Philosophy Department Faculty
Jeffrey Bloechl
Department Chair
Albert J. Fitzgibbons Professor
Jeffrey Bloechl
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall North Room 227
Telephone: 617-552-4023
Email: bloechl@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D. and M.Phil., Catholic University of Louvain
- M.A. and B.A., Catholic University of America
Courses
The Problem of Suffering
Hermeneutics of Faith, Hope and Love
Levinas and Derrida on Language
Otherness, Race and Gender
Research Interests
Christian philosophy from a hermeneutical perspective
Phenomenology of suffering
Philosophy of mysticism
Philosophy of human nature
Metaphilosophy
Office Hours
MWF 11-12 or by appt
Department
Other Activities
- Founding Series Editor, "Thresholds in Philosophy and Theology," University of Notre Dame Press.
- Founding co-director of the Joint MA Program in Philosophy and Theology:https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/theology/graduate/ma-phil-theo.html
- Founding co-convener of the Advanced Research Seminar in Philosophy and Theology: https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/mcas/departments/philosophy/research/lectures/advanced-research-seminar.html
- Founder and convener of Boston College's annual course on Self-Knowledge and Discernment: The Experience of Pilgrimage: www.bc.edu/camino
Recent Publications
- "Phenomenology, Catholic Thought, and the University. Lessons from the Contemporary French Discussion," forthcoming in G. Floyd and S. Rumpza (ed.), The Catholic Reception of Phenomenology in North America (University of Toronto Press, forthcoming)
- "Theological Terms in Philosophy of Levinas," forthcoming in M. Morgan (ed.), Oxford Handbook of the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas (Oxford University Press, 2018)
- "Inventions of Christianity," in G.-J. van der Heiden and A. Cimino (eds.), Saint Paul and Philosophy (De Gruyter, 2017)