Beards, Azymes, and Purgatory is an invitation to better understand the past, not just for the sake of the past, but ideally for the sake of constructing a better future.
A. Edward Siecienski attended Georgetown University before obtaining his M. Div/STL from St. Mary's Seminary and University and then a PhD from Fordham University in New York. In 2008 he returned to his home state, New Jersey, and began teaching at Stockton University, where he is Clement and Helen Pappas Professor of Byzantine Civilization and Religion. Married with two children, he supports Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich, and Philadelphia Union.