Richard McBrien

Crowley-O'Brien Professor of Roman Catholic Theology
Department of Theology

Degrees

A.A., St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, Connecticut; B.A., M.A., St. John Seminary, Brighton, Massachusetts; S.T.L., S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome

Research Profile

McBrien's scholarly interests are in the areas of ecclesiology, religion and politics, and the theological, doctrinal, and spiritual dimensions of Catholicism. The first is reflected in almost all of his writings, including: Do We Need the Church? (1969), Church: The Continuing Quest (1970), The Remaking of the Church (1973), and The Church (2008); the second in his Caesar's Coin: Religion and Politics in America (1987); and the third in Catholicism (1980; rev. ed., 1994), Lives of the Popes (1997), and Lives of the Saints (2001), as well as The Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism (1995), of which he was general editor. He has been president of the Catholic Theological Society of America (1973-74) and winner of its John Courtney Murray Award "for outstanding and distinguished achievement in Theology" (1976). He has written a syndicated weekly theology column for the Catholic press since 1966, and is a frequent on-air network commentator for Church-related events.

Contact Information

281 Decio Faculty Hall
631-5151
rmcbrien@nd.edu
richardmcbrien.com