Spring, 2021

Fr. Vincent Meconi, S.J.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORICAL THEOLOGY 3838 West Pine Blvd. DIRECTOR, CATHOLIC STUDIES CENTRE Catholic Studies Centre LOUIS UNIVERSITY St. Louis, MO 63108 314.644.8445 [email protected]

Areas and Figures of Specialty Christology and Soteriology in the Early Church Late Antiquity and the Emergence of a Christian Culture The History of Christian Deification St. Dionysius the Areopagite

Education D.Phil. (Oxon.), University of Oxford (Ecclesiastical History) Lic. Theol., University of Innsbruck (Greek & Latin Patrology) M.A., Marquette University (Ancient Philosophy) M.A., Marquette University (Systematic Theology) B.A., Hope College (Economics & Finance)

Invited Appointments Adjunct Instructor in Patristic Theology, Kenrick-Glennon Seminary (2017-present)

Visiting Professor of Theology, Franciscan University, Steubenville, OH (2014-present; summer sessions)

Invited Scholar, The St. Paul School of Divinity at Saint Thomas University, St. Paul, MN (Summers, 2014, 2019)

The Patricia H. Imbesi Fellow, The Augustinian Institute at Villanova University (Spring, 2014)

Visiting Instructor in the Department of Philosophy and Department of Classics, , Cincinnati, OH (1996-2000; these years are part of Jesuit formation known as “Regency”)

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Publications Monographs and (Co-) Edited Volumes

24. 101 Surprising Facts About the & Martyrs (Charlotte, NC: TAN Books, under contract)

23. The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s Sermons, co-edited with Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Cambridge University Press; forthcoming)

22. Augustine 101 (Notre Dame: Ave Maria Press; forthcoming)

19-21. Augustine: City of , editor and co-translator with Brian Dunkle, S.J., John Gavin, S.J., and Bryan Norton, S.J., (Aris & Philips Classical Texts Series, Liverpool University Press) Books 17 & 18 (due out 2021) Books 19 & 20 (due out 2022) Books 21 & 22 (due out 2023)

18. Five Encyclicals That Changed the World (Charlotte, NC: St. Benedict’s Press; forthcoming)

17. Late Have We Loved Thee. St. Augustine for Today (Ignatius Press; forthcoming)

16. Augustine’s Confessions and Contemporary Culture, editor (St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Seminary Press; forthcoming)

15. The Ongoing Incarnation: A Spirituality of the Mystical Body (Steubenville: Emmaus Road Academic Press, 2021) 138 pages.

14. The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s City of God, editor (Cambridge University Press, 2021) xx + 347 pages.

13. Christ Unfurled: The First 500 Years of ’ Life (Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press, 2021) viii + 248 pages.

12. in The Early Church Fathers Series, editor and translator (London: Routledge Press, 2020) xii + 158 pages.

11. 101 Surprising Facts About Mary, Mother of God (Charlotte, NC: TAN Books, 2020) xii + 112 pages.

10. Reading Augustine: On Self-Harm, Narcissism, Atonement and the Vulnerable Christ (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019) xv + 165 pages.

9. Called to be the Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Human Deification, co- editor with Carl Olson (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2016) 304 pages.

8. On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Cultivating a Contemporary Theology of Creation in the Catholic Theological Formation Series, editor (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Press, 2016) vi + 326 pages.

7. 101 Surprising Facts About Church History (Charlotte, NC: Saint Benedict Press,

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2016) x + 108 pages.

6. Sacred Scripture and Secular Struggles in The Bible in Ancient Christianity Series, editor (Leiden: Brill Press, 2015) x + 289 pages.

5. The Cambridge Companion to Saint Augustine, co-editor with Eleonore Stump, (Cambridge University Press, 2014) xxiv + 379 pages.

4. The One Christ: St. Augustine’s Theology of Deification (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2013) xx + 261 pages.

3. Augustine’s Confessions: Annotated Edition with Introduction, editor (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012) xxv + 522 pages.

2. Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward: Spiritual Writings, editor (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2010) 190 pages.

