Julia A. Lamm received her B.A. in history and in philosophy from The College of St. Catherine, and her A.M. in religious studies and Ph.D. in theology from the University of Chicago. She is an historical and systematic theologian with specializations in Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834); Julian of Norwich (1343-ca. 1416); Christian mysticism; the doctrine of God, the doctrine of grace, and Christology; the history of Christian thought; and the relation between theology and philosophy. On the faculty of Georgetown University since 1989, she is a recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany), and is founding director of the James M. and Margaret H. Costan Lecture in Early Christianity at Georgetown.