Fr. William Harmless, S.J., Ph.D.

Fr. William Harmless, S.J., was Professor of Theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. A member of the Society of Jesus, he specialized in the history and theology of early Christianity. His books include Augustine and the Catechumenate (Liturgical Press, 1995), Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism (Oxford University Press, 2004), Mystics (Oxford University Press, 2008), and Augustine In His Own Words (Catholic University of America Press, 2010).