Catherine Brown Tkacz

Catherine Brown Tkacz is the first woman to earn the PhD in medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame. She has often lectured on biblical studies and theology, especially at Blackfriars in Oxford and the Ukrainian Catholic University in L'viv. Her over 130 publications include her fourth book, Women as Types of Christ, East and West. Pope Francis has appointed her to his new commission for the study of women and the diaconate. Douglas Kries is Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga...See more

Catherine Brown Tkacz is the first woman to earn the PhD in medieval studies at the University of Notre Dame. She has often lectured on biblical studies and theology, especially at Blackfriars in Oxford and the Ukrainian Catholic University in L'viv. Her over 130 publications include her fourth book, Women as Types of Christ, East and West. Pope Francis has appointed her to his new commission for the study of women and the diaconate. Douglas Kries is Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University, where he researches in political philosophy, including the political thought of St. Augustine. Among his works are The Problem of Natural Law and (with Ernest L. Fortin and Michael W. Tkacz) Augustine: Political Writings. He has previously collaborated with Catherine Brown Tkacz as co-editor of Nova Doctrina Vetusque: Essays on Early Christianity in Honor of Fredric W. Schlatter, S.J. See less