V. Revd. Prof. Irenaeus (M.C.) Steenberg, BA, M.St., D.Phil.

Archimandrite in the Russian Orthodox Church (ordained deacon 15th / 28th August 2007, London, by Bishop Elisey of Bogorodsk; tonsured monk 23rd February / 8th March 2010, and ordained priest on 1st / 14th March 2010, San Francisco, by Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America). Elevated to Archimandrite 13th / 26th August 2011.

Principal, St John of San Francisco Orthodox Academy, San Francisco (2010-present)

Dean and Founder of the Sts Cyril & Athanasius Institute for Orthodox Studies, San Francisco (2011-present)

Visiting Professor in Orthodox Christian Studies, Santa Clara University (March 2010-present)

Professorial Research Fellow in Theology, Leeds Trinity University College (2010-present)

Former Chair of Theology and Religious Studies, Leeds Trinity University College (2007-2010)

Former Head of Theology & Tutor for Graduates; Fellow in Patristic Theology and Early Church History, Greyfriars Hall, University of Oxford (2003-2007)

EDUCATION

D.Phil, University of Oxford
M.St - University of Oxford
BA - St Olaf College, USA

FORTHCOMING TITLES:

1. •The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer (St. Herman’s Press, forthcoming in Winter 2012).
   

2. •‘The Orthodox Priest and the Love of God’, in Orthodox Life (forthcoming in Summer 2012)
   

3. •‘Tracing the Irenaean Legacy’, principal chapter in Irenaeus and His Traditions (Augsburg Fortress, in press for Summer 2012).
   

NEWEST PUBLICATIONS / IN PRESS:

1. •St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies (Book 3) – Critical Translation and Commentary (New York: Ancient Christian Writers/Paulist Press, January 2012).
   

2. •‘Baptism in Orthodox Christianity’, principal chapter in G.L. Heath and J.D. Dvorak (eds.), Baptism: Historical, Theological and Pastoral Perspectives (Pickwick, January 2011).
   

3. •Major articles on ‘Arianism’, ‘Eucharist’ and ‘Humanity (anthropology)’, and minor articles/entries on ‘Asceticism’, ‘Chastity’, ‘Desert Fathers and Mothers’, ‘Original Sin’, ‘Antidoron’, ‘Diakonikon’, ‘Iconoclasm’, ‘Vespers’, and ‘The Quinisext Council’ in  J.A. McGuckin (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Wiley-Blackwells, February 2011).
   

CURRENT WRITING / WORKS IN PROGRESS

1. •COMMISSIONED: Eastern Orthodox Monasticism: A History, and A Short History of Orthodoxy (I.B. Tauris; the first for 2013, the second for 2014).
   

2. •Word as Icon: The Representation of Revelation in Orthodox Christianity (SVS Press, for 2013).
   

3. •‘The transformation of the soul in Gregory Palamas’ Letter to Xenia: reverberations of earliest Christian anthropology’ (article).
   

4. • ‘Nicholas Cabasilas and the Marian consciousness of late Byzantium: comparisons with earliest Christian devotion’ (article).
   

5. •Church History volume from the apostles to the Council of Nicaea, as vol. i (as yet untitled) of the SVS Press Church History series. Commissioned by the Press as a ‘pre-quel’ to J. Meyendorff’s vol. ii (Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions: The Church, 450-680 AD, SVS Press: 1989); co-authorship project.
   

ABBREVIATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books, Book Contributions & Articles:

1. •‘God’, in J. Bingham (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Early Christian Thought (New York: Routledge, December 2009).
   

2. •Of God and Man: Theology as Anthropology from Irenaeus to Athanasius (T&T Clark, 2009).
   

3. •Irenaeus on Creation: The Cosmic Christ and the Saga of Redemption (Brill, 2008).
   

4. •‘A Century on Prayer’, Orthodox Word 45.268 (2009[10]).
   

