John R. Lanci

Professor of Religious Studies

A.B., New York University
M.Div., University of Notre Dame
M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Curriculum Vitae



E-mail: jlanci@stonehill.edu
Phone: (508) 565-1239
Office: Student Union 207

Born and raised in upstate New York, I early on found myself fascinated by the ancient Mediterranean world, majoring in classics at NYU and specializing in the religions of the Greco-Roman World, particularly the first century of the Christian movement.

My interests involve the development of Pauline Christianity and the role that archaeology can play in redescribing the spread of Christianity into Greece and the rest of the Roman world. But I am also interested in the panoply of emerging types of spirituality in the Christian West today and what Christianity might come to look like in the 21st century and beyond.

Courses Taught:

GR 100 Critical Encounters - Religious Studies
RS 252 Introduction to the New Testament
RS 335 Icons, Altars, and Pop Religion
RS 268 Images of Jesus
RS 325 Theology and Community Service
RS 341 Spiritual Autobiography