1. Catherine Doherty: Essential Writings, editor (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2009) 192 pages.

Select Essays and Contributions to Collections

“Christian Self-Reflection, the Augustinian Antidote to Modern Day Boredom”, Augustine and Contemporary Issues, eds., Paul Allen and Joanna Ledienhag (London: T & T Clark; submitted)

“Augustine’s View of the New Jerusalem,” The Patristic Reception of “The New Jerusalem, ed., Nathan Betz and Anthony DuPont (submitted)

73. “The Threefold Body of Christ: The Heart of Catholicism,” New Oxford Review (forthcoming)

72. “At Once What Christ Is: The Deifying Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins”, Logos: A’ Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (submitted)

71. “Lest Loves Compete: St. Augustine’s Theology of Charity,” Studia Patristica (forthcoming)

70. “Sacred Scripture in Augustine’s The City of God,” The Bible in Christian North Africa, vol. 2: Scripture Among Christians of Roman North Africa, edd., Anthony Dupont and Jonathan Yates (Berlin: DeGruyter; forthcoming)

69. “John Paul II (1920-2005),” T & T Clark Handbook of Modern Theology, ed., Philip G. Zeigler and R. David Nelson (London: T&T Clark; forthcoming)

68. “Unus Christus Amans Se Ipsum: Latin Deification Through Augustine,” The Oxford Handbook to Deification, ed., Matthew Levering, Andrew Hofer, and Paul Gavrilyuk (Oxford University Press; forthcoming)

67. “Confessions 2 and the Acidic Allure of Self-Loathing,” The Confessions and Contemporary Culture, ed., David Vincent Meconi, SJ (St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Seminary Press; forthcoming)

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66. “Augustine the Apologist,” Dictionary of Christian Apologists and Their Critics, ed., Robert Stewart and R. Douglas Geivett (London: Wiley-Blackwell; forthcoming)

65. “The Trinity From Nicaea to Boethius,” The Edinburgh Critical History of Apostolic and Patristic Christian Theology (Edinburgh Critical History of Christian Theology, vol. 1), ed., Mark Edwards (Edinburgh University Press; forthcoming)

64. “Gender’s Divine Dignity in St. Augustine’s Theological Anthropology,” Nova et Vetera (forthcoming)

63. “Rome, Crumbling Yet Consecrated: The Beginnings of Augustinian Historiography”, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s City of God (Cambridge University Press, 2021) 19-38.

62. “Introduction” The Cambridge Companion to Augustine’s City of God (Cambridge University Press, 2021) 1-18.

61. “On the Uniqueness of the Catholic Mind,” New Oxford Review (Dec, 2020) 18-24.

60. “Scruples and the Saints,” Catholic Answers (Sep/Oct, 2020)

59. “The Seven Deadly Sins and How to Overcome them in your Life,” Catholic Answers (Jan/Feb, 2020) 28-32.

58. “The Ultimate Gift: The Transformative Indwelling of Christ and the Christian”, Noua et Vetera 17:1 (2019) 197-213.

57. “The Mystical Body and the Nouvelle Théologie”, Ressourcement after Vatican II: Essays in Honor of Fessio, S.J., ed., Matthew Levering and Nicholas Healy (Ignatius Press, 2019) 26-64.

56. “Between Empire and Ecclesia: Peter Chrysologus’ Theology of Deification”, Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition, ed., Jared Ortiz (Catholic University of America Press, 2019) 190-207.

55. “The Dreadful Disguise: The Mystical Body and Saint Teresa of Calcutta”, for Today, ed., Dauphinais (Catholic University of America Press, 2018) 54-75.

54. “Augustine’s Thinking on the Atonement: Identity, Appropriation and Transformation”, T & T Clark Companion to the Atonement, ed., Johnson (London: T & T Clark, 2017) 381-88.

53. “Heavier by the Weight: New Loves and the Daily Oblation of Self”, Priestly Formation and the Liturgy, ed., James Keating (Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation Publications, 2017) 75-98.

52. “Participatory Priesthood: Contemporary Contributions of Presbyterorum Ordinis”, The Reception of Vatican II after 50 Years: Retrospect and Prospect, eds., Matthew Lamb and Matthew Levering (Oxford University Press, 2017) 170-90.

51. “A Few Obscure Men: Augustine’s Reception of Saint Paul’s Ignobilitas”, Letter and Spirit 12 (2017) 125-41.

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50. “Conformed to Christ: Saint Augustine on True Salvation”, Christian Theologies of Salvation, ed., Justin Holcomb ( University Press, 2016) 59-71.

