Experts in Religion and Philosophy — Religion and Theology
Rev. Steven Avella, Professor
History Department
Expertise: Catholic Life in Southeastern Wisconsin and the American West, Generational and Demographic Changes in the U.S. and Wisconsin Catholicism, Papacy, Papal History, Papal Conclaves, Papal Travels, American Catholicism, Hierarchy, American Religious History, American Catholic History, Pope Benedict XVI
Office Phone: (916) 243-9119
Home Phone: (414) 672-0316
steven.avella@marquette.edu
Joshua Burns, Associate Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Interpretation, Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations
Office Phone: (414) 288-6776
Home Phone: (414) 446-6488
joshua.burns@marquette.edu
Patrick Carey, Professor Emeritus
Theology Department
Expertise: Church History, Historical Theology, Current Trends in American Catholicism
Office Phone: (414) 288-7189
Home Phone: (920) 726-4491
patrick.carey@marquette.edu
Ryan Duns, Assistant Chair and Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Catholic theology, Christian spirituality, the Church, faith and reason, secularism, theology and popular culture
Contact: (414) 288-3735
ryan.duns@marquette.edu
Julian Hills, Associate Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Jesus and the Gospels, New Testament, Origins of the Church, Relationships between Episcopal Church and Roman Catholic Church
Office Phone: (414) 288-3776
Home Phone: (414) 332-3115
julian.hills@marquette.edu
Scott Idleman, Professor
Law School
Expertise: First Amendment (religious freedom, church/state, speech), Second Amendment, Federal Indian Law, Congressional Power, Equal Protection
Office Phone: (414) 288-5362
Home Phone: (262) 377-2827
scott.idleman@marquette.edu
Mark Johnson, Associate Professor
Theology Department
Academic Integrity Director
Expertise: Catholic Ethics, Medieval Theology, Catholic Theology, Moral Philosophy and Theology
Office Phone: (414) 288-7646
Home Phone: (262) 938-0308
mark.johnson@marquette.edu
Rev. John Laurance, S.J., Associate Professor Emeritus
Theology Department
Expertise: Liturgical History and Theology, Liturgical Year
Office Phone: (414) 288-3734
Home Phone: (414) 288-5052
john.laurance@marquette.edu
Susan Mountin, Director
Pastoral Leadership in a Cultural Context
Expertise: Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day, Discerning a Vocation, Life Choices, Raising Children in the Faith, Women in Ministry, Ignatian Spirituality, Prayer, Catholic Social Teaching
Office Phone: (414) 288-3693
Home Phone: (414) 453-9583
susan.mountin@marquette.edu
Irfan Omar, Associate Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Islamic Faith, Muslims in America
Office Phone: (414) 288-3746
irfan.omar@marquette.edu
Andrei Orlov, Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature, Jewish Mysticism, Enochic Traditions
Office Phone: (414) 288-6802
andrei.orlov@marquette.edu
Aaron Pidel, Assistant Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Catholic Church, Marriage and Family, Jesuit Spirituality, faith and reason, Christian views of ecology
Media Type: Print, TV, Radio
Contact: (414) 288-6952
Aaron.Pidel@marquette.edu
Peter Rofes, Professor
Law School
Director of Part-Time Legal Education
Expertise: Legal Education, First Amendment, Constitutional Law, Judicial Selection, Legal Ethics, Religion and the Law, Flag Desecration
Office Phone: (414) 288-5361
peter.rofes@marquette.edu
Phillip Runkel, Archivist Emerits
Libraries/Special Collections and Archives
Expertise: Catholic Worker Movement, Dorothy Day
phil.runkel@marquette.edu
Jame Schaefer, Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Environmental Ethics, Ecological Problems, Relation Between Science and Religion/Judeo-Christianity (Including Religious Faith and Medical Treatment), Evolution and Theology, Intelligent Design Movement, Evolution and Theology, Theology and Technology, Theological Foundations for Environmental Ethics, Religion and Science
Office Phone: (414) 288-3742
jame.schaefer@marquette.edu
Richard Taylor, Professor
Philosophy Department
Expertise: Islam
Office Phone: (414) 288-5649
richard.taylor@marquette.edu
Mark George Thiel, Archivist Emeritus
Libraries/Special Collections and Archives
Expertise: Catholic Missions to Native Americans in North and Latin America, Catholic Missions to Native Americans in North and Latin America
Home Phone: (262) 521-9270
mark.thiel@marquette.edu
Kate Ward, Associate Professor
Theology Department
Expertise: Catholic theology; Catholic social thought; economic justice; virtue ethics; dignity of work; worker's rights; poverty; democracy; taxes; working families; Pope Francis
katharine.ward@marquette.edu