her Stand Beyond All Earthly Hierarchies: Teresa of Avila, Gender Performance, and Contemplative Prayer,鈥The Sword: A Journal of Historical, Spiritual, and Contemporary Carmelite Issues听75 (2015).听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听

Grants听

Principal Investigator:Spiritual Naturalism: Nature Spiritualities and Ecological听Action among the鈥渟piritual-but-not-religious鈥澨(2024-2027, John Templeton Foundation).

Co-principal investigator:听Biocultural Evolution and Theological听Anthropology听(2022-2023, John Templeton Foundation).