Faculty Directory

Richard Lennan

Professor of Systematic Theology

Professor Ordinarius

Chair, Ecclesiastical Faculty

Selected Courses

  • The Church
  • Ecclesial Ministry
  • Seminar: Karl Rahner

Selected Publications

Tilling the Church: Theology for an Unfinished Project (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2022)

As co-editor, Priestly Ministry and the People of God: Hopes and Horizons (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2022)

 “Developing Catholic Understanding and Practice of Ordained Ministry Through Receptive Learning,” in Receptive Ecumenism as Transformativce Ecclesial Learning: Walking the Way to a Church Re-formed, ed. Paul Murray, Gregory Ryan, & Paul Lakeland (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022, 156-66

“Beyond ‘The Anonymous Christian’: Reconsidering Rahner on Grace and Salvation.” Theological Studies, 83 (2022): 443–60

As co-author, “Theological Reflections on the First Assembly of the Plenary Council,” Australasian Catholic Record, 99 (2022): 131-45