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| − | [[Image:karras_web.jpg|thumb|Valerie A. Karras]]
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| − | '''Valerie A. Karras''' is a Professor at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University
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| − | Education
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| − | Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, 2002; Th.D., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1991; M.T.S., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 1982; B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 1979
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| − | Teaching Specialties
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| − | Patristic (early Christian) theology, Byzantine church history, Orthodox theology
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| − | Research Interests
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| − | Women in the Byzantine liturgy, gender in Greek patristic thought, Orthodoxy and feminist theology, Orthodoxy in ecumenical and interreligious contexts, Greek patristic anthropology and soteriology
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| − | ==Biography== | |
| − | Dr. Valerie Karras is Assistant Professor of Church History at the Perkins School of Theology at
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| − | Southern Methodist University. From 2003 to 2004, she served as Research Associate at the
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| − | Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, an online digital Greek library based at the University of California,
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| − | Irvine. From 1998 to 2003, she was Assistant Professor of Greek Patristics in the Department of
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| − | Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. In 1993, Dr. Karras came to Holy Cross Greek
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| − | Orthodox School of Theology as a fellow-in-residence, then continued as assistant professor at
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| − | both Holy Cross and Hellenic College from 1994 to 1996. From 1996 to 1997, she served
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| − | Hellenic College and Holy Cross as Assistant Director for Institutional Planning and Special
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| − | Projects. She has also been an adjunct lecturer in the Departments of Classics and Religious
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| − | Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Karras has earned doctorates in patristic
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| − | theology from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki and in church history from The | |
| − | Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She also holds a Master of Theological
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| − | Studies degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
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| − | Valerie Karras’ areas of research interest include women in early and Byzantine Christianity,
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| − | gender in early church theology, and Orthodox Christianity in ecumenical, interreligious, and
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| − | feminist conversation. She has published articles, translations, and book reviews in scholarly
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| − | journals such as Church History, the Journal of Early Christian Studies, and Theological Studies,
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| − | and in such books as the Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology and Holy Women of
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| − | Byzantium. She is completing revisions to her first book, Women in the Byzantine Liturgy, which will be published by Oxford University Press.
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| − | Dr. Karras has been invited widely to lecture and has presented papers at numerous academic
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| − | conferences. She is a member of the editorial board of The St. Nina Quarterly, an international
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| − | journal for Orthodox women, and she has served on the boards of directors of the North
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| − | American Academy of Ecumenists and the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural
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| − | Research at St. John’s University. She has also been a member of the steering committee of the
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| − | Eastern Orthodox Studies Group for the American Academy of Religion, and currently serves on
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| − | the board of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. She is a member of several academic
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| − | and professional organizations, and has been awarded fellowships, grants, and other.
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| − | recognition.
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| − | Dr. Karras’ avocation is music: she holds a diploma in Byzantine music from Greece and has
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| − | served as served as chanter, choir director, and organist at various Orthodox parishes.
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| − | ==Professional Distinctions==
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| − | Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Board, 2002-present; Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research Board of Directors, 1997-2001; North American Academy of Ecumenists Executive Board, 1996-2001; American Academy of Religion, Eastern Orthodox Studies Group Steering Committee, 1993-2000; Byzantine chanter, Greek Orthodox Church
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| − | ==Selected Publications==
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| − | “The Liturgical Functions of Consecrated Women in the Byzantine Church,
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