
John Penniman
National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in the Humanities and Associate Professor of Religious StudiesAbout John Penniman
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Fordham University
- M.T.S., Emory University
- B.A., Elon University
Research Interests
- Early Christianity and Late Antiquity
- Religion and the History of Medicine
- Religion in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Poststructuralism
- Historiography
- Western Religious History
Teaching Interests
- History of Christianity
- History of Biblical Interpretation
- Theories of Religion
- Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
- Religion and Pop Culture
Selected Publications
BOOKS
Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity (Yale University Press, 2017).
ARTICLES
"Fed to Perfection: Mother's Milk, Roman Family Values, and the Transformation of the Soul in Gregory of Nyssa," Church History 84:3 (Fall 2015): 1-36.
"The Health-Giving Cup: Cyprian's Ep. 63 and the Medicinal Power of Eucharistic Wine," Journal of Early Christian Studies23.2 (Summer 2015): 189-211.
Further Information
Contact Details
Location
13 Coleman Hall