Christopher Ruddy

Academic Area

  • Historical and Systematic Theology
  • School

  • School of Theology and Religious Studies
  • Expertise

  • Ecclesiology
  • Vatican II
  • La nouvelle théologie
  • Ecumenism
  • The relationship of Christianity and culture
  • Biography

    Christopher Ruddy is associate professor of systematic theology at The Catholic University of America. He was formerly associate professor of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and also taught at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict in Minnesota. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Divinity School, he received his doctorate in systematic theology from the University of Notre Dame.

    His two books are titled The Local Church: Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology and Tested in Every Way: The Catholic Priesthood in Today’s Church (both Herder & Herder). His articles and reviews have appeared in America, Christian Century, Commonweal, Ecclesiology, Heythrop Journal, Horizons, Irish Theological Quarterly, Josephinium Journal of Theology, Logos, Nova et Vetera, Origins, Theological Studies, The Thomist, and Worship. His theological interests include ecclesiology, Vatican II, the nouvelle théologie and ressourcement movements, and the relationship of Christianity and culture. New York natives, he and his wife, Deborah, have four sons.

    Publications

    • Tested in Every Way

      Tested in Every Way

      Tested in Every Way: The Catholic Priesthood in Today’s Church

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    • The Local Church

      The Local Church

      The Local Church: Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology

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