People
Lawrence S. Cunningham
John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology
(B.A., Saint Bernard's College Seminary, 1957; S.T.L., Gregorian University (Rome), 1961; M.A., Florida State University, 1963; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1969)
Profile
Cunningham's scholarly interests are in the area of systematic theology and culture, Christian spirituality, and the history of Christian spirituality. His most recent book is A Brief History of Saints (Oxford: Blackwell, 2005). He has edited or written sixteen other books. He is also co-editor of the academic monograph series "Studies in Theology and Spirituality" and serves as an associate editor for a number of scholarly journals.
The author of over fifty articles in peer reviewed or solicited journals and books, he has also written over two hundred articles for pastoral and popular outlets. He has won three Catholic Press Association awards for religious writing (1987, 1999, and 2000). The religion book notes columnist for Commonweal for over ten years, he is also an award winning teacher at Notre Dame: the Fenlon Award from Sorin College (1989) and a Kaneb award in 1999. He is currently finishing a book on Roman Catholicism for Cambridge University Press and had been appointed Christianity editor of the forthcoming Norton Anthology of World Religions.
Contact
437 Malloy Hall
574-631-7137
Lawrence.S.Cunningham.1@nd.edu