5. •The Orthodox Study Bible: Septuagint Old Testament (California: Thomas Nelson Publishers, February 2008)—editor, translator, and chair of prophetical books translations.
   

6. •‘The Church’, in M. Cunningham-Corran and E. Theokritoff (eds.), Cambridge Companion to Orthodox Theology (Cambridge: The University Press, 2008).
   

7. •‘An exegesis of conformity: textual subversion of subversive texts’, in K. Cooper and J. Gregory (eds.), Discipline and Diversity (Studies in Church History, vol. 43; Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer, 2007).
   

8. •‘Scripture, graphe, and the status of Hermas in Irenaeus’, St Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly 53.1 (2009) 29-66.
   

9. •‘Taking Stock of our Struggle’, Orthodox Word 44.263 (2008[9]).
   

10. •‘Impatience and Humanity’s Sinful State in Tertullian of Carthage’, Vigiliae Christianae 62 (2008) 107-132.
    

11. •‘Sinful nature as second nature in Tertullian of Carthage’, Studia Patristica (forthcoming 2010).
    

12. •‘Two-natured man: an anthropology of transfiguration’, Pro Ecclesia 14.4 (2005) 413-432.
    

13. •‘To test or preserve? The prohibition of Gen 2.16-17 in the thought of two second-century exegetes’ [Irenaeus and Theophilus], Gregorianum 86 (2005) 723-741.
    

14. •‘Children in Paradise: Adam and Eve as “infants” in Irenaeus of Lyons’, Journal of Early Christian Studies 12.1 (2004) 1-22.
    

15. •‘The role of Mary as co-recapitulator in St Irenaeus of Lyons’, Vigiliae Christianae 58.2 (2004) 117-137.
    

16. •‘The Mother of God as mediatrix in Orthodox and Roman Catholic thought’, Sobornost, incorporating Eastern Churches Review, 26.1 (2004) 6-26.
    

17. •‘Gnomic will and a challenge to the true humanity of Christ in Maximus Confessor’, Studia Patristica 42 (2006) 237-242.
    

18. •‘Self and the Church: A review of E. Moore’s “Defining Orthodoxy: Is it Possible?”’, Theandros: An Online Journal of Orthodox Christian Theology and Philosophy <www.theandros.com> 1/1 (September 2003).
    

19. •‘Rediscovering Old Testament Christianity’, Again 23.3 (2001) 4-11.
    

Translations:

1. •The All-Night Vigil – Full Text of Fixed Parts (Oxford: St Stephen’s Press, 2005); translation of Orthodox vigil service from Greek and Slavonic, as part of Sourozh Diocesan Translation Committee.
   

2. •Athanasius of Alexandria, various texts for inclusion in Thomas G. Weinandy, Athanasius of Alexandria (Notre Dame Press, 2007).
   

3. •Basil of Caesarea, ‘Epistle 38 – A critical translation’, published on-line on Monachos.net (2002).
   

4. •Septuagint: translations of Hosea, Obadiah, Jonah, Daniel, Joel, Psalms, Judith and 2 Maccabees, for the Orthodox Study Bible.
   

5. •‘2 Maccabees: a new critical translation and commentary’ (St Olaf College, 2001).
   

Selection of Papers, Conferences and Public Lectures:

1. •‘A New and Wondrous Mystery: St John Chrysostom on the Coming of Christ and the Transformation of Man’, talk given to the St Timothy Chapter of the Fellowship of St John the Divine, Fairfield, California (November 2012).
   

2. •‘The Orthodox Priest and the Love of God’, lecture given for the Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement, Winter Conference, Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville (November 2011; pending publication in Orthodox Life, 2012).
   

3. •‘”Mysticism” and the Transformation of the Senses in Orthodox Christianity’, a three-part lecture series for the St Barnabas Conference, Los Angeles (November 2010); recorded and subsequently broadcast and published as a six-part special on Ancient Faith Radio (December 2010).
   

