Contact

john.rico@mtangel.edu

Education

PhD: University of Dallas (in progress)
MA: University of Dallas (2015)
BA: Mount Angel Seminary (2004)

Courses taught

• Medieval Philosophy
• The Thomistic System
• Philosophy of Nature
• Philosophy of God
• MA Seminar – Creation, Cosmology, and Intellectual Daring
• Principles of Science
• History of Science
• Philosophy of Science

Research interests

• The relationship between faith and science
• Catholic engagement in philosophy of science
• Cosmology
• Medieval philosophy
• St. Thomas Aquinas
• St. Augustine of Hippo
• Medieval mathematics
• The relationship between philosophy and theology

Select projects

• “The Reason of Faith: An Exploration of Anselm’s Dynamic Phrase ‘Ratio Fidei.’” Ramify 4.1 (Spring 2013): 76-91.

Professional associations

• American Catholic Philosophical Association
• Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology