Theology Department Faculty
Catherine Cornille
Professor; Newton College Alumnae Chair of Western Culture
Catherine Cornille
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 433N
Telephone: 617-552-3896
Email: cornille@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., K. U. Leuven, Belgium
- M.A., University of Hawaii
- Ph.D., K. U. Leuven, Belgium
Research Interests
Theology of Religions, the theory of Interreligious Dialogue, questions in Hindu-Christian and Buddhist-Christian Comparative Theology, methods in Comparative Theology
Expertise
- South Asia
- Religion & Philosophy
Selected Publications
"Meaning and Method in Comparative Theology" Hoboken: WILEY Blackwell, 2019.
“Soteriological Agnosticism and the Future of Theology and Interreligious Dialogue” in The Past, Present and Future of Theologies and Interreligious Dialogue (Terrence Merrigan and John Friday, eds.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
“The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology” (Francis Clooney and Klaus von Stosch, eds.) New York: Fordham University Press, 2017.
“Discipleship in Hindu-Christian Comparative Theology” in Theological Studies 77, 2016, pp. 869-885.
“Strategies of Negotiation in Buddhist-Christian Dual Belonging” in Buddhist-Christian Dual Belonging: Affirmations, Objections, Explorations (Gavin D’Costa and Ross Thompson, eds.) Surrey: Ashgate, 2016, pp. 143-160.
Christian Identity between Secularity and Plurality (co-authored with Jeffrey Bloechl) Bangalore: Dharmaram Publications, 2015.