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Anne Carpenter, Ph.D.

Danforth Chair
Theological Studies


Courses Taught

Catholic Art vs. Catholic Power; Theology, Beauty, and Monsters; Theological Method; Metaphysics and the Doctrine of God

Education

Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Marquette University (2012)
 

Research Interests

  • Theological aesthetics
  • Thomist metaphysics
  • Theologies of tradition
  • Ressourcement theology and theologians
  • Theological method

Publications and Media Placements

Books
  • Nothing Gained Is Eternal: A Theology of Tradition (Fortress Press, 2022)
  • Theo-Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015)
Selected Articles
  • “Maurice Blondel on the Practice of Supernatural Religion,” Nova et Vetera 21, no. 4 (2023): 1305-1324
  • “Not America’s Nightmare: Hans Urs von Balthasar, Janelle Monáe, and Aesthetic Form,” Religion & Literature 53, no. 2 (2021): 23-45
  • “Balthasar Beyond European Modernity: Re-Thinking Herrlichkeit Through Its Precursors,” Modern Theology 37, no. 3 (2021): 616-636.
  • “Analogy and Kenosis,” Nova et Vetera 17, no. 3 (2019): 811-838.
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