Stephen C. Meredith
Professor in the Department of Pathology, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the College; Associate Faculty in the Divinity School
M.D. (Washington University)
Ph.D. (The University of Chicago)
Stephen C. Meredith works on the biophysics of protein structure,
concentrating on amyloid proteins associated with neurodegenerative
diseases. He also teaches courses in the College on James Joyce’s
Ulysses, St. Thomas Aquinas, Augustine’s City of God, and
other authors, particularly Dostoevsky and Thomas Mann. His main theological
interest is in the problem of evil, and in this connection, he is
currently writing a book on the philosophical and literary perspectives
on disease. His current interests also center on the impact of biotechnology
and the genetic revolution on the definition of human nature.
