Faculty

James R Ginther, Ph.D.

ginthej@slu.edu

Associate Professor of Medieval Theology

Education

PhD in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1995
MA in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1990
BA in History, York University (Toronto), 1989

Recent Publications

The Electronic Grosseteste, a web-site supporting advanced research in medieval Philosophy and Theology. With downloadable texts, basic search engine and bibliographical tools. Recently upgraded thanks in large part to funding from St Louis University.

"The Scholastic Psalms Commentary as a Textbook for Theology: the Case of Thomas Aquinas." in Omnia disce: Medieval Studies in Memory of Leonard O. Boyle, OP. Ed. J Duggan, J. Greatrex and B. Bolton. Aldershot: Ashgate, in press.

Essays in Medieval Theology and Philosophy in Memory of Walter H. Principe, OSB: Fortresses and Launching Pads. Ed. J. Ginther and C.N. Still. Aldershot: Ashgate, in press.

Master of the Sacred Page: A Study of the Theology of Robert Grosseteste (ca. 1229/30-1235). Aldershot: Ashgate Press, 2004.

"The Super Psalterium in Context." in Editing Robert Grosseteste. Ed. J. Goering and E. Mackie. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.

"Natural Philosophy and Theology at Oxford in the Early Thirteenth Century: An Edition and Study of Robert Grosseteste's Inception Sermon (Dictum 19)." Medieval Sermon Studies, 44 (2000), 108-133.

Courses Taught (2002-4):

• Theological Foundations
• Survey of Medieval Church History
• Teachers of Medieval Christianity
• Doctoral Seminar in Medieval Theology: Alexander of Hales and Sacramental Theology
• Doctoral Seminar in Medieval Theology: Theology as a Scientific Venture, 1100-1300
• Research Problems in Medieval Theology: The Writings of Anselm of Canterbury

Projects in Progress:

A Handbook of Medieval Theology. Louisville: John Knox/Westminster Press, forthcoming.

Robert Grosseteste in his Intellectual Milieu. Proceedings of the 2003 Conference held at Bishop Grosseteste College, Linoln UK. Ed. J. Ginther.

A Critical Edition of the Super Psalterium of Robert Grosseteste. with J. Goering and E. Streitz-Guez.