Kevin L. Flannery | |
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Born | [1] | August 12, 1950
Education | University of Oxford (DPhil) |
Thesis | The Logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias (1992) |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
Ordained | 6 June 1987 [1] |
Fr. Kevin Flannery (born 12 August 1950, Cleveland, Ohio [1] ) is a Catholic moral philosopher, author, and professor. He is a professor of the history of ancient philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1977. [2] He has served as a consultor of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith since 2002. [1]
He has been a member of the Pontifical Academy of Saint Thomas Aquinas since 2004, [1] and is a past-president of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He was appointed as the holder of Creighton's Anna and Donald Waite Endowed Chair in Jesuit Education for the 2020–2021 academic year. [2]
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