Faculty

Brian Robinette, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
robinebd@slu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2003

Dissertation: "Speaking of the Resurrection: Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, and the Theology of Jesus' Resurrection."

M.A., Saint John's University (Collegeville, MN), 1998

Recent Publications:

"Thomas Merton on False Mysticism," Cistercian Studies Quarterly, vol. 36.2 (2001): 245-61.

Review of Full, Conscious and Active Participation: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Today's Liturgy, Conversatio (Winter: 2003/04): 20.

Review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, Theological Studies 65, no. 4 (2004): 897-898.

Projects in Progress:

Grammars of Resurrection. Book in progress on the soteriological and anthropological implications of Jesus' resurrection.

"A Gift for Theology? Jean-Luc Marion's 'Saturated Phenomenon' in Christological Perspective." Forthcoming article.

"I Will Be My Body: Anthropology in the Future Tense." Article in progress.

Areas of Research

Primary
Christology: Jesus' resurrection; the relationship between metaphysical and narrative approaches in Christology

Theological Anthropology: Human embodiment; Phenomenology

Secondary
Mystical-spiritual theology as a source for systematic theology

Theologies of violence and non-violence

Courses 2004-6

Theological Foundations (100-level, Micah House)
Christian Beliefs (200-level)
Jesus and Salvation (200-level)
Christology (500-level)