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Bradley K. Storin
Associate Professor
Section Head, Religious Studies
Ph.D.: Religious Studies, Indiana University, 2012
Phone: 225-578-6311
Email: bstorin@lsu.edu
Office: 210 Coates
Biography
Bradley K. Storin grew up in Austin, Texas and received a B.A. in Religious Studies and Classics from the University of Texas (2003). He also received an M.T.S. from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University (2005) and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Indiana University (2012).
Areas of Interest
Professor Storin specializes in the study of Christianity in late antiquity (ca. 100-600 C.E.) with specific interest in issues of religious identity, community, and literary genre.
Courses Offered
- REL 1005 New Testament
- REL 3000 Christianity
- REL 4301: Theories of Religion
- REL 4505: The Rise of Christianity
- REL 4507: Topics in the History of Christianity: Christian Monasticism
- HNRS 2030: Holy Violence in Early Christianity
- HNRS 2030: The Lives of Saints
Selected Publications
Books
Articles and Chapters
"Monastic Identity and Violence in Callinicus; Vita Hypatii," Studia Patristica, forthcoming 2021.
“The Father of Philosophers: New Modes of Self-Fashioning in the Writings of Gregory of Nazianzus,” in Problems in Ancient Biography: The Construction of Professional Identity in Late Antiquity, ed. Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, Heidi Marx, and Ilaria L.E. Ramelli (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming)
“Kirchenväter: Briefschreiber im 4./5. Jh. Golden age of letter-writing: Gregor von Nazianz,” in Handbuch Brief: Antike, ed. Eve-Marie Becker, Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser, Alfons Fürst (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, forthcoming)
“Autohagiobiography: Gregory of Nazianzus among His Biographers,” Studies in Late Antiquity 1 (2017): 254-81
“Reconsidering Gregory of Nazianzus’ Letter Collection,” Studia Patristica 95 (2017): 291-302
"The Letter Collection of Gregory of Nazianzus,” in Late Antique Letter Collections: A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide, eds. Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin, and Edward J. Watts (Oakland: University of California Press, 2017), 81-10
(with Cristiana Sogno and Edward J. Watts) “Introduction: Greek and Latin Epistolography and Epistolary Collections in Late Antiquity,” in Late Antique Letter Collections: A Critical Introduction and Reference Guide, eds. Cristiana Sogno, Bradley K. Storin, and Edward J. Watts (Oakland: University of California Press, 2017), 1-12
“In a Silent Way: Asceticism and Literature in the Rehabilitation of Gregory of Nazianzus,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 19 (2011): 225-57
Translations
"Tatian, Oration to the Greeks," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Apollinarius, Letters," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Gregory of Nazianzus, Letter 101," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Henotikon of 482," in the Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Ibas, Letter to Maris," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
(with Mark DelCogliano) "Justinian, On the Right Faith," in the Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Leo of Rome, Tome," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Origen, On First Principles 2.6," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
"Second Henotikon," in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, Volume 3: Christ, ed. Mark DelCogliano (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2021)
“Clement of Alexandria, The Instructor 1.1-4, 13,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 2: Practice, ed. Ellen K. Muehlberger (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 3-12
“Cyril of Jerusalem, Prologue and Mystical Catecheses,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 2: Practice, ed. Ellen K. Muehlberger (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 217-43
“Gregory the Wonderworker, Address to Origen 5-9,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 2: Practice, ed. Ellen K. Muehlberger (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 29-40
“John Chrysostom, Baptismal Instructions,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 2: Practice, ed. Ellen K. Muehlberger (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 244-72
“Ptolemy, Letter to Flora,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 1: God, ed. Andrew Radde-Gallwitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 3-10
“Origen of Alexandria, On First Principles Preface and 1.1-1.3,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 1: God, ed. Andrew Radde-Gallwitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 71-105
“Gregory of Nazianzus, Poems 1.1.1-1.1.3,” in The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings. Volume 1: God, ed. Andrew Radde-Gallwitz (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017), 294-301
Encyclopedia Entries
“Athanasian Creed,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, 2 vols. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 1:170
“Diocese,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, 2 vols. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 1:485
“Homoeans,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, 2 vols. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 1:738
“Metropolitan,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, 2 vols. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 2:1015
“Patriarch,” in The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity, ed. Oliver Nicholson, 2 vols. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2018), 2:1144
“Basil of Amasea,” in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, ed. Eric Orlin, with Lisbeth S. Fried, Jennifer Wright Knust, Michael L. Satlow, and Michael E. Pregill (London: Routledge, 2016), 134
“Gregory of Nazianzus,” in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, ed. Eric Orlin, with Lisbeth S. Fried, Jennifer Wright Knust, Michael L. Satlow, and Michael E. Pregill (London: Routledge, 2016), 375-76
“Macrina the Younger,” in The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, ed. Eric Orlin, with Lisbeth S. Fried, Jennifer Wright Knust, Michael L. Satlow, and Michael E. Pregill (London: Routledge, 2016), 556
Awards and Honors
- Recipient of 2019 Manship Summer Research Fellowship
- Recipient of 2019 HSS International Travel Grant
- Recipient of 2017 Tiger Athletic Foundation Teaching Award
- Recipient of 2016 LSU HSS Nicholson Award for Outstanding Faculty Member
- Recipient of the 2015 Council on Research Summer Stipend