Brendan Williams, CMR

Hometown:

Santa Ana, California (USA)

Education: 

BA (Literature and Folklore), Simpson University

MFA (Poetry), St. Mary’s College of California

MDiv, The Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley

Thesis:

Historical theology, cultural and religious dynamics in early Irish Christianity, encompassing pre-Christian lifeways and beliefs

Other Areas of Research:

Comparative religious study in the realms of esotericism and mystical theology, including Indo-Tibetan yogic traditions in dialogue with historical Christian spiritualities; early Christian asceticism and the monastic movement; Hermetic and Neoplatonic influences on developing theology in the Alexandrian milieu; symbol and religious iconography