Senior Research Fellow
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
March 20, 2026
Drawing on nearly two decades of teaching, Berkley Center Senior Research Fellow Erin Cline explores how diverse religious traditions engage enduring questions of faith, meaning, and human flourishing in her new book. The Berkley Center marked the publication with a public event, while a separate interview in The Hoya offers futher insight into Cline's work.
September 3, 2022
Erin Cline Quoted on Daoist Philosophy and the Consequences of Wanting More
October 27, 2021
Erin M. Cline, Ph.D., is the Paul J. and Chandler M. Tagliabue Distinguished Professor in Interfaith Studies & Dialogue at Georgetown University and Senior Research Fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs. She is the author of seven books and numerous articles on Chinese philosophy and comparative religion. Her new book, The Problem of God: The Challenges of Faith, Religion & Spirituality Today (2026) draws on her work as a comparative theologian teaching Georgetown’s iconic course for the last seventeen years to an increasingly diverse student body (and features a Foreword by Otto Hentz, S.J.). Cline is a specialist in ancient Chinese philosophy and religion, and has just published a new translation of one of the most influential Chinese texts in human history, The Analects: A Contemporary Translation (2026).
