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Emmanuel Bassey
S.T.D. Student, Biblical Studies - New Testament
basseye@cua.edu
Interests: The Gospel of John, Galatians
Dissertation: "The Biblical Critique of Indifference to Evil"
Director: David Bosworth -
Vincent Birch
Ph.D. Candidate, Historical and Systematic Theology
birchv@cua.edu
Interests: Foundational Theology, Theological Anthropology, Religious Epistemology, and Christology
Dissertation: "The Semiosis of Revelation: God's Self-Communication to Humanity in its Semiotic Constitution"
Director: Reinhard Huetter -
Jessica Blumberg
Ph.D. Student, Religion and Culture
haning@cua.edu
M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville
M.S.W., Colorado State University
Interests: Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation; Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature; Religion and Geography -
Fr. Brad Elliott, OP
S.T.D. Candidate, Moral Theology/Ethics
elliottb@cua.edu
M.A., S.T.L., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
Interests: Action theory, Social thought, Virtue ethics
Classes Taught: Theological Virtues (DSPT), Fundamental Moral Theology (DSPT)
Dissertation: "Private Property, the Common Good, and Human Participatory Dominium"
Director: Joseph Capizzi -
Mark Escobar
Ph.D. Candidate, Catechetics & Church History
escobarm@cua.edu
M.A., Boston College
Interests: Patristics, Church History, Catechetics
Dissertation: "Exploring the Role of Scripture in Catechetics: A Comparative Analysis of Josef Jungmann's Kerygmatic Approach and Gerard Sloyan's Biblical-Centered Approach to Catechetics"
Director: Fr. Raymond Studzinski, O.S.B. -
Christopher M. O'Brien
Ph.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
obrienchr@cua.edu
M.A., Stanford University
M.Div., University of Notre Dame
Interests: Liturgical Sacramental Theology, Children and Liturgy, Christian Initiation
Classes Taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ; Christian Liturgy, Prayer, and Sacrament; Sacraments of Initiation (CUA)
Dissertation: "Children and the Eucharist in the Roman Rite: History, Theology, and Ritual"
Director: Rev. Dominic Serra -
Philip Thomas Mohr
Ph.D. Candidate, Biblical Studies
mohrp@cua.edu
Interests: History of Interpretation/Impact of the Scriptures, Gospel according to Matthew, Multiperspectivalism, Hermeneutics
Classes taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA); Bible Survey (Westminster Theological Seminary); Principles of Biblical Interpretation (Westminster Theological Seminary); Hebrew 3 (Westminster Theological Seminary); Perspectives in Theology (Westminster Theological Seminary), Ezekiel: Introduction and Interpretation (Common Ground Theological Institute, KE)
Dissertation: "The 'Chair of Moses' Saying (Matthew 23:23): Historical Concerns, Providential Applications, and Present"
Director: Ian Boxall -
Fr. Lorenzo Penalosa, OSB
S.T.D. Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
penalosa@cua.edu
M.Div, Saint Meinrad School of Theology
S.L.L., Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo
Interests: Euchology of the Mass; Liturgical History; Liturgical Inculturation; Church Art and Architecture
Classes taught: Liturgical Books in the Roman Rite – taught at Saint Meinrad School of Theology (Spring 2022)
Dissertation: "Eucharistiae Gaudium et Laetitia: A Liturgical Theology of Joy in Post-Communion Prayers of the 2008 Missale Romanum"
Director: Rev. Michael Witczak, S.L.D. -
Jessica Rentz
Ph.D Candidate, Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology
rentz@cua.edu
M.A.Rc, History of Christianity (Yale Divinity School)
Interests: Liturgical Studies, History, Archaeology
Classes Taught: TRS 201: Foundations of Theology: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA)
Dissertation: "Christian Initiation in Byzantine Palestine: A Liturgical and Archaeological Analysis"
Director: Mark Morozowich, S.E.O.D. -
Rev. Gilbrian Stoy, CSC
Ph.D Student, Moral Theology/Ethics
stoy@cua.edu
M.Div, University of Notre Dame
Ms.T., Oxford University
Interests:Economic Morality, Political Theology -
Lucia Tosatto
Ph.D Candidate, Biblical Studies
tosatto@cua.edu
M.A.B.L., Graduate Theological Union-Jesuit School of Theology
Interests:Cognitive Linguistics in Biblical Interpretation; Hebrew Scriptures and Cognate Literature; Religion and Geography
Classes Taught: Foundations of Theology I: Scripture and Jesus Christ (CUA)
Dissertation: "Laying the Foundations of the Earth: The Background and Comparative Use of a Conceptual Metaphor"
Director: David Bosworth