Theology Department Faculty

Michael C. Magree, S.J.

Assistant Professor

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Michael C. Magree, S.J.

Ph.D.

Contact

Stokes Hall 345N

Telephone: 617-552-3817

Email: frmagree@bc.edu

Education

  • B.A. in Philosophy, Classics; Honors Program. Franciscan University of Steubenville
  • M.A. in Classics. The Ohio State University
  • M.A. in Philosophical Resources. Fordham University
  • M.Div. Boston College
  • S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology) Boston College
  • Ph.D. in Theology, University of Notre Dame

Research Interests

  • Ascetical Theology
  • Early Christian Scriptural Exegesis
  • Theological Interpretation of Scripture
  • History聽of Christological and Trinitarian Doctrine
  • Ascetical Theologies of Early and Medieval聽Christianity
  • Theologies of Grace and Divinization
  • Early Christian Eschatology

Selected Publications

Book

The Interpretation of Kenosis from Origen to Cyril of Alexandria: Dimensions of Self-Emptying in the Reception of Philippians 2:7. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford:聽Oxford University Press, 2024.

Articles and Book Chapters

鈥淓xegesis Supporting Metaphysics: Eusebius of Caesarea鈥檚 Use of聽笔谤辞蝉艒辫辞苍聽and Its Hypostatic Associations.鈥澛�Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses聽100, no. 1 (2024): 27鈥�42.

鈥淭he Nonviolent Christ at the Apocalyptic Center of Origen鈥檚 Homilies on Joshua.鈥澛�Theological Studies 84, no. 3 (2023): 501鈥�23.

鈥淪urpassing Mere Logomachy: Cyril and Theodoret on the Third and Fourth Anathemas.鈥� In聽Studia Patristica聽129,聽eds. M. Vinzent and T.A. Pino (Leuven: Peeters, 2021).

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