Bruce D. Marshall | |
---|---|
Born | October 31, 1955 |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Sandy Marshall |
Awards | Veritas Medal (2020) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Doctoral advisor | George Lindbeck |
Influences | |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Institutions | St. Olaf College,Southern Methodist University |
Notable works | Trinity and Truth (2000) |
Bruce D. Marshall (born 1955) is a Catholic theologian and Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine at Southern Methodist University. [1] His work focuses primarily on Trinitarian theology,Christology,the relation of philosophy and theology,and the links shared between Judaism and Christianity.
Marshall became a Christian while a student at Northwestern University. As a newly baptized Lutheran,his interest in Christian doctrine and theology eventually led him to Yale Divinity School where he met his wife,Sandy. After graduating from Yale and teaching for many years at St. Olaf College and Southern Methodist University,in 2005,Marshall converted to Roman Catholicism - a decision fostered in part by the success of the Lutheran-Catholic dialogues taking place at the time. [2]
Bruce and Sandy have one daughter and reside in Dallas,Texas. [3] [4]
Marshall graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Northwestern University in 1977 before earning a Master of Arts in Religion in 1979 and Doctorate of Philosophy in 1985 from Yale University. While at Yale he wrote his dissertation under George Lindbeck. Upon completion of his PhD,Marshall took a post as Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Olaf College. After reaching the ranks of Associate and full Professor,Marshall joined the faculty of Southern Methodist University where he is Lehman Professor of Christian Doctrine. [1]
A former student of George Lindbeck,Marshall was influential in the shaping the conversation regarding the postliberal school (a.k.a.,the Yale school) of theology. [5] [6] Lindbeck credited Marshall with helping him better understand his own landmark work,The Nature of Doctrine. [7]
Marshall has since written on numerous topics within Christian theology,though his work focuses primarily on the doctrine of the Trinity,Christology,sacramental theology,the relation of philosophy and theology,and the links shared between Judaism and Christianity. A recurrent feature of all Marshall's theological work,however,is a manifest commitment to the epistemic primacy of Christ.
Marshall's work has been celebrated among Protestant and Catholic theologians,resulting in a festschrift entitled Love Become Incarnate (2023). [4] Stanley Hauerwas described Marshall "a scholar's scholar,a theologian's theologian." [8] Khaled Anatolios has remarked that "Bruce Marshall surely stands in the front rank of contemporary Catholic theology. The profundity,rigor,range,and clarity of his theological work,inspired by a governing vision of the absolute primacy of Christ,constitute a legacy that will inspire and engage serious theologians for many years to come." Boyd Taylor Coolman has similarly expressed,"Bruce Marshall is a theologian of the highest caliber,of remarkable depth and breadth,of historical sources and of systematic coherence,of scientific rigor and sapiential insight,of Scripture and philosophy,of Israel and Church,of faith and reason,of love and knowledge." [9] The late Geoffrey Wainwright called Marshall's Trinity and Truth "remarkable," [10] and Paul J. Griffiths proclaimed it "a splendid example of how Christians should think about philosophical questions." [11] The journal Modern Theology published an entire symposium based on Marshall's book Trinity and Truth. [12] Similarly,the journal Pro Ecclesia published a symposium in which Marshall's assessment of the theology of Karl Barth anchored the conversation. [13]
In recognition of his contributions to Catholic theology,Marshall was awarded the Vertias Medal from the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University in 2020. [14] Marshall is a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology and served as its president in 2008-2009. He serves on the editorial board of Nova et Vetera (English edition) and Pro Ecclesia,is a frequently requested speaker of the Thomistic Institute,and is both a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow and Pew Evangelical Scholars Fellow.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)The Christian doctrine of the Trinity is the central doctrine concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, three distinct persons (hypostases) sharing one essence/substance/nature (homoousion). As the Fourth Lateran Council declared, it is the Father who begets, the Son who is begotten, and the Holy Spirit who proceeds. In this context, one essence/nature defines what God is, while the three persons define who God is. This expresses at once their distinction and their indissoluble unity. Thus, the entire process of creation and grace is viewed as a single shared action of the three divine persons, in which each person manifests the attributes unique to them in the Trinity, thereby proving that everything comes "from the Father," "through the Son," and "in the Holy Spirit."
Analytical Thomism is a philosophical movement which promotes the interchange of ideas between the thought of Thomas Aquinas, and modern analytic philosophy.
Thomas Gerard Weinandy is an American Roman Catholic priest and a leading scholar. He is a prolific writer in both academic and popular works, including articles, books, and study courses.
Robert William Jenson was a leading American Lutheran and ecumenical theologian. Prior to his retirement in 2007, he spent seven years as the director of the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton Theological Seminary. He was the co-founder of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology and is known for his two-volume Systematic Theology published between 1997 and 1999.
Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian, regarded by many as one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
In Christianity, Neo-orthodoxy or Neoorthodoxy, also known as theology of crisis and dialectical theology, was a theological movement developed in the aftermath of the First World War. The movement was largely a reaction against doctrines of 19th century liberal theology and a reevaluation of the teachings of the Reformation. Karl Barth is the leading figure associated with the movement. In the U.S., Reinhold Niebuhr was a leading exponent of neo-orthodoxy. It is unrelated to Eastern Orthodoxy.
Stanley Martin Hauerwas is an American theologian, ethicist, and public intellectual. Hauerwas originally taught at the University of Notre Dame before moving to Duke University. Hauerwas was a longtime professor at Duke, serving as the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School with a joint appointment at the Duke University School of Law. In the fall of 2014, he also assumed a chair in theological ethics at the University of Aberdeen. Hauerwas is considered by many to be one of the world's most influential living theologians and was named "America's Best Theologian" by Time magazine in 2001. He was also the first American theologian to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland in over forty years. His work is frequently read and debated by scholars in fields outside of religion or ethics, such as political philosophy, sociology, history, and literary theory. Hauerwas has achieved notability outside of academia as a public intellectual, even appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Thomas Forsyth Torrance, commonly referred to as T. F. Torrance, was a Scottish Protestant theologian and Presbyterian minister. He was a member of the famed Torrance family of theologians. Torrance served for 27 years as professor of Christian dogmatics at New College, in the University of Edinburgh. He is best known for his pioneering work in the study of science and theology, but he is equally respected for his work in systematic theology.
Postliberal theology is a Christian theological movement that focuses on a narrative presentation of the Christian faith as regulative for the development of a coherent systematic theology. Thus, Christianity is an overarching story, with its own embedded culture, grammar, and practices, which can be understood only with reference to Christianity's own internal logic.
Colin Ewart Gunton was an English Reformed systematic theologian. He made contributions to the doctrine of creation and the doctrine of the Trinity. He was Professor of Christian Doctrine at King's College, London, from 1984 and co-founder with Christoph Schwoebel of the Research Institute for Systematic Theology in 1988. Gunton was actively involved in the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom where he had been a minister since 1972.
Theocentrism is the belief that God is the central aspect to existence, as opposed to anthropocentrism, existentialism and sentientism. In this view, meaning and value of actions done to people or the environment are attributed to God. The tenets of theocentrism, such as humility, respect, moderations, selflessness, and mindfulness, can lend themselves towards a form of environmentalism. In modern theology, theocentrism is often linked with stewardship and environmental ethics or Creation care. It is the belief that human beings should look after the world as guardians and therefore in the way God wants them to. Humans should be considerate to all, from animals to plants to humans themselves. It maintains that human beings are merely here for a short time and should be looking after the world for future generations.
Allen James Reimer was a Canadian Mennonite theologian who held a dual academic appointment as Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Theology at Conrad Grebel University College, a member college of the University of Waterloo, and at the Toronto School of Theology, a consortium of divinity schools federated with the University of Toronto. At the University of Waterloo's fall 2008 convocation, he was named Distinguished Professor Emeritus, an honor seldom bestowed on retired faculty.
Hans Wilhelm Frei was an American biblical scholar and theologian who is best known for work on biblical hermeneutics. Frei's work played a major role in the development of postliberal theology. His best-known and most influential work is his 1974 book, The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative, which examined the history of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century biblical hermeneutics in England and Germany. Frei spent much of his career teaching at Yale Divinity School.
Reinhard Hütter is a Christian theologian and Professor of Fundamental and Dogmatic Theology at The Catholic University of America. During the 2012–2013 academic year, he held The Rev. Robert J. Randall Professor in Christian Culture chair at Providence College.
Catholic dogmatic theology can be defined as "a special branch of theology, the object of which is to present a scientific and connected view of the accepted doctrines of the Christian faith."
George Arthur Lindbeck was an American Lutheran theologian. He was best known as an ecumenicist and as one of the fathers of postliberal theology.
Brian Edward Daley, S.J. 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.
The pre-existence of Christ asserts the existence of Christ prior to his incarnation as Jesus. One of the relevant Bible passages is John 1:1–18 where, in the Trinitarian interpretation, Christ is identified with a pre-existent divine hypostasis called the Logos. There are nontrinitarian views that question the aspect of personal pre-existence, the aspect of divinity, or both.
Karen Kilby is an American lay Catholic theologian. She is currently the Bede Professor of Catholic Theology in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University.
Thomas Joseph White, O.P., is an American Roman Catholic priest and theologian. On September 14, 2021, he succeeded Michał Paluch, OP, as rector of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.