Faculty of the Practice
Christopher Constas
Professor of the Practice of Philosophy
Christopher Constas
PhD
Contact
Telephone: 617-552-1046
Email: constas@bc.edu
Education
- BA Boston College
- MA/PhD Fordham University
Courses
Perspectives on Western Culture
Modernism and the Arts
God & Love
The 20th Century and the Tradition
Research Interests
Philosophy of human nature
Social and political philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Philosophy of art
Office Hours
T/Th 1:30-2:30, Wed 5-6, by appt
Department
Select Publications and Papers Delivered
The Quest for Excellence, co-edited with Dustin Gish and J. Scott Lee. Hamilton Books, 2016.
“Long Lives with Nothing to Do: The Future of Humanity in a Technological Age,” paper delivered at the 21th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 11, 2015.
"Plato's Phaedo and the Limits of Naturalism," paper delivered at the 19th Annual Conference of the Association of Core Texts and Courses, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 26, 2013.
"The Medieval Invention of Faith," paper delivered at the 14th Annual Conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 6, 2008.
"Dante's Achilles," Allegorica, v. 25, 2004/2005 (published in 2007, due to circumstances related to publisher)
“Confronting the Fragments: Eliot’s Four Quartets,” in Core Texts in Conversation, edited by Rodeheffer, Jane Kelley; Sokolowski, David; Lee, J. Scott. University Press of America, 2000.