Maureen Tilley (1948–2016) was Professor of Early Christian History in the Theology Department of Fordham University.
She was an expert on Augustine of Hippo, martyrdom, women in late antiquity, scripture, and Donatism.
Her PhD thesis was The Use of Scripture in Christian North Africa: An Examination of Donatist Hermeneutics.
Tilley published more than 70 articles and an influential monograph, The Bible in Christian North Africa (1997).
In honour of Tilley, the volume Colours and Textures of Roman North Africa: Essays in Memory of Maureen A. Tilley was published by the Catholic University of America Press in 2023, edited by Elizabeth A. Clark and Zachary B. Smith.