Daniel C. Ullucci
Professor of Religious Studies & Theology
Biography
Daniel Ullucci joined the Stonehill College community in 2019. He previously served on the tenured faculty of Rhodes College. He was also a visiting faculty member at Boston College, Wesleyan University, and Colby College, among other institutions.
His teaching covers a wide range of topics, including introductory courses in philosophy and religion as well as advanced courses focused on the origins of Christianity, rhetorical techniques and methods and theories in the study of religion. His areas of interest include the development of early Christianity and the interaction between early Christian groups and traditional Mediterranean religions.
Ullucci is the author or co-editor of three books. He has written many articles that have appeared in leading journals as well as book chapters.
Education
- B.A., Religious Studies, Boston University
- M.A. & Ph.D., Religious Studies, Brown University
Courses Taught
- Critique of Religion
- Models of the Church
- Christian Theology in the Global World
- Women's Religions in the Ancient Mediterranean
- Approaches to the Study of Religious Traditions
Selected Publications & Awards
- Forthcoming Funding Spiritual Offerings: Social Networks, Wealth, and the Spread of Early Christianity. Under contract with Oxford University Press.
- 2015 A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross S. Kraemer. Co-edited with N. DesRosiers, S. Lander, and J. Pastis. Brown Judaic Studies.
- 2013 “The One Who Sows Bountifully”: Essays in Honor of Stanley K. Stowers. Co- edited with C. Johnson Hodge, S. Olyan, and E. Wasserman. Brown Judaic Studies.
- 2012 The Christian Rejection of Animal Sacrifice. Oxford University Press.
- 2022 “The Presence and Absence of Animal Sacrifice in Jesus Films.” Journal of Religion & Film 26.1. Co-authored with J. Barker.
- 2021 “Teaching Redescription with Aliens.” Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity 2.
- 2019 “Competition Without Groups: Theorizing a Flat Ontology.” Journal of Religious Competition in Antiquity 1.
- 2019 “The Anonymity of the Gospels κατά Pac-Man.” Annali de storia dell’esegesi: Materialist Approaches to Early Christian Research 36.1: 95–116.
- 2015 “Sacrifice in the Ancient Mediterranean: Recent and Current Research” Currents in Biblical Research 13.3: 388-439.
- 2013 “A Loan of Wheat.” Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 50.
- 2008 “Before Animal Sacrifice: A Myth of Innocence.” Religion & Theology 15: 357-374.
- Forthcoming “Sacrifice.” In The Encyclopedia of Jewish Christian Relations, eds. W. Homolka, R. Kampling, A. Levine, C. Markschies, P. Schäfer, M. Thurner. Walter de Gruyter.
- Forthcoming “Sacrifice.” In The Oxford Handbook to the New Testament in the Roman Empire, eds. E. Urciuoli, H. O. Maier, and H. Wendt. Oxford University Press.
- Forthcoming “Sacrifice.” In Ancient Literature for New Testament Studies, eds. C. Evans and G. Macaskill. Zondervan.
- 2021 “Redescribing Spiritual Sacrifice as Moralistic Therapeutic Rhetoric.” In Non uno itinere Ebraismi, cristianesimi, modernit, Studi in onore di Mauro Pesce in occasione del suo ottantesimo compleanno, eds. M. Rescio, C. Facchini, C. Gianotto, E. Lupieri, F. Motta, and E. Norelli. Morcelliana.
- 2021 “Banning Animal Sacrifice Ad Infinitum: Cui Bono?” In Animals and the Law in Antiquity, eds. S. Olyan and J. Rosenblum. Oxford University Press.
- 2019 “Sacrifice.” In The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, eds. D. Hunter, P. van Geest, and B. Peerbolte. Brill.
- 2019 “Sacrifice, Superstition, and the Problem of ‘Spiritual’ Offerings.” In From Jesus to Christian Origins, eds. A. Destro and M. Pesce. Brepols.
- 2018 “Sacrifices and Votives.” In The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual, eds. R. Uro, J. Day, R. DeMaris, and R. Roitto. Oxford University Press.
- 2015 “Un-gendering Andrea.” In A Most Reliable Witness: Essays in Honor of Ross S. Kraemer, eds. N. DesRosiers, S. Lander, J. Pastis, and D. Ullucci. Brown Judaic Studies Press.
- 2014 “What Did He Say? The Ideas of Religious Experts and the 99%.” In Religious Competition in the Third Century C.E.: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World, eds. N. DesRosiers, J. Rosenblum, and L. Vuong. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht.
- 2014 “Qualifying Rabbinic Ritual Agents: Cognitive Science and the Early Rabbinic Kitchen.” Co-authored with J. Rosenblum. In Religious Competition in the Third Century C.E.: Jews, Christians, and the Greco-Roman World, eds. N. DesRosiers, J. Rosenblum, and L. Vuong. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht.
- 2013 “Towards a Typology of Religious Experts in the Ancient Mediterranean.” In “The One Who Sows Bountifully”: Essays in Honor of Stanley K. Stowers, eds. C. Johnson Hodge, S. Olyan, D. Ullucci, and E. Wasserman. Brown Judaic Studies Press.
- 2011 “Contesting the Meaning of Animal Sacrifice.” In Ancient Mediterranean Sacrifice: Images, Acts, Meanings, eds. J. Knust and Z. Varhelyi. Oxford University Press.
- International Catacomb Society Shohet Scholar 2016
- W. J. Millard Endowed Chair in Religious Studies (Rhodes College) 2016-2019