EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Religious Studies, K. U. Leuven, Belgium
MA in Asian Religions, University of Hawaii
BA in Philosophy, K. U. Leuven, Belgium
Licentiate in Theology, K. U. Leuven, Belgium

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, Cornille taught for ten years in the Department of Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. She has been a visiting professor at Kandai University, Japan; at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and at King's College, London. She has also taught courses at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester and at Weston School of Theology.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Her research interests focus on the Theology of Religions, the theory of Interreligious Dialogue, concrete questions in the Hindu-Christian and Buddhist-Christian dialogues, and the phenomenon of inculturation and intercultural theology. Her more purely historical or phenomenological research focuses on theories and methods in the comparative study of religions, women in world religions, and Asian new religious movements.

TEACHING

The Religious Quest: Hinduism and Christianity
Theory and Methods in Comparative Religion
Religious Pluralism and Christian Faith
Women in World Religions
Religion and Globalization
Dialogue and Apologetics

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

Cornille was head of the Center for Women’s Studies Theology from 1996-2000. She served on the international commission for evaluation of theological research at Dutch Universities in 1999. She is founding editor-in-chief of the series “Christian Commentaries on non-Christian Sacred Texts.”

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

“Nationalism in New Japanese Religions” in Nova Religio 2/2 (1999) pp. 228-244.
“Buddhist Views of Christ and the Question of Uniqueness” in The Myriad Christ (Merrigan and Haers, eds.) Leuven: Peeters, 2000, pp. 249-262.

(ed.) Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2002.

“Mother Meera, Avatar” in The Graceful Guru: Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States (Pechilis, ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 129-148.

“Conditions for the Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue on God” in The Concept of God in Global Dialogue (Jeanrond and Lande, eds.) Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2005, pp. 3-18.

(ed.) The Song Divine: Christian Commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita. Leuven and Grand Rapids: Peeters Press and W.B. Eerdmans Publishers, 2006.

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002

Song Divine. Christian Commentaries on the Bhagavad Gītā. Leuven: Peeters and Eerdmans, 2006.

“Fundamentalism and the Ethic of Narrative Flexibility“ in Journal of Interdisciplinary Crossroads 2/1 (2006), pp. 39-44.

“Humilité et dialogue“ in Voies de l’Orient 100 (2006), pp. 3-11.

“Mother Meera“ in Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements (Peter Clarke, ed.) London: Routledge, 2005.

“Women between Fundamentalism and Interreligious Dialogue“ in How to Conquer the Barriers to Intercultural Dialogue (C. Timmerman and B. Segaert, eds.) Berlin: Peter Lang, 2005, pp. 197-213.

“Guru“ in the revised edition of the Encyclopedia of Religion, 2005.

“Conditions for the Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue on God.“ In The Concept of God in Global Dialogue (W. Jeanrond and A Lande, eds.) Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2005, pp. 3-18.

“Stanislas Breton on Christian Uniqueness“ inPhilosophy & Theology 16/2 (2004), pp. 283-296.

“Mother Meera, Avatar“ in The Graceful Guru. Hindu Female Gurus in India and the United States (Karen Pechilis, ed.)  Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 129-148.

Wegen van Heil: Dialoog tussen het Christendom en het Hindoeisme. (Terms of Savation in the Hindu-Christian Dialogue). Averbode: Altiora, 2003.

“Double Religious Belonging: Aspects and Questions“ in Buddhist-Christian Studies vol 23, 2003, pp. 43-50.

(ed.) Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2002.