49. “What a Catholic Education Owes its Students”, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly 39.3 (Fall, 2016)1-10.

48. “The Consecrated Woman and Non-Competitive Charity”, Proceedings of the CMSWR (Washington, DC: Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, 2016) 73-92.

47. “The Deacon as a Symbol of Unifying Loves”, Josephinum Diaconate Review (Fall, 2016) 8-18.

46. “Saint Augustine on ‘Saving both Man and Beast’”, Augustine on Ecology, eds., John Doody, Kim Paffenroth and Mark Smillie (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) 89-104.

45. “The Unity of Christ and Christian in St. Augustine”, Called to be Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Human Deification (Ignatius Press, 2016) 82-100.

44. “The Christian Roots of Christian Deification”, with Carl Olson, Called to be Children of God: The Catholic Theology of Human Deification (Ignatius Press, 2016) 17-39.

43. “Establishing an I-Thou Relationship with Creation”, On Earth as in Heaven: Cultivating a Catholic Theology of Creation, Catholic Theological Formation Series, ed., David Vincent Meconi, S.J. (Eerdmans Press, 2016) 273-94.

42. “From Ordo to Potestas: Augustine of Hippo’s Reading of Rom 13:1”, Sacred Scripture and Secular Struggles: The Bible in Ancient Christianity (Leiden: Brill Press, 2015) 250-63.

41. “Augustine of Hippo and Dionysius the Areopagite: Two Christian Responses to Theurgy”, Divine Promise and Human Freedom in Contemporary Catholic Thought, ed., Kevin McMahon, (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2015) 15-36.

40. “The Dual-Function of the Imago Dei as the Key to Human Flourishing in the Church Fathers”, Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology, eds., Joshua Farris and Charles Taliaferro (London: Ashgate, 2015) 191-205.

39. “Earthly Treasure Spiritually Refined”, review essay of Peter Brown’s Through the Eye of A Needle: Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550AD, Harvard Theological Review 108:4 (Oct., 2015) 621-28.

38. “Seeing the Eucharist, Seeing the Father”, The Priest as Beloved Son, ed., James Keating (Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation Publications, 2015) 61-81.

37. “Participating Divinity: Recent Reflections on Christian Divinization”, Theologische Revue (2015:1) 1-16.

36. “Ravishing Ruin: Self-Loathing in St. Augustine”, Augustinian Studies 45:2 (Fall, 2014) 227-46.

35. “Recapitulative Tropes in Augustine's Sermons”, New Blackfriars 95 (Nov., 2014) 689-97.

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34. “Mere Christianity: Theosis in a British Way”, The Journal of Inkling Studies 4:1 (April, 2014) 1-18.

33. “Two Apostles of Loneliness: Caryll Houselander and Catherine Doherty on the Mystical Body of Christ”, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 17:2 (Spring, 2014) 58-76.

32. “Augustine on Heaven and the Ecclesia Perfecta”, The Cambridge Companion to Saint Augustine, eds., Eleonore Stump and David Meconi, S.J. (Cambridge University Press, 2014) 251-72.

31. “Augustine’s Doctrine of Deification”, The Cambridge Companion to Saint Augustine, eds., Eleonore Stump and David Meconi, S.J. (Cambridge University Press, 2014) 208-27.

30. “Anselm and Appropriating the Divine Life,” The Saint Anselm Journal 8:2 (Spring, 2013) 1-9.

29. “Ora uel Labora: Augustine and John Cassian on the Boredom of the Heart”, Augustinian Studies 42:2 (Fall, 2011) 233-49.

28. “Becoming One Christ: The Dynamics of Augustinian Deification”, Tolle, Lege: Essays on St. Augustine and Medieval Philosophy in Honor of Roland J. Teske, S.J., ed., Richard C. Taylor, David Twetten, and Michael Wreen (Marquette University Press, 2011) 155-74.

27. “O Admirabile Commercium: The True Exchange of Christmas”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (Dec, 2010) 47-50.

26. “In the Absence of Fatherhood”, Spiritual Fathers, ed., James Keating (Omaha: Institute for Priestly Formation Publishers, 2010) 39-41.

25. “Razing the Bastions, Yet Again”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (Jun-Jul, 2010) 8- 13.

24. “Three Moments of Ecstasy in Augustine’s Confessions” [“Tres momentos de éxtasis en las ‘Confessiones’ de san Augustin”], Augustinus (Jul-Dec, 2009) 453-68.

