College of Arts and Sciences

Profile

I am interested in how to receive and pass on the faith and sacramental/moral life that characterize the Church on the way to eternal life with the triune God through the mediation of Jesus Christ. The relationship of theology, philosophy, and biblical exegesis interests me, particularly as this shapes the doctrinal articulation of the Fathers as received by the high medieval theologians (Augustine and Aquinas being particularly important to me, although my work is in contemporary theology). The theology of historicity is another key interest. I frequently engage Jewish philosophy and theology, with special attention to the particularity of faith. I also enjoy dialogue with evangelical scholars and admire their biblical fluency and compassion for the weak. I previously taught for nine years at Ave Maria University, and in 2006-2007 I was the Myser Fellow at the Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. Since 2007 I have served as Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology, and I also participate regularly in the Society of Biblical Literature, of which I am a member. Since 2004 I have been a member of Evangelicals and Catholics Together. With Hans Boersma, I am co-director of the Center for Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue. I currently co-edit book series for the University of Notre Dame Press, Catholic University of America Press, Sapientia Press, and Brazos Press.

Dissertation Director
Stephen Brown

Recent Publications
BOOKS:

Co-editor of the theological quarterly Nova et Vetera

Predestination (Oxford, forthcoming)

Co-edited Ressourcement Thomism (CUA, forthcoming)

Co-edited the Oxford Handbook on the Trinity (Oxford, forthcoming)

Translated Gilles Emery, O.P., The Trinity (CUA, forthcoming)

Jewish-Christian Dialogue and the Life of Wisdom (Continuum, 2010)

Christ and the Catholic Priesthood (Hillenbrand, 2010)

Co-edited Rediscovering Aquinas and the Sacraments (Hillenbrand, 2009)

Participatory Biblical Exegesis (Notre Dame, 2008)

Biblical Natural Law (Oxford, 2008)

Co-edited Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition (Oxford, 2008)

Co-edited John Paul II and the Jewish People (Rowman & Littefield, 2008)

Ezra and Nehemiah (Brazos, 2007)

Co-edited Aquinas the Augustinian (CUA, 2007)

Co-edited Wisdom and Holiness, Science and Scholarship (Sapientia, 2007)

Sacrifice and Community (Blackwell, 2005)

Co-authored Holy People, Holy Land (Brazos, 2005)

Co-edited Reading John with St. Thomas Aquinas (CUA, 2005)

Scripture and Metaphysics (Blackwell, 2004)

Christ's Fulfillment of Torah and Temple (Notre Dame, 2002)

Co-authored Knowing the Love of Christ (Notre Dame, 2002)

ARTICLES:

Published articles and reviews in numerous journals include Nova et Vetera, The Thomist, Letter and Spirit, Pro Ecclesia, Modern Theology, New Blackfriars, International Journal of Systematic Theology, Irish Theological Quarterly, Angelicum, Logos, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, and First Things.