Philip Porter, Ph.D.
Division of Humanities
Theology
Education
Th.D. in Systematic Theology, Duke University
M.T.S., Loyola University Maryland
B.A. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
浪花直播 Interests
- Dogmatic Theology
- Latin Patristics
- Medieval Theology
- Theology of Death
Publications and Media Placements
Refereed Articles
"Predestination and Monastic Discipline: Gregory the Great's Synthesis of Augustine
and John Cassian on Grace," American Benedictine Review (forthcoming December 2023).
"What Are Dead Bodies For?: An Augustinian Thanatology," Nova et Vetera (Vol. 21,
No. 2, Spring 2023).
"Inheriting Wittgenstein鈥檚 Augustine: A Grammatical Investigation of the Incarnation,"
New Blackfriars (Vol. 100, Issue 1088, July 2019).
"Liberated by Doctrine: Augustine鈥檚 Approach to Scripture in De Doctrina Christiana,"
Pro Ecclesia (Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2017).
Book Chapters
"Creation," in Wiley Blackwell Companion to Catholicism, edited by Frederick C. Bauerschmidt,
James J. Buckley, Jennifer Newsome Martin, and Trent Pomplun (forthcoming 2023).
"On the Literal Meaning of 'Literal,'" in All Creation Gives Praise: Essays at the
Frontier of Science & Religion, edited by Jay Martin (forthcoming 2023).
Translation of selections from Agn猫s Arnauld, L'Esprit du Monast猫re de Port Royal
in A Jansenist Anthology (forthcoming 2024).
Short Writings
"War & Penance," Commonweal (January, 2022).
"Not as Others Who Have No Hope," Breaking Ground () (June, 2020).
"Newman & Theological Conflict," Commonweal (October, 2018).