At a glance...
Assistant Professor
Theology Department
paul.kolbet@bc.edu
Office Location
21 Campanella Way, Room 350
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
Phone: 617.552.3760
Fax: 617.552.0794
Personal Web Site
n/a
Office Hours
Wednesday 10:30-12:30 pm and by appointment.
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EDUCATION
M.Div. Yale University Divinity School (1994)
S.T.M. Yale University Divinity School (1995)
M.A. University of Notre Dame (1999)
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame (2002)
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Paul R. Kolbet came to Boston College in 2003 after teaching as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame. He is an Episcopal priest and currently working on a project entitled, Augustine and Classical Therapy.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Early Christian homilies, exegesis, doctrine, ministry, and spirituality; the use of Hellenistic philosophy by early Christians as well as their relationship with Jews; the use of early Christian sources in contemporary systematic theology.
TEACHING
Introduction to Christian Theology I & II
Perspectives on Western Culture I & II
Early Christianity Seminar: Christological Controversies
Early Christianity Seminar: Spirituality and Asceticism
Augustine of Hippo
Diatribe to Dialogue: Studies in the Jewish-Christian Encounter
PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002
“Athanasius, the Psalms, and the Reformation of the Self,” Harvard Theological Review 99 (2006) 85-101. “Formal Continuities Between Augustine’s Early Philosophical Teaching and Late Homiletical Practice,” Studia Patristica 43 (2006) 149-54.
Review of Phillip Cary, Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self, Pro Ecclesia 10:4 (2001) 115-17. Review of Donald Burt, Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine’s Practical Philosophy, Anglican Theological Review 82:4 (2000) 823-24.
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