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Crystal Lubinsky
Full Time Lecturer / Director of Religious Studies Program
History
Contact
508-999-8317
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Liberal Arts 336
Education
| 2000 | University of North Carolina at Wilmington | BA History and Religion & Philosophy |
| 2002 | New York University | MA in Religious Studies |
| 2012 | University of Edinburgh, New College, UK | Ph.D. Ecclesiastical History |
Teaching
- Religious Studies
- History of Christianity
- Mythology - Scripture as Literature/History
- Ancient History
- Gender / Sexual Issues in Mediterranean
Teaching
Programs
Programs
Teaching
Courses
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.
A survey of Roman civilization from the origins of Rome to the age of Constantine, emphasizing Roman social and political institutions. Related topics include Roman imperialism, Latin literature, Roman religion, and early Christianity. Readings include a variety of primary sources.
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.
Teaching
Online and Continuing Education Courses
Graduate Seminars in history are designed to allow participants to pursue reading and research on a particular historical topic. Course may be repeated with change of topic.
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.