Brian E. Daley, S.J.

Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology
Department of Theology

Degrees

B.A., Fordham University; B.A., M.A., University of Oxford; Ph.L., Loyola Seminary, Shrub Oak, NY; Lic.theol., Hochschule Skt. Georgen, Frankfurt, Germany; D.Phil., University of Oxford

Research Profile

Daley is a historical theologian specializing in the study of the early Church, particularly the development of Christian doctrine from the fourth to the eighth centuries. He has prepared a critical edition of the works of the sixth-century Greek theologian Leontius of Byzantium, which is to appear in the series Corpus Christianorum, and has written a number of articles for scholarly journals on ancient Christology, Trinitarian theology, and eschatology. His most recent books are The Hope of the Early Church (1991), On The Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies (1997), and Gregory of Nazianzus (2006). Presently he is working on a commentary on the Book of Psalms drawn from Patristic exegetical sources, and a work on early approaches to understanding the person of Christ, entitled: God Visible: Patristic Christology Reconsidered. A past president of the North American Patristic Society, he is an editor of the scholarly journal Traditio, and also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Contact Information

346 Malloy Hall
631-6629
Brian.E.Daley.3@nd.edu