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Daniel J. Finucane, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
Humanities 128
Phone: (314) 977-2874
E-Mail: finucane@slu.edu

Dr. Finucane received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University. He has an M.A. degree in Religious Studies from SLU and a B.A. in Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis. Particular areas of interest and research are Foundational Theology, Modern European Theology and the Sensus Fidelium.

Dr. Finucane teaches cross-listed sections for:

TH A-100 (MP A-100) Theological Foundations
TH A-221 (MP A-221) History of Christianity since 1500
TH A-242 (MP A-280) Survey of Christian Beliefs
TH A-243 (MP A-289) The Church Today
TH A-370 (MP A-370) Marriage & Christian Life
MP A-490 Capstone Project

Theology Faculty

Barbara W. Blackburn, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology
Saint Louis University
Humanities 124
Phone: (636) 441-0055 ext. 104
E-Mail: bblackburn@stjoecot.org, barbarawblackburn@hotmail.com

Dr. Blackburn received her Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University. She has an M.A. in Religious Studies from SLU and a B.A. in Theological Studies from SLU. Particular areas of interest and research are Moral Theology, Thanatology, Sacramental Theology, and Early Church History. She has published a series of children's religion textbooks entitled "Life Project: Forming Christian Attitudes toward Death and Afterlife."

Dr. Blackburn teaches cross-listed sections for:

TH A-246 (MP A-281) Theology of the Sacraments


Christopher Popravak, O.F.M. Cap.

Department of Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
Humanities 230
Phone (314) 977-2855
E-Mail: popravak@slu.edu

Fr. Popravak received his Ph.D. in Historical Theology from St. Louis University. He received his Masters of Divinity from St. Bernard's Seminary in Rochester, New York and an undergraduate degree in psychology from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Particular areas of interest include Foundational Theology, Religious Experience, Asceticism and Mysticism.

Fr. Popravak teaches cross-listed sections for:

TH A-100 (MP A-100) Theological Foundations


Regina Siegfried, ASC

Department of Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
Humanities 300
Phone: (314) 977-2863
E-Mail: siegfrr@slu.edu

Sr. Siegfried received her Ph.D. in American Studies with a concentration in American Religious History from Saint Louis University. She has M.A. degrees in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in Christian Spirituality from the University of Creighton. Particular areas of interest and research are U.S. Catholic history, history of U.S. religious women, and U.S. religious history.

Sr. Siegfried teaches cross-listed sections for:

TH A-100 (MP A-100) Theological Foundations
TH A-220 (MP A-220) American Catholicism


Kenneth B. Steinhauser

Steber Professor in Theological Studies
Saint Louis University
Humanities 348
Phone: (314) 977-2889
E-Mail: steinhausekb@slu.edu

Fr. Steinhauser received his doctorate in theology from the University of Freiburg in Breisgau, his S.T.L. and S.T.B. from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and his B. A. in philosophy from Niagara University. His area of specialization is patristics and early church history. His current research interests include western theology of the fourth and fifth centuries, Augustine of Hippo and manuscript studies.

Fr. Steinhauser teaches cross-listed sections for:

TH A-222 (MP A-222) Early Church: Faith and Culture

English Faculty

Donald Stump, Ph.D.

Professor of English and Director of the Micah House Program
Saint Louis University
Humanities 229
Phone: (314) 977-3009
E-Mail: stump@slu.edu

Dr. Stump received his Ph.D. from Cornell University and his A.B. from Grinnell College. Particular areas of interest and research are Renaissance literature, Biblical poetry and narrative, Greco-Roman literature, fantasy, Renaissance epic and drama, and the court literature of Elizabeth I.

Dr. Stump teaches cross-listed sections for:

ENG A-313 (MP A-321) The Bible and Literature

History Faculty

James Hitchcock, Ph.D.

Department of History
Saint Louis University
Humanities 2
Phone: (314) 977-2903
E-Mail: hitchcpj@slu.edu

Dr. Hitchcock received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University and his A.B. from Saint Louis University. He has also received honorary D.H.L. degrees from Benedictine College and Franciscan University. Dr. Hitchcock has written seven books and is currently working on his eighth. He has written scholarly and general articles that have appeared in Catholic Historical Review, Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Research, Beacham's Biographical Dictionary, New York Times Magazine, Yale Review, American Scholar, Modern Age, and New Oxford Review, just to name a few. Dr. Hitchcock has also been awarded the Cardinal Wright Award from the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and the Frederic Ozanam Award from the Society of Catholic Social Scientists. He has previously served as secretary of the Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference and president of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars.

Dr. Hitchcock teaches cross-listed sections for:

HS A-310 (MP A-356) The Reformation Era
HS A-307 (MP A-307) Catholic Tradition to 1540


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