Welcome to the website of the North American Patristics Society. NAPS promotes the study of late antiquity and early Christianity primarily through our journal and annual meeting. Browse the menu to learn more about membership, activities, resources, and more.
The Call for Papers for the 2025 Annual Meeting is open and can be accessed under the heading “Annual Meeting” in the above menu. We hope you will plan to participate.
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Contact and mailing address for the Society:
Dr. Rick Brumback
Secretary and Treasurer, NAPS
158 E. Main St.
Henderson, TN 38340
naps.sectreas@gmail.com
Membership & Subscriptions
A subscription to the Journal of Early Christian Studies is included with your membership (student discount available).
Interested in having your work published in an upcoming volume? Read our Submission Guidelines.
Recent News
- New Book Series – Receptio Patristica: Studies in the Afterlife of Early Christian Texts and Writers
- Call for papers: Synodality in the Early Church, KUL, October 7-9, 2025.
- Call for Papers-“The Legacies of Nicaea I and Vatican II: An Inheritance Unfolding,” Sept 4-7, 2025
- Call for Papers: Student Conference in Patristics, Centre for Patristics & Early Christianity @ McMaster Divinity College. 24 Jan 2025
- Assistant Professor of New Testament, Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, CA