James Zeitz, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY

Contact Information: 
Office: FAHU 116
E-mail: zeitj@lake.ollusa.edu 
Phone: 210-434-6711, ext. 2226

Background:  I have been teaching in the Religious Studies department at Our Lady of the Lake University since 1989.

My professional background includes a Doctorate in religious studies and a Master’s in religious studies both at the Institut Catholique de Paris (1980); ecclesiastical degrees (licentiates) in theology (Institut d’Etudes Theologiques: 1972) and philosophy (Loyola University, Chicago: 1963), as well as a Master’s degree in classics (Loyola, Chicago: 1963). I am also a member of the College Theology Society.

Before coming to Our Lady of the Lake, I taught theology at Marquette University (1979-1987), at the University of Scranton (1987-1988) and at Lasalle University (1988-1989). I am also a resigned Jesuit priest, having been ordained in 1971—resigned in 1989. My current outside interests include music (member of the San Antonio Recorder Society, ongoing student of piano), folk dancing (member of the Deutsche Volkstanzverein von San Antonio), and cycling.

I am currently married (my wife is Maria: she is a counselor at two high schools and at the Marriage and Family Institute) and have two children: Erica, age 16 and Christopher, age 13.

Areas of Teaching:
Hebrew Scriptures and the Four Gospels
Upper-level biblical and systematic theology courses, including: Prophets andVisionaries, The Writings (of the Hebrew Bible), Paul: His Life andTheology, Theology of Jesus Christ, Christian Sacraments, God: Beliefand Unbelief, Christian Spirituality, and The Art of Theology.

Education: 
PhD and MA, Catholic University of Paris
MA, Loyola University
BA, University of Detroit
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