Faculty :: Doctor of Theology :: La Salle University Graduate Programs

Margaret McGuinness
Executive Director of the Office of Mission Integration and Professor of Religion

Contact Information
Office: Peale House, 2nd floor
Phone: 215-951-1339
Email: mcguinness@lasalle.edu

Profile
Margaret McGuinness is Executive Director of the Office of Mission Integration and Professor of Religion. She received her AB and MTS from Boston University, and her Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York. Prior to teaching at La Salle, she was on the faculty of Cabrini College for twenty years.

Dr. McGuinness area of expertise is Catholicism in the United States. She has published on devotional live in the United States, and the history of women religious. In addition, she serves as co-editor of American Catholic Studies, and is Vice President/President-elect of the American Catholic Historical Association.

Areas of Expertise

U.S. Religion
Catholicism in the U.S.
Women in Religion
Issues in Peace and Social Justice

Education

A.B. Boston University, College of Liberal Arts
M.T.S. Boston University School of Theology
Ph.D. Union Theological Seminary, New York

Teaching

Catholicism in the U.S.
Peace and Justice in the Christian Tradition
Religion in the Civil Rights Movement

Research

Publications

Catholic Studies Reader (co-editor with James T. Fisher)

Neighbors and Missionaries: A History of the Sisters of Our Lady of Christian Doctrine

Called to Serve: A History of Sisters and Nuns in the United States (forthcoming 2013)

Presentations

Presented at a number of conferences including the American Catholic Historical Association, and the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Francis Berna, OFM, Ph.D.
Director

Theology and Ministry Graduate Studies
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone: 215.951.1346
Fax: 215.951.1665
E-mail: religion@lasalle.edu

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