USC.edu

Sheila Briggs

Associate Professor of Religion and Gender Studies
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email sbriggs@usc.edu Office ACB 130 Office Phone (213) 740-0267

Education

  • B.A. , Cambridge University
  • M.A. , Cambridge University

  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    Professor Briggs researches feminist theology, particularly nineteenth and twentieth Century German theology, early Christianity, theories of history and modern liberation movements. Briggs currently studies the relation of attitudes towards gender and attitudes towards the Jewish Torah in the writings of Paul, the first-century apostle. Other projects focuses on an ancient past that never happened except in the imagination of contemporary popular culture, such as the TV series Xena Warrior Princess.

    • Participated in the Religion and Television Symposium, Los Angeles, September 15-16