4. •‘The Fathers’ Voice to Modern Man: Probing the Relevance of the Church Fathers for the Twenty-First Century’, keynote lecture and series of workshops for the Assembly of the Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America (19-23 July 2010).
   

5. •‘The Life and Legacy of St Basil the Great’, two-part lecture on the life and theological legacy of St Basil, given at St Basil’s Greek Orthodox Church for a pan-Orthodox event, San Jose, CA (January 2010)
   

6. •‘Clinging to Heaven: Mount Athos and the Heights of Spirituality’, paper given to the Leeds Trinity Eastern Christian Studies Seminar (2nd December 2009).
   

7. •‘Mobs, Murders, and Other Christian Virtues: Kingsley’s Hypatia and the Influence of Popular Literature on the Christian Heritage’, paper given to the Leeds Centre for Victorian Studies (2nd November 2009).
   

8. •‘The Gospel of Truth and the Truth of the Gospel: The Influence of the Valentinian tract on Irenaeus of Lyons’, paper at the National Patristics Conference (UK), Cambridge (10th September 2009).
   

9. •‘Tracing the Irenaean Legacy’, keynote paper at the International Conference on St Irenaeus of Lyons, University of Edinburgh (28th August 2009; to be published in the conference proceedings, Irenaeus and His Traditions; see above, under ‘In Press’).
   

10. •‘Creation and evolution: what really matters? The testimony of St Basil’s Hexaemeron’, paper at the Summer Conference of the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, London Colney (10th August 2009).
    

11. •‘How to Mock a Heretic: Methods of Subversion in Byzantine Religious Disputes’, workshop paper at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds (14th July 2009).
    

12. •‘The Heritage of St Paul in Orthodox Spirituality’, Salford Pauline Year Series, Manchester (23rd April 2009).
    

13. •‘Fallen man or exiled son? Voices from earliest Christianity on ‘original sin’ in the twenty-first century’, Inaugural Lecture, Leeds Trinity University College (31 October 2008).
    

14. •‘Conversion and “relationship” in the heritage of St Paul’, part of the Pauline Heritage seminar series celebrating the Year of St Paul (Leeds, 21 January 2009).
    

15. •‘Prayer in the Christian Desert’; ‘ “Like us” and “Like them”: prayer within and without defined Christian communities of the first and second centuries ad’; and ‘Early patristic commentaries on the Lord’s Prayer’; Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, University of Cambridge (17-18 October, 2008).
    

16. •Workshop at the international conference Mother Churches: Rome, Constantinople, Canterbury, Crestwood NY, USA (6-9 June 2008).
    

17. •‘The city a desert: the prayer of the Desert Fathers in modern Orthodox theology’: keynote paper for the Sourozh Conference, Pray Without Ceasing… (23-26 May 2008).
    

18. •‘The sermon and the chalice: St John Chrysostom on the Word of God and the Eucharist’, Ampleforth Conference on St John (November 2007).
    

19. •‘Sinful nature in Tertullian’, International Conference on Patristic Studies (August, 2007).
    

20. •‘What the “Gnostics” did for us: a new look at orthodoxy and heresy in dialogue’, Oxford Theological Society (October, 2006).
    

21. •‘How to mock a heretic: satire and parody in early Christianity’, Oxford Patristics Seminar (2005).
    

22. •‘Christology from Nicaea to Chalcedon’, nine-part core lecture series in patristic theology for the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford (Hilary Term, 2005).
    

23. •‘Ancient Gnosticism and the modern New-Age movement’, and ‘An historical primer on Church/State relations’, both at IOCS, University of Cambridge, UK (December 2004).
    

24. •‘Is the west more eastern than the east?’, Oxford Eastern Christian Studies Seminar (October 2004).
    

25. •‘Asceticism and sanctity’, three-part lecture series for the Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies, University of Cambridge (June 2004; repeated 2006), comprising lectures on ‘The Egyptian desert and early monasticism’; ‘Athonite and Byzantine monastic practice’; and ‘Asceticism in the contemporary Eastern context’.
    

