Anne Carpenter, Ph.D.
Danforth Chair
Theological Studies
Courses Taught
Catholic Art vs. Catholic Power; Theology, Beauty, and Monsters; Theological Method; Metaphysics and the Doctrine of God
Education
Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Marquette University (2012)
Research Interests
- Theological aesthetics
- Thomist metaphysics
- Theologies of tradition
- Ressourcement theology and theologians
- Theological method
Publications and Media Placements
Books
- Nothing Gained Is Eternal: A Theology of Tradition (Fortress Press, 2022)
- Theo-Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015)
Selected Articles
- “Maurice Blondel on the Practice of Supernatural Religion,” Nova et Vetera 21, no. 4 (2023): 1305-1324
- “Not America’s Nightmare: Hans Urs von Balthasar, Janelle Monáe, and Aesthetic Form,” Religion & Literature 53, no. 2 (2021): 23-45
- “Balthasar Beyond European Modernity: Re-Thinking Herrlichkeit Through Its Precursors,” Modern Theology 37, no. 3 (2021): 616-636.
- “Analogy and Kenosis,” Nova et Vetera 17, no. 3 (2019): 811-838.
Other Writing:
- Church Life Journal, November 17, 2023
- America Magazine, August 18, 2022
- Church Life Journal, November 17, 2018