Staff

Academic Education:

• PhD in Church History (London)
• MTh in Systematic Theology (London)
• MA in History (Oxon)
• Lecturer in Mariology at Heythrop College, University of London, 2006 – present.
• Lecturer in Mariology, Ecclesiology and Church History, Pontifical Beda College, Rome, 2004 – 2015.
• Visiting Professor at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
• Visiting Lecturer in Church History at Blackfriars, Oxford.

Recent Publications.

• “The Ignea Sagitta and the Second Council of Lyons” in The Carmelite Rule 1207-2007, ed. P. McMahon, Rome: Edizioni Carmelitane, 2008.
• “Thomas Netter on Contemplation in the Doctrinale” in Memoriam fecit mirabilia Dei: Scritti in onore di Emanuele Boaga O. Carm, ed. G. Grosso and W. Santin, Rome: Edizioni Carmelitane, 2009.
• “The Treatment of Mary in the Doctrinale of Thomas Nette ras a Resource for Contemporary Theology” in Thomas Netter of Walden: Carmelite, Diplomate and Theologian (c. 1372-1430), in Carmel in Britain. Studies on the Early History of the Carmelite Order, volume 4, ed. J. Bergström-Allen & R. Copsey. Faversham: St Albert’s Press, 2009.
• The Teaching and Impact of the Doctrinale of Thomas Netter of Walden. Turnhout: Brepols, 2010.

CIBI Modules:

• MTh02: Carmelite Historiography.

Academic Education:

• St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co Kildare Doctoral Degree in Theology (PhD)  2003-2007
• Master’s Degree in Theology (MTh) 2001-2003
• Baccalaureate in Theology & Arts (BATh)   1998-2001
• National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co Kildare Professional Diploma in Education (PDE)   2011-2012

• Forthcoming “God (Titles and Epithets) Christianity” The Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, De Gruyter, 2014. Forthcoming “Biblical Literacy: The Irish Situation,” Ways of Knowing, T&T Clark, September 2014.
• “Christian Blogging” Treasures of Irish Christianity 2, Veritas, 2013.
• “Comparative Theology and the Flood Narrative,” Opening Heaven’s Floodgates, Gorgias Press, 2013.
• “The Divine Designations in Biblical Texts: Towards a Hermeneutical Model,” Text, Theology, and Trowel: Recent research into the Hebrew Bible, Scranton, PA: Scranton Univ Press, 2010.
• “The Influence of Egyptian Throne Names on Isaiah 9:5: A Reassessment in Light of the Divine Designations in the Book of Isaiah,” A Land Like Your Own, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.
• “Rethinking Irish Catholic Identity,” Studying Faith, Practicing Peace, Irish Peace Centres, 2010.

CIBI Modules:

• Induction module.
• Long Essay Preparation Modules.
• Dissertation Preparation Module.

Academic Education:

• 2016 Heythrop College, University of London, M.Phil.
• 2008 University of London, Heythrop College, M.A. with merit in Christian Spirituality
• 1972 University of Oxford, Lady Spencer-Churchill College of Education, PGCE
• 1971 University of London, King’s College, B.A. in History 1972

CIBI Modules:

• S10: St Thérèse of the Child Jesus as Revealed in her letters (with Josephine O’Connell OCD).
• S11: St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of Prayer (with Josephine O’Connell OCD).
• DC34: Some Themes from the Writings of St Teresa of Avila.
• DC38: Women of Carmel- Teresa, Thérèse, Edith Stein and Elizabeth of the Trinity (with Myra O’Regan, Thérèse Mathieson OCD, Thérése-Marie OCD and Jennifer Moorccroft TOC).

• 1990: Doctorate; Systematic Theology: The Gregorian University, Rome.
• 2009  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD); Spirituality: The National University of Ireland. 

• What We Believe: Understanding the Faith that We Share with the Saints. Dublin: Veritas, 2010.
• My Soul Shall Be Healed. The New Translation of the Missal. Dublin: Veritas, 2012.
• St Albert of Jerusalem and the Roots of Carmelite Spirituality. Institutum Carmelitanum textus et studia historica carmelitana, 34. Rome: Edizioni Carmelitane, 2012.
• “The Sources in the Earlier Latin Tradition of the References to Salvation in the Carmelite Rule” in The Mystery of Christ in the Fathers of the Church: Essays in Honour of D. Vincent Twomey SVD, edited by Janet E. Rutherford and David Woods (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2012) pp. 179-191.

CIBI Modules:

• MTh05: Reading St Edith Stein.
• MTh08: The Carmelite Claim to an Elijan Succession.
• T02: The Sacramental Basis of Christian Living.
• T04: The People of God.
• T09: Christhology.
• T10: Understanding the Charisms of Consecrated Life.
• S05: Titus Brandsma.
• S09: St albert of Jerusalem.
• DC25: Titus Brandsma.
• DC35: Female Contemplative Life and Recent Developments.
• DC40: St. Albert of Jerusalem.
• DC42: Who Founded the Carmelites?
• DC43: The Charisms of Consecrated Life.

Academic Eduction:

• PhD: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (1996);
• MA: Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (1986);
• B.D.: Maynooth Pontifical University (1979)

Recent Publications:

• A chapter in With Wisdom Seeking God, ed. Una Agnew, Leuven: Peeters Press, 2008.

CIBI Modules:

• MTh01: The History of Christian Spirituality.
• MTh04: Contemporary Spiritualities.

Academic Education:

• Professor, Reader and Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Theology and Spirituality at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London 2006 – present.
• MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Oxon)
• MTh in Philosophical Theology (London)
• MA in Integrative Psychotherapy (Middlesex)
• PhD in Mystical Theology (Durham)

Recent Publications.

• Tyler, P.M. and E. Howells (ed), Teresa of Avila: Mystical Theology and Spirituality in the Carmelite Tradition. London: Routledge, 2016
• Tyler, P.M., The Pursuit of the Soul: Psychoanalysis, Soul-making and the Christian Tradition. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 2016
• Tyler, P.M., Picturing the Soul: Revisioning Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction. Bangalore: Dharmaram, 2014
• Tyler, P.M., Teresa of Avila: Doctor of the Soul. London: Bloomsbury, 2013

CIBI Modules:

• DC14: Psychology and Carmelite Spirituality.