Francis Schüssler Fiorenza

Francis Schüssler Fiorenza (1941 – July 2025) was an American theologian who held the post of Charles Chancey Stillman Research Professor of Roman Catholic Theological Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Biography Born Francis Fiorenza in 1941, as a young man he entered St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, from which he earned the degree of Master of Divinity, even though he did not intend to pursue ordination.

Now Francis Schüssler Fiorenza as a result of his marriage, he returned to the United States with his wife, where they obtained teaching positions at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. After that, he taught at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

Works Foundational Theology: Jesus and the Church (Crossroad Publishing Company, 1984) Systematic Theology, volumes 1 and 2 (Fortress Press, 1991) Modern Christian Thought: The Twentieth Century James C. Livingston and Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, 2nd edition (Fortress Press, 2006) Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza and John P. Galvin, editors, 2nd edition (Fortress Press, 2011) Rights at Risk: Confronting the Cultural, Ethical, and Religious Challenges (Continuum, 2012) Political Theology: Contemporary Challenges and Future Directions Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Klaus Tanner and Michael Welker, editors (Westminster John Knox Press, 2013)