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Marylin McCord Adams, PhD

Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marilyn McCord Adams has taught philosophy and theology at several schools including UCLA, Yale Divinity School, and Oxford University where she was Regius Professor of Divinity. She specializes in medieval and philosophical theology. Her books include: ,em>William Ockham; Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God; Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology; and Some Later Medieval Theories of the Eucharist. She is an Episcopal priest, and has also published a book of sermons (Wrestling for Blessing) and a book of prayers (Opening to God: Childlike Prayers for Adults).

Areas of Specialization

medieval philosophical theology

Articles on the EPS Site

• Christian Philosophy and Philosophers: Socialization and the Need for Fresh Approaches

Books by Marylin McCord Adams

• Opening to God: Childlike Prayers for Adults
  
  Westminster John Knox Press, 2008
  ISBN #0664233058
  
  
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• Some Later Medieval Theories of the Eucharist: Thomas Aquinas, Gilles of Rome, Duns Scotus, and William Ockham
  
  Oxford University Press, 2012
  ISBN #0199658161
  
  
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