About John E. Thiel
Born 1951. John E. Thiel is an American theologian.
John Edwin Thiel (born July 28, 1951) is the Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. Professor of Catholic Studies, Emeritus, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.A, where he taught for 49 years.
Biography He received his B.A. from Fairfield University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from McMaster University. and as president of the American Theological Society in 2023-24
Books God and World in Schleiermacher’s “Dialektik” and “Glaubenslehre” (Lang,1981) Nonfoundationalism (Guides to Theological Inquiry) (Fortress, 1995) Senses of Tradition: Continuity and Development in Catholic Faith (Oxford, 2000) God, Evil, and Innocent Suffering: A Theological Reflection (Crossroad, 2002) Icons of Hope: The “Last Things” in Catholic Imagination (Notre Dame, 2013) Now and Forever: A Theological Aesthetics of Time (Notre Dame, 2023)
Awards 2014 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award, Theology Category
2014 Catholic Press Writers Association Book Award, Theology Category
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