LIB101-Medieval-Life-and-Thought - Miller-Breslin

Edward Jeremy Miller, PhD, STD, Religious Studies

Edward Jeremy Miller earned a Ph.D. and subsequently an S.T.D. summa cum laude from the University of Louvain (KU Leuven), Belgium, mentored by the renowned Newman scholar, Jan Hendrick Walgrave.  Before coming to Gwynedd Mercy, he was professor of Roman Catholic theology and chair of the doctoral program in constructive theology at Emory University, the dean of a graduate school, and an officer for core curriculum grants at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Since appointment to Gwynedd’s Department of Religious Studies, he as also taught throughout its Honors Program curriculum and has chaired the college’s Division of Humanities.

His theological research has appeared in numerous books, such as Newman: Doctor of the Church (Oxford, 2007), Death and Bereavement Around the World (Amityville, 2002), Understanding Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (Ashland, 2002), Discourse and Context: An Interdisciplinary Study of John Henry Newman (Carbondale, 1993), Critical Essays on John Henry Newman (Victoria BC, 1992), and John Henry Newman on the Idea of Church (Shepherdstown, 1987).  He has also published articles in leading theological journals in this country and in Europe, such as Louvain Studies (Leuven), New Blackfriars (Oxford), Angelicum (Roma), Horizons, The Newman Studies Journal, The Josephinum Journal of Theology, Thought (Fordham), and The Southwestern Journal of Theology.

He is, currently, on the board of directors of The Venerable John Henry Newman Association, a past vice-president of The College Theology Society, a past chairperson of the Southeast Region and of the Mid-Atlantic Eastern Region of CTS, the coordinator of the Newman Continuing Seminar of The Catholic Theological Society of America, and a member of the International Society of Cardinal Newman Scholars.

He has been awarded an Earhart Foundation fellowship, a University of Chicago post-doctoral fellowship, and has served in the Commonwealth Speakers Program of the Pennsylvania Council of the Humanities.

In addition to his teaching and research work at Gwynedd Mercy College, he has served the college in various other ways and, notably, as chairperson of its Faculty Council and its Promotion and Tenure Committee.  His direct telephone number is 215-641-5513, and his email address is miller.e@gmc.edu.