Catherine Cornille

Catherine Cornille (born 1961) is a professor of comparative theology and specializes in theology of religions and interreligious dialogue. She presently holds the Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture in the department of theology at Boston College.

Biography
With a previous B.A. from the KU Leuven and an M.A. from the University of Hawaiʻi, Cornille returned to KU Leuven to complete her PhD in 1989. She taught comparative religions at the KU Leuven and was the first woman professor in the history of the University. She joined the department of theology at Boston College in 2005 and teaches comparative theology, theology of religions, and interreligious dialogue.