Greta Austin
Associate Professor, Religion
Research Interests
I am a medieval religious historian of Western Europe. My work focuses on the intersection of religion and law, and on the history of ideas in the central Middle Ages. I also am interested in medieval manuscripts, paleography, and the transmission of texts.
Courses Taught
| 100-level | Rel 140 The Iconic Feminine: Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary in the Christian Tradition |
| 200-level | Rel 204 Religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam |
| 200-level | Rel 210 Christianity |
| 300-level | Rel 310 Christianity and Law in the West |
| 300-level | Rel 340 Imagining Religion: scholars, theories and cases in the study of religion |
| 300-level | Rel 344 Magic and Religion |
| 300-level | Rel 350 Christian Mysticism |
| 300-level | Rel 363 Saints, Symbols and Sacraments: the history of Christian traditions |
| 400-level | Rel 410 Violence and Religion |
Education
Columbia University, Ph.D. with distinction, Religion, in the History of Christianity, 2000
University of Colorado-Boulder, M.A., English/Creative Writing (poetry), 1992
Princeton University, B.A., Religion, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1990
