Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
Professor of New Testament Studies and Christian Spirituality
Core Doctoral Faculty Member

At GTU since 1976

S.T.D., Gregorian University, 1975
S.T.L., Institut Catholique, 1971
M.A., University of Detroit, 1967
B.A., Marygrove College, 1960

Phone: 510/549-5035
E-mail: sschneid@jstb.edu

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Spirituality
• Feminism
• Jesus in the Gospel of John
• Biblical Hermeneutics; Seminar in New Testament Interpretation
• New Testament, especially Gospel of John
• Contemporary Catholic Women's Religious Life in the U.S.

Selected Publications

• Finding the Treasure: Locating Catholic Religious Life in a New Ecclesial and Cultural Context, (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2000).
• Selling All: Commitment, Consecrated Celibacy, and Community in Catholic Religious Life, (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 2001)
• With Oil in Their Lamps: Faith, Feminism, and the Future [2000 Madeleva Lecture in Spirituality] (New York/ Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2000).
• Written That You May Believe: Encountering Jesus in the Fourth Gospel (New York: Crossroad, 2003). [Second revised and enlarged edition]
• The Revelatory Text: Interpreting the New Testament as Sacred Scripture, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999).
• "The Study of Christian Spirituality: Contours and Dynamics of a Discipline." Christian Spirituality Bulletin 6 (Spring 1998): 1, 3-12.