Dr Julia Meszaros
Lecturer in Systematic Theology
TheologyResearch Interests
- Theological Anthropology
- Theology and Literature
- Forgotten Catholic Women
- Theologies of Creation and Ecology
Research
Meszaros, J. (2016) Selfless Love and Human Flourishing in Paul Tillich and Iris Murdoch. Oxford:
OUP.
Meszaros, J., De Maeseneer, Y. (eds.) (2017) In the Image of Love: Key Voices for Theological Anthropology [Special Issue]. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, Vol. 78 (1-2).
Meszaros, J., ‘Zehn Fragen zum Thema “Liebe”’. Interview in Philokles. Zeitschrift für Populäre Philosophie, Heft 24 (Feb. 2020), 94-104.
Meszaros, J., De Maeseneer, Y. (2017), ‘In the Image of Love: Key Voices for Theological Anthropology’. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 78 (1-2), 1-6.
Meszaros, J. (2015), ‘The Doctrine of “Divine Indwelling” in Elizabeth of the Trinity and Caryll Houselander’. New Blackfriars, 96 (1064), 465-480.
De Maeseneer, Y., Meszaros, J. (2015), ‘Mirrors of the Human: Angels in Iris Murdoch and Karl Ove Knausgård’. Literature and Theology, 29 (4), 450-464. Dutch translation: ‘Het engelmotief in romans van Iris Murdoch en Karl Ove Knausgard’. Tijdschrift voor Theologie, 54 (2014), 147-163.
Meszaros, J. (2013), ‘Desire and Vision: Problems of Conversion’. Philosophy & Theology, 25 (2), 199-227.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B. (eds.) (2021-) Modern Catholic Women Writers. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
Meszaros, J., Zachhuber, J. (eds.) (2013) Sacrifice and Modern Thought. Oxford: OUP.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘Introduction’. In Beckett, Mary, Give Them Stones. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press (forthcoming).
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘Introduction’. In Dinnis, Enid, The Complete Short Stories Volume I. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press (forthcoming).
Meszaros, J., ‘On Catechesis and Literature’ in Jeremy Corley, Andrew Meszaros, John-Paul Sheridan (ed.s) Maynooth Reflects on Catechesis. Messenger Press (forthcoming).
Meszaros, J., ‘Caryll Houselander: Divine Eccentric’ in Haley Stewart (ed.) (2024), Women of the Catholic Imagination. Elk Grove Village: Word on Fire.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘The Catholic Novel since 1914’. In Harris, A. (ed.) (2023) The Oxford History of British and Irish Catholicism. Volume V. Oxford: OUP.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘Introduction’. In Ward, Josephine (2023) One Poor Scruple. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘Introduction’. In Kaye-Smith, S. (2022) The End of the House of Alard. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press.
Meszaros, J., Lander Johnson, B., ‘Introduction’. In Houselander, C. (2022) The Dry Wood. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 11-34.
Meszaros, J., ‘Sacrifice and the Self: A Christian Mystery of Love’. In Fiddes, P. (ed.) (2021) Love as Common Ground. Essays on Love in Religion. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Meszaros, J., ‘Paul Tillich’s Account of Love. Re-visiting Selfless Love’. In Re Manning, R.,
Shearn, S. (eds.) (2018) Returning to Tillich. Theology and Legacy in Transition. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Meszaros, J., ‘Sacrifice and the Self’. In Meszaros, J., Zachhuber, J. (eds.) (2013) Sacrifice and Modern Thought. Oxford: OUP, 66-82.
Biography
Julia Meszaros (DPhil, Oxon) is a lecturer in Systematic Theology with a background in theological anthropology. She received her DPhil in Theology from the University of Oxford in 2012 and then spent several years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium). In her monograph Selfless Love and Human Flourishing in Paul Tillich and Iris Murdoch (OUP, 2016), she compared different accounts of how love affects the formation of the human person and has continued this work in the context of articles for journals including New Blackfriars and Philosophy and Theology.
She is also interested in the fruitful interplay between theology and literature and, together with Bonnie Lander Johnson at Cambridge, edits Catholic Women Writers, CUA press’s first series of fiction. This series recovers the works of the forgotten members of the Catholic Literary Revival by republishing them with long introductions to the author and her work. Julia has a particular interest in the theologically rich writings of the English mystic Caryll Houselander, and has published widely on her and others.
An avid gardener, she is currently also embarking on a theological enquiry into the theological meaning and significance of plants.
Julia regularly gives talks in both academic and popular settings and is always happy to be approached.
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