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Daniel Stramara
Degrees
Ph.D. Historical Theology, Saint Louis University, 1996
M.A. French, Université de Strasbourg, 1978
B.A. Scripture, Messiah College, 1978
B.A. French, Messiah College, 1978
Professional Licensures and Certifications
ROIC Instructor Certification 2018
Publications
Praying—with the Saints—to God Our Mother. Cascade Books, 2012.
God’s Timetable: The Book of Revelation and the Feast of Seven Weeks. Pickwick Publications, 2011.
“Feminine Imagery of God according to Ven. Jeanne Chezard de Matel, Foundress of the Order of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 27.2 (2021): 15-29.
“Jean-Jacques Olier (1608-1657) and Divine Feminine Imagery in the French School of Spirituality,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 26.1 (2020): 41-50.
“Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle (1575-1629) and His Use of Feminine Imagery for God,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 25.1 (2019): 17-30.
“The Sinus of the Father (Jn 1:18) as the Womb of God in the Latin Tradition,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 23.2 (2018): 26-41.
“The 'wuba of the Father (Jn 1:18) as the Womb of God in the Syriac Tradition,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 23.1 (2017): 20-38.
“The Kolpos of the Father (Jn 1:18) as the Womb of God in the Greek Tradition,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 22.2 (2016): 36-53.
“St. Francis de Sales and the Maternal Love of God,” Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History 21.2 (2015): 3-27.
“Toward a Chrismatic Ecclesiology as a Theological Basis for Primacy,” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 49.2 (Summer 2014): 218-46.
“Peri Pascha, the Book of Revelation, and Melito of Sardis,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 31 (2013): 64-76.
“Faith and Good Works in an Age of Terrorism,” Ecumenical Trends 42.6 (June 2013): 11 & 15.
“Resignation of the Petrine Office and Implications for Ecumenical Dialogue,” Ecumenical Trends 42.4 (April 2013): 10-11 & 14-15.
“Gregory of Nyssa and Feminine Imagery of God,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 29:1-3 (2011): 38-60.
“Gregory of Nyssa and Introspection,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 28:1-3 (2010): 37-53.
“The Angelology of Cyril of Jerusalem as Source for Pseudo-Dionysius’ Celestial Hierarchy,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 27:1-3 (2009): 11-21.
“The Chiastic Key to the Identity of the Beloved Disciple,” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 53.1 (2009): 5-27.
“The Theotokos in Oecumenius’ Commentary on the Book of Revelation,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 26:1-3 (2008): 9-22.
“Collegiality and the Formation of the Apostles’ Creed: A Model for Ecumenical Dialogue,” Ecumenical Trends 37.1 (January 2008): 8-9, & 14.
“Jesus as Moral Exemplar and Saviour according to Gregory of Nyssa,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 25:1-3 (2007): 10-21.
“The Sinlessness and Moral Integrity of Jesus according to Gregory of Nyssa,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 24:1-3 (2006): 67-83.
“‘Patriarch of the West’ and the Importance of the Title Patriarch,” Ecumenical Trends 35.10 (November 2006): 7-10.
“Gregory of Nyssa’s Psychological Portrait of Jesus the Christ,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 23:1-3 (2005): 49-62.
“Maximus the Confessor’s Application of Trinitarian Theology to Monastic Life,” The Patristic and Byzantine Review 21:1-3 (2003): 205-15.
“Gregory of Nyssa’s Doctrine of Theistic Evolution,” Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Bulletin 22.2 (Spring 2003): 10-22.
“Surveying the Heavens: Early Christian Writers on Astronomy,” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 46 (2002): 147-62.
“Introspection in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Taking a Closer Look,” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 44 (2000): 35-60.
“Double Monasticism in the Greek East: Eighth through Fifteenth Centuries,” Greek Orthodox Theological Review 43 (1998): 185-202.
