Brian E. Daley

Edward Brian Daley, SJ (born 1 January 1940 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American Jesuit and professor.

Life

Brian Daley is from New Jersey. In 1961 he graduated from Fordham University and received a Master of Merton College, Oxford University in 1967. Daley in 1964 joined the Jesuits and was ordained a priest in 1970. In Germany, he studied at the Philosophical- Theological College Sankt Georgen, before returning to Oxford, where he received his doctorate in 1978.

In his spare time, Daley dedicates preferred the amateur boxing. He is a former president of the North American Patristic Society and is editor of the journal traditions. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

From 1978 to 1996 Daley taught at the Weston School of Theology. He joined the faculty of the University of Notre Dame, where he holds the Catherine F. Huisking Chair of Theology Today 1996.

Research and teaching

Daley is theology historian and focuses primarily on patristics. His interests include the development of Christological and Trinitarian doctrine, exegesis earlier writings and Mariology. In journals Daley published a number of articles on early Christology, Trinitarian theology and eschatology.

The statement of Chairman John Cavadini of the theological faculty of Notre Dame, according to " Brian regarded as one of the leading scholars in the field of patristics " is. At Daley's honor the essay collection "In the Shadow of the Incarnation: Essays on Jesus Christ in the Early Church in Honor of Brian E. Daley, SJ ," edited by Prof. Peter W. Martens, which inter alia the work of new PhD students are gathered.

Awards

On October 20, 2012 Brian Daley awarded by the Pope Benedict XVI Ratzinger Foundation Prize was awarded. Together with him the philosopher Rémi Brague was excellent.

Works

  • The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1991
  • On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies, Crestwood, NY, St. Vladimir 's Seminary Press 1998
  • Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor, San Francisco: Ignatius Press 2003
  • Gregory of Nazianzus, London, Routledge 2006
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