Michael J. Petrin, PhD
Associate Professor of Church History and Systematic Theology
Accreditation Liaison Officer
Graduate Degrees Coordinator
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Education
PhD: University of Notre Dame (2017)
MTS: University of Notre Dame (2011)
BA: Stanford University (2009)
Courses taught
- The Early Church
- The Fathers of the Church
Research interests
- Patristic and medieval theology
- Greco-Roman philosophy and rhetoric
- The history of biblical interpretation
- The history of Christian spirituality
- Ecumenical dialogue
- Interreligious dialogue
Select projects
- “Review Essay: Premodern Christianity beyond ‘Greek East’ and ‘Latin West,’” Fides et Historia 55 (2023): 169–173.
- “Theôria and Praxis,” Studia Patristica 101 (2021): 67–77.
- “Eunomius and Gregory of Nyssa on τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον,” Studia Patristica 95 (2017): 343–353.
Professional associations
- American Society of Church History
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- North American Patristics Society
- Society of Biblical Literature