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Paul Camacho, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor of Philosophy; Associate Director, Augustinian Institute | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Paul Camacho, PhD, is an expert on St. Augustine, the Catholic intellectual tradition and the philosophies of love and religion.

Augustinian StudiesPlatoDanteMetaphysicsHistory of Philosophy
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Patrick McKinley Brennan, JD

Professor of Law; John F. Scarpa Chair in Catholic Legal Studies | Charles Widger School of Law

Patrick McKinley Brennan, JD, is an expert in Christian legal thought, constitutional law and religion and the law.

Catholic ChurchCommon-Good ConstitutionalismCatholic Legal StudiesPolitical FriendshipConstitutional Law
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Héctor M. Varela Rios, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theology; Raquel and Alfonso Martínez-Fonts Endowed Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Héctor Varela Rios, PhD, specializes in Latinx theology, constructive theologies and religion and material culture.

Latinx TheologyTheories of ReligionConstructive and Lived TheologiesReligion and Material CulturePuerto Rican Culture
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Kevin Hughes, PhD

Professor of Historical Theology; Chairperson, Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Kevin Hughes, PhD, is a frequent commentator on Catholicism and contemporary culture.

Augustinian StudiesThe Church in Public LifeArt, Literature and TheologyAncient and Medieval Theology and SpiritualityRessourcement Theology
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Terence Sweeney, PhD

Assistant Teaching Professor in Humanities and Honors | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Terence Sweeney, PhD, is a philosopher who specializes in the Augustinian tradition and Catholic Social Thought.

St. AugustineCatholic Social ThoughtCatholicism and PoliticsImmigrationPope Leo XIV
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Jaisy A. Joseph, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Jaisy A. Joseph, PhD, is an expert in the study of unity and difference in the global Church, synodality and the Eastern Catholic Churches.

Pope Leo XIVEastern Catholic ChurchesAsian/Asian American TheologyPostcolonial/Decolonial TheoryTheological Anthropology
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Massimo Faggioli, PhD

Professor of Theology and Religious Studies | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Massimo Faggioli, PhD, is an expert on the history and administrative inner workings of the Catholic Church and of the papacy.

Pope Leo XIVPope FrancisChurch HistoryHistory of ChristianityHistorical Theology and Ecclesiology
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Sally Scholz, PhD

Professor of Philosophy | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Sally Scholz, PhD, is an expert on solidarity, feminism, just war theory and Catholic Social Teaching.

Catholic Social TeachingFeminismEthicsSocial MovementsViolence Against Women
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Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD

Special Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives; Assistant Professor of Sociology

Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, researches Catholicism in the U.S. with emphasis on systemic racism and African American Catholics.

African American CatholicsSystemic RacismCatholic Social TeachingU.S. Catholic Church
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Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD

Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, works to find a new unity and synthesis in science and religion.

TheologyNeuroscienceArtificial Intelligence and BecomingCulture and ReligionCatholicity
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