23. “Traveling Without Moving: Love as Ecstatic Union in Plotinus, Augustine, and Dante”, Mediterranean Studies 18 (2009) 1-23.

22. “Becoming by Becoming God’s: Augustine’s Mystagogy of Identification”, Augustinian Studies 39 (Fall, 2008) 61-74.

21. “Deification in the Thought of John Paul II”, Irish Theological Quarterly 71 (2007) 129-43.

20. “Drenched in Joy: C.S. Lewis and the Divinized Creature”, Second Spring: An International Journal of Faith and Culture 7 (Winter, 2006) 44-51.

19. “The Consummation of the Christian Promise: Recent Studies on Deification”, New Blackfriars 87 (Jan, 2006) 3-12.

18. “John Paul II and the Femininity of Holiness”, Faith (Jul-Aug, 2005) 26-30.

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17. “, the Cup, and the Church”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (July, 2005) 29- 31, 48-52.

16. “The Christian Cento and the Evangelization of Classical Culture”, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 7:4 (Fall, 2004) 109-32.

15. “Becoming Christ, Adoring Christ”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (Jan, 2004) 16- 23.

14. “Philosophari in Maria: Fides et Ratio and Mary as the Model of Created Wisdom”, The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides et Ratio, ed., David Foster and Joseph Koterski (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2003) 69-87.

13. “The Joy of Vulnerability”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (Feb, 2003) 28-32, 45-48.

12. “Godly in Leisure”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (Aug-Sep, 2002) 76-77.

11. “Silence Proceeding”, Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 5 (Spring, 2002) 59-75.

10. “On the Fear of Sanctity”, New Oxford Review (May, 2002) 33-35.

9. “Theology of the Body and Purity of Heart”, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (April, 2001) 8-15.

8. “Grata Sacris Angelis: Gender and the Imago Dei in Augustine’s De Trinitate XII”, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 74 (Winter, 2000) 47-62.

7. “A Christian View of History”, The Catholic Faith (Mar-Apr, 2000) 9-13 ● reprinted in Polish as “Chrzescijanska wizja historii”, Christianitas 7 (2003) 167-72.

6. “With Christ on Mission: The Founding of the and the Second Millennium”, Catholic Dossier (Nov-Dec, 1999) 20-21.

5. “All Dreams are not Welcome: An Address to College Students”, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly (Summer, 1999) 13-15 ● reprinted in the National Jesuit News (Nov, 1999) 20.

4. “Contra Spiritum Mundi: Heroic Womanhood and the Culture of Life”, Catholic Dossier (May-June, 1999) 27-31.

3. “Our Carnal Culture’s Contempt for the Flesh”, New Oxford Review (Jan, 1999) 25- 27.

2. “The Incarnation and the Role of Participation in Augustine’s Confessions”, Augustinian Studies 29 (1998) 61-75.

1. “Saint Augustine’s Early Theory of Participation”, Augustinian Studies 27 (1996) 79- 96.

Invited Encyclopedia Entries

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8. “Regeneratio”,Augustinus-Lexikon: Optatus episcopus Mileuitanus bis Pelagius, Pelagiani, vol. 4, fasc. 7/8 (2018) 1107-10

7. “Renouatio”, Augustinus-Lexikon: Optatus episcopus Mileuitanus bis Pelagius, Pelagiani vol. 4, fasc. 7/8 (2018) 1152-55

6. “Imitation of Christ (Practice). Christianity, Patristics and Orthodox Churches”, Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, vol. 12, ed., Michael Cameron (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2016) 954-56

5. “The Confession of Jean-François Lyotard”, The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine, 430-2000, eds., Karla Pollmann et al. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) vol. 3, 1346-47

4. “(Saint) Augustine, De Civitate Dei”, In The Literary Encyclopedia (Feb., 2013) http://litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=5703.

3. “St. Ignatius of Loyola”, Encyclopedia of Catholic Social Thought, ed., Joseph Varacalli et al., (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2011) 149.

2. “Theurgy, Doctrine of”, New Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement 2010, ed. Robert L. Fastiggi, (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press/Detroit: Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2010) vol. 2, 1061-62.

