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Mary Cunningham
Honorary Associate Professor,
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Biography
I was educated at Harvard University, gaining a B.A. in the Department of the Comparative Study of Religion. Here I concentrated on Eastern and Western Church History, with a special interest in Byzantine Theology and Medieval Greek. This was followed by a M.A. and PhD in Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham, England. Since 1984 I have lectured in various universities including Queen's University Belfast, King's College London and the University of Birmingham. I joined the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham in 2006 but retired from undergraduate teaching in February 2016. I continue to work on research and writing in an honorary capacity.
Expertise Summary
I have supervised theses in the fields of early Church History, Greek Patristics, and Byzantine and Orthodox Christian theology. However, I no longer accept new PhD students, owing to the fact that I have retired from full-time teaching.
Research Summary
I am currently carrying out research on the development of doctrine, devotion, and liturgical praise of the Virgin Mary in Byzantium. My work on early Christian and Byzantine preaching also… read more
Current Research
I am currently carrying out research on the development of doctrine, devotion, and liturgical praise of the Virgin Mary in Byzantium. My work on early Christian and Byzantine preaching also continues, with a focus on preachers' use of the Bible, interaction with audiences, and rhetorical techniques. Other topics of research include early Christian and Byzantine ideas about the interaction between doubt and faith, polemical texts, hagiography, and the cult of saints in Byzantium.