Dr. David B. Hart
Theology
2006-2007

Biographical Overview
An internationally renowned Eastern Orthodox theologian, Dr. Hart has served at Loyola College in Baltimore, the Center of Theological Inquiry at Princeton University, the Duke Divinity School, the University of St. Thomas, and the University of Virginia.

He is the author of The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth (Eerdmans Press, 2003) and The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? (Eerdmans Press, 2005).  In addition, Dr. Hart has written dozens of articles, essays, and chapters for theological and related periodicals, including the theological journals Pro Ecclesia, Modern Theology, and First Things, and for The Wall Street Journal. He has served as the associate editor of Pro Ecclesia and is proficient in 10 languages, including English, Spanish, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

Courses Taught at Providence College:

• Liberal Arts Honors seminar on Dostoevsky & Nietzsche
• Liberal Arts Honors seminar on Nihilism

Lectures Given at Providence College:

• “Theology and Naturalism: A Response to Daniel Dennett’s Evolutionary Critique Of Religious Belief”
•  “Orientale Lumen: Sin, Nature and Grace in Eastern Orthodox Tradition”
• Symposium: “Divine Impassibility and the Mystery of Human Suffering”

Press Release Announcing Dr. Hart's Appointment

Very Rev. Aidan Nichols, O.P.
Theology
Spring 2005

Biographical Overview
Father Nichols, who has served as the prior of the Dominican Priory of St. Michael in Cambridge, England, is an affiliated lecturer at the University of Cambridge. A distinguished scholar, Father Nichols has published on numerous topics in theology including systematic, sacramental, and ecumenical theology.

The author of 30 books and more than 70 articles, he is considered "the most prolific writer of theology in the English language in the world today," according to the John Paul II Institute for Marriage & Family in Melbourne, Australia, where he has taught. 

Course Taught at Providence College:

• Honors Study in Theology

Lectures Given at Providence College:

• "The Order of Preachers and Art: The Dominicans of L'Art sacré "
• "Craft or Connoisseurship: The Uses of Jacques Maritain's Aesthetics"

Press Release Announcing Fr. Nichols's Appointment

Rev. Fergus Kerr
Theology
Fall 2002

Biographical Overview
The regent of the Blackfriars College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, Fr. Kerr holds degrees in philosophy and theology, including the master of sacred theology. He is the author of Theology after Wittgenstein and Immortal Longings and is the editor of New Blackfriars. Father Kerr also serves as an honorary senior lecturer at Edinburgh University in Scotland. His interests include Aquinas and contemporary Thomism, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger.

Course Taught at Providence College:

• Varieties of Religious Experience from Newman to Charles Taylor

Lectures Given at PC:

• “Christianity and Culture”
• “Former Catholics and Famous Philosophers: An Easy Way to Understand Martin Heidegger and Ludwig Wittgenstein”

Press Release Announcing Fr. Kerr's Appointment