Professor of Religion

B.A. Kalamazoo College

M.Div. McCormick Theological Seminary

A.M., Ph.D. University of Chicago

Teaches in the area of early Christianity and has special research interest in Christianity in early Anglo-Saxon England. Publications include Images of Sanctity in Eddius Stephanus' Life of Bishop Wilfrid (Edwin Mellen Press, 1992) and Bede: A Biblical Miscellany (co-authored with Arthur G. Holder; Liverpool University Press, 1999). Member of the American Society of Church History and the North American Patristics Society. Past President of the American Academy of Religion, Southeast Region. At Davidson since 1984. 

Courses Taught

• Rel 100W Religion in the Movies
• Rel 140 Sin and Redemption in Christian Thought
• Rel 143 The Christian Story and Its Stories
• Rel 242 The Rise of Christianity
• Rel 340 Messiahs, Martyrs and Virgins
• Rel 347 Christian Latin Writers
• Rel 362 Religion in Victorian England  

To contact:

Department of Religion
Davidson College
Box 6942
Davidson NC 28035-6942

Chambers 2042
Phone (704) 894-2263
Fax (704) 894-2005
E-Mail: trfoley@davidson.edu