1.“Divinization (Theosis), Doctrine of”, New Catholic Encyclopedia: Supplement 2010, ed. Robert L. Fastiggi, (Washington: Catholic University of America Press/Detroit: Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2010) vol. 1, 410-13.

Other Writings and Electronic Media

Spiritual Life Hacks: Ancient Wisdom for the New Normal; 7 lectures on the spiritual life, Now You Know Media (2021)

Ignatius of Loyola and Jesuit Spirituality, A Study Guide for Bishop Robert Barron’s Great Masters Series (forthcoming)

“Christ Becoming: The Forgotten History of Christian Deification,” 7 twenty-minute videos for Bishop Robert Barron’s Word On Fire Series (2020)

“The Tender Heart: A Homily for Divine Mercy Sunday,” Teaching the Faith Series for the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly (2019)

Holy Wisdom: The Church Fathers and the Beginnings of Christianity—a DVD and Audio Series for Now You Know Media (2016); 10 twenty-five-minute lectures

Understanding the Trinity: A History and A Help—a DVD and Audio Series for Now You Know Media (2016); 12 twenty-five-minute lectures

“Holy Embodied: Being Made in God’s Image and Likeness,” invited for The Table at Biola University; http://cct.biola.edu/blog/2015/aug/21/holy-embodied- being-made-gods-image-and-likeness/

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“Human Happiness: Always A By-Product” It Begins with Our Question, ed., Paul Allen (Plymouth, MI: Hayden McNeil Publishing, 2015) 932

“Foreword” in Noël Pretila, Re-appropriating "Marvelous Fables" (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2013) xi-xiii

“Foreword” in Benjamin Wayman, Make the Words Your Own: Praying the Psalms with Athanasius (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2013) 217-19

“A Jesuit is a Joyous Thing”, Catholic Herald (April 12, 2013) 6

The Life of St. Augustine: libretto accompanying the Life of St. Augustine DVD (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2013); 16 pages

The Early Church DVD Series for Saint Benedict Press’ Catholic Courses Series (2012); 8 half-hour lectures

“Foreword” in Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence, ed., J. Ramière, S.J., 3rd edition, (San Francisco, Ignatius Press, [1921] 2011) 7-11

“Our Divine Origins”, Magnificat Advent Companion (Nov-Dec, 2008) 36

Union With God: Living the Christ-Life (London: Catholic Truth Society, 2006) 60 pages

“Good Friday (a poem)”, St. Austin Review (Mar-Apr, 2005) 2

Including also monthly sets of homilies (May, 2014; Nov, 2013; May, 2013; Aug-Sep, 2010; Aug-Sep, 2009; Oct., 2008) as well as a regular editorial for Homiletic and Pastoral Review (since July, 2013); a regular contributor in Catholic World Report, Teaching the Faith (Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Newsletter) numerous appearances on EWTN, Relevant Radio, NPR, Catholic Radio, and an invited participant in various meetings with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Steubenville Conferences, Eucharistic Congresses and other gatherings of the faithful.

With nearly 200 Book Reviews in such journals as The Thomist, Medieval Review, Harvard Theological Review, Journal of Early Christian Studies, Theologische Revue, Journal of Theological Studies, Heythrop Journal, Noua et Vetera, and Journal of Ecclesiastical History [click here for a link to books reviewed]

Selected Public Addresses

Update: University of Mary (2019) College (2019)

“You Too Are Christ: The Ongoing Incarnation, Then and Now” (2019) Catholic Answers National Conference San Diego, CA

“Augustine and Theosis” (2019)

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Inaugural Lecture Baylor University

“The Salvific Beauty of Gender in Saint Augustine of Hippo” (2019) Academy of Catholic Theology, Washington DC

Annual Aquinas Lecture at Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA (2019) “The Ultimate Appeal To Humanity: Fides et Ratio and the Fulfillment of All Desire”

Annual Catholic Studies Lecture at Loyola University of Maryland (2019) “Lest Loves Compete Saint Augustine’s Theology of Charity”

The Thomistic Institute at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington DC (2019) “Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Beatitudo: True Religion and the Church in Augustine”

The Annual Masters’ Seminar at Ave Maria University (2019) A Multi-day Seminar for MA/Ph.D./Faculty on “The Thought of St. Augustine”

University of Dallas Annual Keynote (2018) “The Ultimate Appeal To Humanity: Fides et Ratio and the Fulfillment of All Desire”

