Michael J. Petrin, PhD

Associate Professor of Church History and Systematic Theology
Accreditation Liaison Officer
Graduate Degrees Coordinator

 

Contact

michael.petrin@mtangel.edu

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