Crystal Lubinsky

faculty

Crystal Lubinsky, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor / Director of Religious Studies Program

History

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Liberal Arts 336

Education

2012University of Edinburgh, New College, UKPhD Ecclesiastical History
2002New York UniversityMA in Religious Studies
2000University of North Carolina at WilmingtonBA History and Religion & Philosophy

Teaching

  • Religious Studies
  • History of Christianity
  • Mythology - Scripture as Literature/History
  • Ancient History
  • Gender / Sexual Issues in Mediterranean

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Exploration of what it means to be human. This course will sample insights into ourselves from the unraveling of the human genome to the uncovering of the earliest evidence of distinctively human culture. Topics could include human consciousness, biomedical discoveries, defining human experiences, or the origins of human societies or belief sets. May be repeated with change of content.

Introduces students to historical method and perspective through comparative study of human societies and cultures. The concept of "civilization" is examined in varied contexts through comparisons of social, economic, and political institutions, as well as systems of thought and religion, from pre-history to around 1400.

An historical, sociological, and philosophical study of the world of the Hebrew Bible and its later effect upon the development of both Christianity and Islam. Special emphasis is placed upon recent archaeological discoveries which shed light upon the interaction of ancient Israel with surrounding cultures and its place in the context of Middle Eastern civilization.

This course will examine the response of several world religions to the following issues: human origins, purpose (teleology), evil, "redemption" and the "future estate." We will also examine how new religions often sprang from attempts to reform preexisting religious structure, necessitating a radical reinterpretation of the older religion's doctrines and institutions.

Academic analysis of the New Testament and Christian apocrypha, Critical study of Christian literature utilizes various sociological and literary analysis methods to reveal a deeper historical context of this literature's production. This is an academically focused course, so questions of personal faith or devotion will not be entertained, though community faith-based ideology and identity are topics that this class will cover.

Course handles a variety of topics. Content ranges from small-scale and indigenous belief systems to major World Religions, with an emphasis on historical study. Courses will be offered on a non-regular basis, e.g. 'Modern Myth' or 'Women Saints' can be taught in any semester.

Introduction to the academic interdisciplinary study of religion, including the basic concepts and methodologies employed in understanding religion and interpreting religious beliefs, practices and artifacts. Topics covered may include historical and contemporary debates on religious issues, morality, the sacred and the profane and related themes.

Introduction to the academic interdisciplinary study of religion, including the basic concepts and methodologies employed in understanding religion and interpreting religious beliefs, practices and artifacts. Topics covered may include historical and contemporary debates on religious issues, morality, the sacred and the profane and related themes.

Introduction to the academic interdisciplinary study of religion, including the basic concepts and methodologies employed in understanding religion and interpreting religious beliefs, practices and artifacts. Topics covered may include historical and contemporary debates on religious issues, morality, the sacred and the profane and related themes.

This course will examine the response of several world religions to the following issues: human origins, purpose (teleology), evil, "redemption" and the "future estate." We will also examine how new religions often sprang from attempts to reform preexisting religious structure, necessitating a radical reinterpretation of the older religion's doctrines and institutions.

Research

Research interests

  • Monasticism
  • Saints - Hagiography
  • Sexuality
  • Ancient Mediterranean Cultures
  • Christian History

Select publications

  • Crystal Lynn Lubinsky
    Studia Traditionis Theologiae
    Removing Masculine Layers to Reveal a Holy Womanhood: The Female Transvestite Monks of Late Antique Eastern Christianity., 13
  • Crystal Lynn Lubinsky (2013).
    Re-reading Masculinity in Christian Greco-Roman Culture through Ambrose and the Female Transvestite Monk, Matrona of Perge.
    Studia Patristica, 69, 51-66.