Matthew G. Kuhner
Academic Dean & Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology
Saint Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry
Education
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PhD - Ave Maria University
(Systematic Theology)​
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MTS - Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
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BA - DeSales University
(Philosophy; Theology)​
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Publications
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Matthias J. Scheeben on the Mystery of Predestination and the Action of Divine Love: Magnum Mysterium (under contract with Lexington Books).
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“‘The Perspective of the Acting Person’ and Moral Action: Reading Veritatis Splendor no. 78 with Servais Pinckaers, O.P.," Journal of Moral Theology 10:1:73-101
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“Catechesis at the Service of Encounter: The Christocentric Shape of Postconciliar Catechesis and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.” In Speaking the Truth in Love: The Catechism and the New Evangelization. Edited by Petroc Willey and Scott Sollom. Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Press, 2019.
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"The 'Aspects of Christ' (Epinoiai Christou) in Origen's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans," in Harvard Theological Review 110:2, 195 - 216.
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"Ignatius of Antioch's Letter to the Ephesians 19:1 and the Hidden Mysteries: A Trajectory of Interpretation from Origen to Thomas Aquinas," in Journal of Theological Studies 68:1, 93 - 120.
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"The Lesser Light is Not Dimmed: On the Significance of Thomas Aquinas' Treatise on the Incarnation for the Relationship between Nature and Grace," Angelicum 93:4, 751 - 783.
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"A Luminous and Splendid Truth: On the Mystery of Predestination in Matthias Scheeben," in The Heythrop Journal 57:5 [available online - awaiting print publication]
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"Catholic Ecclesiology and Hans Urs von Balthasar: The Unity-in-Difference of the Marian and Petrine Principles of the Church," in Princeton Theological Review 19:1, 21 - 37.
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Book Reviews:
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Christ's Descent into Hell: John Paul II, Joseph Ratzinger, and Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Theology of Holy Saturday, by Lyra Pitstick ​(Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016). In Journal of Jesuit Studies 5:1, 186 - 189. ​
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Heaven Opens: The Trinitarian Mysticism of Adrienne von Speyr, by Matthew Lewis Sutton (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2014). In Nova et Vetera 15:2, 692 - 696.
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Figuring Out the Church: Her Marks and Her Masters, by Aidan Nichols, OP (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2013). In Pro Ecclessia 25 (Spring), 243 - 246.
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Cicero and the Rise of Deification at Rome, by Spencer Cole (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). In The Heythrop Journal 57 (January), 221.
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The Divinization of Caesar and Augustus: Precedents, Consequences,Implications, by Matthew Koortbojian (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013). In The Heythrop Journal 57 (January), 222.
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On the Meaning of Sex, by J. Budziszewski (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2014) in Humanum Review: Issues in Family, Culture, & Science (Issue Three). Co-authored with Michelle Kuhner.
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The Ethics of Organ Transplantation, ed. by Steven J. Jensen (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2011). In Humanum Review: Issues in Family, Culture, & Science (Issue Three). Co-authored with Michelle Kuhner.
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Areas of Interest
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Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Christology (Historical and Systematic)
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Marriage and Human Sexuality (especially John Paul II's Theology of the Body)
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20th century Catholic Theology
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Catechesis and Evangelization