Community Member Zachary Guiliano

Zachary Guiliano

The Rev. Dr. Zachary Guiliano is chaplain and career development research fellow at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

He is the author of various articles, short essays, and reviews, and co-editor of two volumes in Studies in Episcopal and Anglican Theology. His academic work focuses on the history of biblical interpretation, preaching, and liturgy, drawing on rarely utilized manuscript sources. His first monograph considers how Charlemagne’s influence decisively shaped theology and liturgical prayer in the Latin West. It will be published by Brepols in 2021 as The Homiliary of Paul the Deacon: Religious and Cultural Reform in Carolingian Europe. He is now at work on a project about power and poverty in the Middle Ages, considering how the Gospel of Luke and the thought of its most important medieval interpreter, Bede, affected practices of charity, work, and ownership among kings, bishops, and other elites.

Zachary completed his BA in biblical studies at Evangel University, his MDiv at Harvard Divinity School, and his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Cambridge Scholar. His wife, Melissa, is a Soprano who trained at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. They are both natives of Peoria, Illinois.

Why I Wear Black

By Zachary Guiliano I always knew I’d wear black. My first inkling came when I was 18 and an intern at a Pentecostal church. I attended a short course on recovery ministries, and a local Salvation Army preac... Read More...

The Problems of Hagiography

By Zachary Guiliano The Christian Church has no shortage of saints. This may come as some surprise to many, who associate the Church primarily with its views on the universality of sin. “All have sinned and ... Read More...

Church, We Need to Fundraise

By Zack Guiliano You may have noticed the Church of England is teetering toward financial crisis, amid broader declines. Sadly, this is nothing new, and only mirrors longstanding trends. Average Sunday at... Read More...

Socialism for Tractarians and Ritualists

By Zachary Guiliano Recently, I found myself delighted and slightly disgruntled by the appearance of an essay by Tony Hunt, “To the Sources: A Study in Anglican Socialism.” The reasons for my delight may be ... Read More...

A Grateful End

My time as blog editor seems to have run its course.

15 Principles on Liturgical Language and Revision

Our simplest words can become idols.

Why Lewis?

This pipe-smoking, heavy-drinking, brash Oxford don still has a global appeal. A new book considers why.

The Virgin Birth and the Liberal Tradition

Many people seem not to realize that there is such a thing as liberal tradition.