Curriculum Vitae William Bennett Stevenson, Ph.D. Education Ph.D. Systematic Theology/Political Philosophy Boston College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts B.A. Theology/History College of St. Thomas Saint Paul, Minnesota Dissertation The Psychological Analogy in the Trinitarian Thought of Thomas Aquinas and Its Implications for Contemporary Theological Method Academic Employment 2014-Present Assistant Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity 1999-2000; 2008-2014 Adjunct Faculty, Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity 2010-Present Writer/Consultant, National Catholic Rural Life Conference 2004-2012 Director of Theology, Providence Academy 2002-2004 Assistant Professor of Catholic Studies, University of St. Thomas 2000-2002 Tutor (Professor), St. John s College (Annapolis, Maryland) 2002-2009 Adjunct Professor, Institute for Pastoral Theology, (Master s Program of Ave Maria University) 1997-2000 Assistant Professor of Theology, University of St. Thomas Teaching Experience (abridged selection of courses) Graduate Courses The Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity: Christian Theology of God and the Human Person Catholic Sacramental Worship Readings in Aquinas, Prima Secundae Christology Theology of the Church Theological Anthropology Introduction to the New Testament Catholic Intellectual Tradition Philosophical Anthropology Philosophical Perspectives for Theology Catechetical Foundations I and II Independent Studies: Latin, Old Testament, Metaphysics
University of St. Thomas: Marriage and Family in the Catholic Tradition A survey of philosophical, theological, and magisterial texts on the meanings and varieties of human love and the natural and supernatural purposes of marriage and family. St. Thomas Aquinas College (Kiev, Ukraine): 19 th Century Theology A ten-day, intensive graduate seminar on the theological responses to Enlightenment and Romantic thought. Special attention is given to Friedrich Schleiermacher and John Henry Cardinal Newman. Institute for Pastoral Theology at Ave Maria University: The Theology of Vatican II A historical and systematic treatment of the Second Vatican Council. All conciliar documents are read. The Theology of John Paul II A survey of the principal themes and texts of the late Pope John Paul II. Particular emphasis will be given to John Paul s anthropology and his work in the authentic implementation of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council. Church History Graduate-level survey of ecclesiastical history with a strong emphasis on primary texts. Ecclesiology - A systematic and dogmatic exposition of the doctrine of the Church. Liturgy and Sacraments - a history of the liturgy and and a systematic treatment of sacramental theology and sacraments Undergraduate Courses St. John s College: Freshman Seminar A year-long course devoted to the study of Greek classics. Homer: Ili ad, Odyssey; Aeschylus: Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides, Prometheus Bound; Sopho cles: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone, Philoctetes; Thucydides: Peloponnesian War; Euripides: Hippolytus, Bacchae; Herodotus: Histories; Aristophanes: Clouds; Plato: Meno, Gorgias, Republic, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium, Parmenides, Theaetetus, Sophist, Timaeus, Phaedrus; Aristotle: Poetics, Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics; Plutarch: Solon, Lycurgus Freshman Mathematics A year-long course in Greek mathematics. Texts include: Euclid s Elements, Ptolemy s Almagest, Nicomachus s Arithmetic Freshman Laboratory A year-long course involving practica in biology, chemistry, and physics com bined with readings of ancient and modern authors. Texts include books and treatises by Theophrastus, Aristotle, Lavoisier, Harvey, Archimedes, Fahrenheit, Avogadro Dalton, Cannizzaro, Virchow, Mariotte, Driesch, Gay-Lussac, Spemann, Stears, Pascal, Mendeleyev, Berthollet, and others. University of St. Thomas: The Christian Theological Tradition An historically structured introductory course centered on primary texts from the Christian Tradition, beginning with the Bible and concluding with documents of the Second Vatican Council. Augustine s City of God A close reading of Augustine s classic statement on the relation of the Christian faith to the political order and the relation of faith to reason.
Christian Belief Today A contemporary introduction to systematic theology. The nature of doctrine and the purpose of theological reflection are examined in the course of a semester-long exposition of the Nicene Creed. Christian Marriage An introduction to the theoretical and practical meaning of marriage as a sacrament, employing a combination of biblical, theological, philosophical, and psychological texts. The Church An upper-division course devoted to fundamental issues in ecclesiology. Themes include the Church s place in the economy of salvation, the nature and purpose of ecclesiastical authority, the Church s missionary activity, and ecumenism. Music and the Bible Interdisciplinary course in church music involving both the elements of music theory as well as the theological character and liturgical purposes of sacred music. The Catholic Vision An interdisciplinary introduction to the Catholic intellectual and spiritual Tradition. Texts are drawn from philosophical, theological, and literary figures. The Search for Happiness - An introductory course in theological anthropology. The class considers the meaning of human nature and the proper ends, both natural and supernatural, of human living. Fellowships and Grants Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for the Study of Religion and Public Life Research Grant Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Fellow University Fellow, Boston College Publications Peer-Reviewed 2016* From Catharsis to Wonder: Tragic Mimêsis in Aristotle s Poetics and the Catholic Imagination in Logos: a Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture (*accepted for publication; Fall 2016 is the likely publication date.) 2015 Suffering and Spiritedness: The Doctrine of Comfort and the Drama of Thumos in More s Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation in Moreana: Thomas More, Renaissance, and Humanism (June 2015) 2000 The Problem of Trinitarian Processions in Thomas s Roman Commentary in The Thomist (October 2000) Other Publications 2016 A Study Guide to Dives in Misericordia (Catholic Rural Life Publications) 2015 I Peter: A Five Week Study (CRLP) 2013 Law and Grace: A Study Guide (CRLP) 2013 A Study of Mystici Corporis Christi (CRLP)
2012 Ephesians: A Four Week Study (CRLP) 2012 On Human Dignity (CRLP) 2012 A Study of Deus Caritas Est (CRLP) 2011 Philippians: A Four Week Study (CRLP) Book Reviews Citizens of the Heavenly City by Arthur Hippler. In The Journal of Markets and Morality (Summer 2006) Thomas Aquinas by Thomas O Meara. In Theology Today (April 2000) Papers Presented at Professional Conferences 2014 Suffering and Spiritedness: The Doctrine of Comfort and the Drama of Thumos in More s Dialogue The Theology of Thomas More s Tower Works at the Center for Thomas More Studies, University of Dallas. 2003 On the Knowability of the Intra-Divine Processions 38 th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies 2000 Understanding, Certitude, and the Ordering of Trinitarian Questions in the Summa Theologiae Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America San Jose, California 2000 Divine Personhood in Thomas and the Shibboleth of Consciousness 35 th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies 1999 Augustine, Aquinas, and Trinitarian Processions in the Roman Commentary 34 th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies Selected Public Lectures and Presentations
The Catholic Doctrine of Justification for the Aquinas Center at Dartmouth College On Aquinas s Commentary on Job for Wyoming Catholic College Henri de Lubac s The Splendor of the Church for Ex Libris: Books in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. Chesterton Across the Curriculum for the 17 th Annual Midwest Chesterton Conference (St. Paul, Minnesota), sponsored by the American Chesterton Society. Brahms s Ein Deutches Requiem for Engaging Beauty, sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas A Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church sponsored by Providence Academy and the Center for Diaconate (St. Paul/Minneapolis) Other Appointments 2015-present Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs 2015-present United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Dialogue with Evangelical Churches 2003-2004 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Dialogue with the Reformed Churches