The Academic Staff of Mater Ecclesiae College

  • pius.collins@stmarys.ac.uk

    Areas of Expertise

    Canon Law of the Catholic Church, especially pertaining to:

    • Religious institutes and their proper law;

    • Sacraments;

    • Matrimonial law and declarations of nullity.

    Curriculum Vitae

  • michael.lang@stmarys.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise

    Fr Lang's doctoral worked at Oxford focused on the history of doctrine in the early Christian period, in particular the Christological controversies after the Council of Chalcedon. Since then, his research interests have shifted towards liturgical history and theology. Among his interests are ritual, language and non-verbal expression, including questions of sacred architecture, art and music. He has also published on the thought of St John Henry Newman and Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI.

    Curriculum Vitae

  • pia.matthews@stmarys.ac.uk

    Areas of Expertise

    • ·       Bioethics

      ·       Moral Theology

      ·       Marriage and Family Life

      ·       Disability Theology

      ·       Personal Morality

      ·       Catholic Social Teaching

      ·       Spirituality in healthcare

      ·       Dementia and elderly care

      ·       Chaplaincy

      ·       Philosophical anthropology

      ·       Theological anthropology

      ·       Patristics

    Curriculum Vitae

  • dominicrobinson@rcdow.org.uk

    Areas of expertise

    • Grace and Salvation

    • Theological Anthropology

    • Christology and Trinitarian Theology

    • Ecumenical Theology (especially Reformed/ Catholic Dialogue)

    • Ministry and Co-Responsibility in the Catholic Church

    • Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI

    • Karl Barth  

    Curriculum vitae

  • sr2051@mbit.cam.ac.uk

    Area of expertise

    • New Testament Interpretation: The Apocalypse, Gospels, Pauline Epistles

    • Old Testament Interpretation: Especially Prophetic & Apocalyptic literature 

    • Prayer, praise and worship in the Apocalypse, Pauline epistles and Second Temple Judaism

    • Patristic and medieval reception of Scripture (especially the Venerable Bede)

    Curriculum vitae

  • nicolas.schofield@stmarys.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise

    • Church History 1789-1962

    • History of British and Irish Catholicism from the Reformation onwards

    • The Church's Reaction to the Italian Risorgimento 

    • Nineteenth century military history 

    Curriculum vitae

  • peter.tyler@stmarys.ac.uk

    Areas of expertise

    • Christian spirituality

    • Mysticism

    • Interreligious dialogue

    • Buddhism

    • Hinduism

    • Psychology of Religion

    • Philosophy of Religion

    • Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice

    Curriculum vitae