“Gregory of Nyssa’s Terminology for Trinitarian Perichoresis,” Vigiliae Christianae 52 (1998): 257-63.
“Double Monasticism in the Greek East: Fourth through Eighth Century,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 6 (1998): 269-312.
“‘Adelphotes’ — Two Frequently Overlooked Meanings,” Vigiliae Christianae 51 (1997): 316-20.
“Une nouvelle facette de la spiritualité olivétaine primitive: l’adoration de la Sainte Trinité,” Studia Monastica 39 (1997): 365-75.
“Gregory of Nyssa: An Ardent Abolitionist?” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 41.1 (1997): 37-60.
“Wrestling with Eastern European Ancestry and Pinning Down Your Family.” Naše Rodina 35.3 Quarterly of Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International (September 2023): 117–22.
“James Pratten, Cousin of Judith Corson: Suggested Revisions of Pratten, Osborn, Hand, Cresse, Hildreth, Buck, Johnson & Taylor Families,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 13.6 (Fall 2020): 338-52.
“Sir Henry Gernet of Essex (1275-1345),” The Genealogist 32.1 (Spring 2018): 3-21.
“The Reconstructed Life of John Whilden (1630-1707): Father of Joseph Whilldin, Progenitor of the Cape May Line,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 12.5 (Spring 2013): 292-95.
“The Origins of Gabriel Whelden of Yarmouth and Malden, Massachusetts,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 163 (October 2009): 253-61, co-authored Jan Porter.
“NJ Quaker Corsons and Revolutionary Patriots,” Corson Cousins 28.2 (April 2008): 33-34.
“Francis K. Duke, Esq. (1830-1908): A Centennial Commemoration,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 11.5 (Spring 2007): 485-95.
“The Ancestry of Mary Wilmon (1689-1743), Wife of Joseph Whilldin,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 11.4 (Winter 2006): 399-421.
“Mary (Mapes) Wines, Daughter of Thomas1 Mapes, of Southold, Long Island, New York,” New England Historical and Genealogical Register 159 (April 2005): 127-30.
“The Ancestry of Hannah Crowell, Wife of Jonathan Whilldin,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 11.2 (Spring 2004): 163-72.
“The Ancestry of William Eldredge (1759-1808): Patriot and NJ Legislative Senator and Possible Mayflower Descendant,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 10.7 (Winter 2002): 559-73.
“Winter of 1714/15 in Cape May & the Cresse Family,” Cape May County Magazine of History and Genealogy 10.7 (Winter 2002): 651-54.
Awards
Outstanding Online Teaching Award -- Colleague 2 Colleague 2019
Daniel L. Brenner Award for Scholarly Achievement 2012
Daniel L. Brenner Award for Scholarly Achievement 2003
Biography
Dr. Daniel F. Stramara, Jr. is a professor of historical theology in the Department of Theology & Religious Studies at Rockhurst University, arriving in 1997. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Saint Louis University (1996) with a concentration in early Christianity, particularly Greek. His research focuses primarily on mining the richness and diversity of early Christianity, the Scriptures, and conceptions of God. Stramara is the author of two books: Praying—with the Saints—to God Our Mother (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012) and God’s Timetable: The Book of Revelation and Feast of Seven Weeks (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2011). He has written over twenty-five articles published in national and international journals, and is a two-time recipient of Rockhurst’s Daniel L. Brenner Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship. Stramara has also been awarded by Rockhurst University five Presidential Grants for Faculty Development and seven Thomas More Grants for scholarship. Stramara likewise has published numerous historical-genealogical articles.
He enjoys engaging students while teaching the following courses: “Christianity I: Foundations,” “The Gospel of John & Johannine Epistles,” “The Book of Revelation,” “Eastern Christianity: Catholic & Orthodox,” “Christian Theologies of the Body,” “Feminine Face of God,” “Christian Views of God, Suffering, and Evil,” and "Religion, Spirituality, and Nursing."