Annual Presidential Lecture at Assumption College, Worcester, MA (2018) “Saint Augustine as a Cure for Modern Boredom”

Boston Colloquy in Historical Theology, Boston, MA (2018) “Sin as Sabotage: Augustine on Self-Loathing”

Mother Teresa and the Mystics: Towards a Renewal of Spiritual Theology at Ave Maria University (2017) “The Dreadful Disguise: The Mystical Body and Saint Teresa of Calcutta”

The Annual Catholic Studies Lecture at John Carroll University (2016) “Lest Loves Compete: Saint Augustine’s Theology of Charity”

The Annual John F. Kavanaugh Philosophy for Ministry Lecture at (2016) “Lest Loves Compete: Saint Augustine’s Theology of Charity”

The Annual Robert Wilken Colloquium at Baylor University (2016) “The Latin Fathers and The Power of Divine Weakness”

The Annual Thomas Aquinas Lecture, Christendom College (2015) “The Augustinian Roots of Aquinas’ Theology of Christian Deification”

The Annual McAllaster Lecture, Greenville College (2014) “Becoming Christ: The Forgotten Heart of Christianity”

The Last Lecture Series, DeSales University (2014) “You are Not a Christian, You Are Christ: St. Augustine on Salvation and Deification”

The Annual Imbesi Lecture, Villanova University (2014) “Ravishing Ruin: Self-Loathing in Saint Augustine”

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The Distinguished Lecturer Series, Franciscan University of Steubenville (2013) “Constantine, Christ, and the Cross: The Edict of Milan 1700 Years Later”

Inaugural Presidential Address for the Jesuit Philosophical Association (2013) “The Imago Dei as the Key to Human Flourishing”

The Annual Jesuit Lecture, St. Paul College at the University of Manitoba (2013) “From the Restless to the Godly Heart”

First Annual Saint Louis Theologians’ Convocation (2011) “Theology as the Movement from Cupiditas to Caritas”

The Annual Interdisciplinary Series, Fontbonne University (2010) “Human Happiness: Always A By-Product” (also published in The Interdisciplinary Journal of the Dedicated Semester: Happiness: Traditions and Tensions)

50th Annual Thomasfest University Lecture, Xavier University (2008) “Traveling Without Moving: Love as Ecstatic Union in Plotinus, Augustine, and Dante”

For a list of all public lectures and speaking engagements, click here

Teaching Awards 2018-19 The Fr. James Veltrie, SJ Cura Personalis Award 2008-09 Housing and Residence Life Faculty Excellence Award; Saint Louis University 1999-2000 Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities’ Celebration of Teaching Award 1998-1999 Xavier University’s Bishop Fenwick Alpha Sigma Nu Teacher of the Year Award

Editorial Work Editor-in-Chief, Homiletic and Pastoral Review (2010-present) Editor, Spirituality Series, Emmaus Road Academic Publishing (2015-present) Invited peer-review reader for Cambridge University Press; Catholic University of America Press; St. Joseph University Press; Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group; Augustinian Studies; Journal of Early Christian Studies; Inklings Studies; Modern Theology; Sophia: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion and Traditions; Allegorica; International Journal of Systematic Theology; Studies in Christian Ethics.

Membership in Learned Societies Christianity and Literature (2013-present) International Association of Patristic Studies (2011-present) Alpha Sigma Nu (2011-present)

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Academy of Catholic Theology (2009-present) Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (1998-present) •Board of Trustees, 2014-20 North American Patristic Society (1996-present) American Catholic Philosophical Association (1996-present) Jesuit Philosophical Association (1996 -present) ● Vice-President, 2012-13 ● President, 2013-14 ● Secretary, 2014-15

Notable Service Saint Louis University Founder and Director of the Catholic Studies Centre (2016-present)

Director of Doctoral Program for Theological Studies (2014-2016) Dean of Mission and Identity Search Committee (Spring, 2015) Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Search Committee (Fall, 2014) Graduate Studies Committee (Fall, 2008-2016)

Board Membership Academy of Catholic Theology (2019-2022) Institute on Religious Life (2018-present) Saint Louis University High School (2015-present) Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (2014-present) Senior Fellow, Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology, Franciscan University (2014-present) College of Philosophy and Letters, Saint Louis University (2014-present) Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (2014-present)

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