I am the William F. Orr Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (PTS). An Anglican layperson, I was Professor of Scripture at Augustine College, Ottawa, Canada, from 1997 - 2002, where I served as Dean. Before my service at Augustine College, I had an extended career as Lecturer at several colleges and universities in Canada. My Ph.D. is from McGill University, Montreal. As well as authoring articles for the academy and church, I have written four books--   The Ladies and the Cities: Transformation and Apocalyptic Identity in Joseph and Aseneth, 4 Ezra, the Apocalypse and The Shepherd of Hermas (JSOT; Sheffield, 1995), Joseph and Aseneth (GAP; Sheffield Academic Press, 2000), Ecstasy and Intimacy: When the Holy Spirit Meets the Human Spirit (Eerdmans, 2005) and And I Turned to See the Voice: The Rhetoric of Vision in the New Testament (Baker Academic,  2007). I am a co-author of Longing for God: Anglicans Talk about Revelation, Nature, Culture, and Authority (ABC Publishing).
 

My research interests include rhetorical and literary studies, biblical theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, and current issues in the Church, including human sexuality and worship.  I am in the beginning stages of research for a book on catholic worship in the Church, across traditions and through the centuries.


I am active in the Church, speaking frequently at church and seminary events, keeping in touch as an advisory theologian with the Canadian Church  (I was on the Primate's Theological Commission) and serving on the Commission on Ministry for the Pittsburgh Diocese. I also have a passion for music: prior to moving to PTS, I directed the music and played the organ at St. George's Anglican Church in Ottawa. I am now a member of Church of the Ascension in Oakland, an enthusiastic member of the PTS choir, and the oboist in a musical ensemble at PTS. My husband Chris (who is a photographer and stained glass artist) and I make our home in Stanton Heights with our  teen-age daughter, Joëlle, who is a first year student at Chatham University, Pittsburgh. We have two grown daughters, Meredith Burnett (an MA student with McGill's Religious Studies faculty) and Alexandra Tiel, who are both married and live in Pittsburgh: with their American husbands, Joshua Burnett and Brian Tiel, they have, in the last year, given us three grandchildren, Madeleine Anne Tiel, Katherine Eva Burnett, and Rachael Lauren Tiel.

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