26. •‘Mount Athos and early monasticism: continuity and change’, Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, Oxford Branch (May 2003).
    

Theses:

1. •D.Phil Thesis: 'Cosmic Anthropology: Genesis 1-11 in St Irenaeus of Lyons, with special reference to Justin, Theophilus and select Gnostic contemporaries' (University of Oxford).
   

2. •M.St Thesis: 'Childhood and Human Development in Irenaeus of Lyons' (University of Oxford).
   

3. •BA Thesis in Classics: '2 Maccabees: a new critical translation and commentary' (St Olaf College).
   

4. •BA Thesis in Religion: 'Deification: The Restoration of Humanity - a study of Evagrius, Klimakos, Maximus and Palamas' (St Olaf College).
   

INDICATIVE TEACHING (UNDERGRADUATE)

1. •The Origins of Christianity, AD 1-100
   

2. •The Lord, the Apostle, and the Beloved Disciple
   

3. •New Testament to New World – Texts, Traditions and Contexts
   

4. •Christology from Jerusalem to Chalcedon
   

5. •Theological Themes: Faith and Revelation
   

6. •Christian Worship: Development and Practice
   

7. •‘And God Spake’: An Introduction to the Old Testament
   

8. •Development of Christian Doctrine to AD 451 (‘Patristics’)
   

9. •History of the Early Church from Nero to Constantine
   

10. •Introduction to New Testament: Texts & Theology
    

11. •History of the Church in the Byzantine Empire from AD 1000 to 1453
    

12. •Christian Spirituality (Patristic and later-Byzantine era)
    

13. •Canonicity and Apocrypha: ‘Other Testaments’ and the Christian NT
    

14. •Christian Views of Personhood: Ancient and Modern
    

15. •Augustine of Hippo: Historical, Social, Political and Theological Survey
    

16. •The ‘Great Schism’
    

17. •Eastern Christian ‘Mysticism’, from the Desert Fathers to Seraphim of Sarov
    

18. •God, Christ and Salvation
    

19. •Patristic and New Testament Greek, as well as Intermediate Latin
    

INDICATIVE TEACHING & SUPERVISION (POSTGRADUATE)

1. •Supervision of doctoral candidates in patristics and Eastern Christianity
   

2. •Supervision of Master’s courses on taught and research models
   

3. •‘Trinitarian Theology in the Fourth Century’, taught Master’s course
   

4. •Supervision of MA research in Eastern Christian doctrine
   

MEMBERSHIPS

1. •Fellow in Patristic Theology and Early Church History, Greyfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 2003-2007 (including cross teaching in Classics and Ancient History)
   

2. •Head and Co-ordinator of Theology, Tutor for Graduates and Tutor for Admissions in Theology, Greyfriars Hall, University of Oxford, 2004-2007
   

3. •Marshall Scholar (appointed in 2001; lifetime appointment)
   

4. •Associate Editor, Sobornost, including Eastern Churches Review, from issue 25:2 to 31:2, 2003-2009; member of Editorial Board (ongoing) from 2003-present
   

5. •Reviews Editor, Sourozh, 2004-2006
   

6. •Director of Studies, St Theosevia Centre of Christian Spirituality, 2006-2007
   

7. •Honorary Fellow, Farmington Institute for Religious Studies, 2002-2005
   

8. •Ecclesiastical History Society, 2005-present
   

9. •American Academy of Religion/SBL, 2003-present
   

10. •Assistant Chair, Translation Committee, Orthodox Study Bible - Septuagint Project, 1998-2003
    

11. •Administrator, Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, 2004-2007; and regular committee member, Oxford branch, 2002-2004
    

12. •Oxford University Orthodox Christian Society, president 1999-2000, 2001-2003; Senior Member 2003-2007.
    

13. •Steering Committee Member, Humanities, St Olaf College, 1999-2001
    

14. •Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Alpha Kappa, and Eta Sigma Phi