Biography of Schuyler Brown

Schuyler Brown was born in 1930 in New York City, where he attended the Buckley School. Upon completing his college preparatory course at the Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, Dr. Brown matriculated at Harvard University, where he received an A.B. in Classical Languages in 1952.

That same year he entered the Jesuit order, where he was ordained to the priesthood (1963) and received licentiates in philosophy (1957), theology (1964), and Biblical studies (1969). He also taught Latin and Greek at Xavier High School in New York City (1957-1960).

In 1965 Dr. Brown matriculated at the University of Muenster (Westphalia), where he was awarded the degree of Dr. Theol. (1969) for his dissertation Apostasy and Perseverance in the Theology of Luke (Analecta Biblica, 36); Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1969).

Dr. Brown’s first academic appointment was in 1969 at his alma mater, Woodstock College, which was just in the process of moving from Maryland to New York City. In 1973, following the announcement of Woodstock’s closure, he accepted an appointment at the General Theological Seminary in New York City, where he served for five years (1973-1978).

He then accepted an invitation by the University of London (Heythrop College) to be Visiting Lecturer (1978-1980), after which he joined the University of Toronto (St. Michael’s College) as Professor of New Testament. There he was cross-appointed to the Centre for Religious Studies and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.

In 1982 Dr. Brown was admitted to the Anglican diocese of Toronto and assigned, as Assistant Priest, to the Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, where he started a programme in Adult Education. Since 1997 he has served as Priest in Charge at the Church of the Good Shepherd.

Since his retirement from the University, Dr. Brown has remained active in the School of Continuing Studies and is also Lecturer at the Jung Institute in Zurich and in the Training Programme of The Ontario Association of Jungian Analysts.

In addition to his dissertation, Dr. Brown has published two other books: The Origins of Christianity: A Historical Introduction to the New Testament (Oxford University Press, 1984; revised edition, 1993) and Text and Psyche: Experiencing Scripture Today (New York: Continuum, 1998); paperback edition (Wilmette, Illinois: Chiron, 2002). He has also published many articles and reviews in scholarly journals.

Dr. Brown studies piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music and is a member of the Taoist Tai Chi Society. Since 1984 he has been married to Margaret Eileen Meredith, a graduate of the Jung Institute in Zurich and a practicing Jungian analyst in Toronto.

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