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Brian E. Daley, S.J. | |
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| Born | January 18, 1940 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Occupation(s) | Priest, Professor |
| Employer | University of Notre Dame |
| Known for | Theology, Patristics |
| Awards | Ratzinger Prize for Theology (2012) |
Brian Edward Daley, S.J. (born in 1940) is an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and theologian. He is currently the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology (Emeritus) at the University of Notre Dame and was the recipient of a Ratzinger Prize for Theology in 2012.
Daley's primary academic field is ancient Christianity, specifically Patristics, otherwise known as the study of the Fathers of the Church. The Patristic topics on which he has published include Christology, eschatology, Mariology, philanthropy, and scriptural exegesis. [1] Daley is best understood as continuing the work of the great twentieth century Jesuits of the Nouvelle Théologie such as Henri Crouzel, Jean Daniélou, Henri de Lubac, and Aloys Grillmeier. [2]
In addition to his academic commitments, Daley is a popular speaker, is active in ecumenical dialogue, and serves as the executive secretary of the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation.
Daley was born in 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. He attended the Jesuit St. Peter's Preparatory School and did his first undergraduate degree at Fordham University, where he received a B.A. in cursu honorum in Classics in 1961. [3] Daley was the first Fordham alumnus to receive a Rhodes Scholarship, which he used to read Literae Humaniores (also known as "Greats") at Merton College, Oxford. [4] [5] While there, he was tutored by the philosopher J. R. Lucas. [6] He obtained a B.A. in 1964 and entered the Society of Jesus the same year. [7]
After receiving a Ph.L. at Loyola Seminary (Shrub Oak, New York) in 1966, Daley pursued theological studies in at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt, Germany, where he worked as a research assistant to Aloys Grillmeier, a Jesuit priest who would go on to be named a Cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 1994. [8] He was ordained a priest on 25 July 1970 and completed a licentiate in theology (Lic. theol.) in 1972. From 1972-1978, Daley pursued a D.Phil. at Campion Hall, Oxford under the supervision of Henry Chadwick. [9] He defended his thesis, entitled "Leontius of Byzantium: A Critical Edition of his Works, with Prolegomena," in 1978. [10] His examiners were Kallistos Ware and Lionel Wickham. [11]
From 1978 to 1996, Daley taught at the Weston School of Theology and was one of the founders of the Boston Area Patristics Group. In 1996, he accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame, where he is currently the Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology. [12] He was president of the North American Patristics Society from 1997 to 1998. [13] He has been on the editorial board of several scholarly journals and has served as a trustee of Boston College, Fordham University, Georgetown University, and Le Moyne College.
Daley has long been committed to ecumenical dialogue and was one of the signatories of the 2003 "Princeton Proposal for Christian Unity," which was sponsored by the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. [14] He is also the current executive secretary for the North American Orthodox-Catholic Theological Consultation, which is co-sponsored by SCOBA, the USCCB, and the CCCB. [15]
In October 2014, Daley presented "The Eastern Catholic Churches - A Roman Catholic Perspective Fifty Years after Orientalium ecclesiarum" at the conference "The Vatican II Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches, Orientalium ecclesiarum - Fifty Years Later" organized by the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies held at the University of Toronto. [16]
A Festschrift was published in Daley's honor in 2008. [17] Notable contributors include Lewis Ayres, John Anthony McGuckin, and Rowan Williams. [18]
Daley received the Ratzinger Prize for Theology on October 20, 2012. [19] At the conferral ceremony, Pope Benedict XVI praised Daley for his ecumenical work with the following words: "Father Daley, through his in-depth study of the Fathers of the Church, has placed himself in the best school for knowing and loving the one and undivided Church, also in the wealth of her different traditions; for this reason, he also performs a responsible service in our relations with the Orthodox Churches." [20] The other recipient of the Ratzinger Prize in 2012 was the French philosopher Rémi Brague.
In 2013, Daley was awarded the Johannes Quasten Medal by the School of Theology and Religious Studies of the Catholic University of America. [21]
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