Theology Department Faculty
David G. Hunter
Margaret O'Brien Flatley Chair of Catholic Theology
David G. Hunter
Contact
Stokes Hall 319N
Telephone: 617-552-0436
Email: hunterde@bc.edu
Education
- Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
- M.A. University of St. Michael鈥檚 College, Toronto
- M.A. The Catholic University of America
- B.A. The Catholic University of America
Research Interests
Hunter's research interests lie in the field of Patristic studies, with special emphasis on the writings of Augustine, Ambrosiaster, Jerome, Ambrose and other Latin writers.听 He has written extensively on issues pertaining to marriage, celibacy, and asceticism in ancient Christianity.听 Current work includes a monograph on the origins of priestly celibacy and translations of the Pauline commentaries of the Ambrosiaster.
Office Hours
Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30--9:00, 10:30--11:30
Selected Publications
Marriage, Celibacy, and Heresy in Ancient Christianity: The Jovinianist Controversy. Oxford Early Christian Studies.听听Oxford University Press, 2007.
Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity. Ad Fontes: Early Christian Sources. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2018.
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies.听Co-edited with Susan Ashbrook Harvey.听听Oxford University Press, 2008.
Suffering and Evil in Early Christian Thought. Co-edited with Nonna Verna Harrison. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2016
Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity: Authors, Texts, and Ideas. Co-edited with Paul van Geest and Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte. Leiden: Brill (multi-volume reference work; online publication began in 2018).
Articles
鈥淎ugustine of Hippo,鈥� chapter 4 in听Christianity and Family Law: An Introduction. Edited by John Witte, Jr. and Gary S. Hauk. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2017. Pp. 69-84.
鈥淔amily Matters: Augustine鈥檚 Letters as a Source for his Views on Marriage and Family Life,鈥澨�Scrinium Augustini. The World of Augustine鈥檚 Letters. Edited by Przemys艂aw Nehring, Rafa艂 Toczko, and Mateusz Str贸偶y艅ski. Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. Pp. 41-56.
鈥淩ivalry between Presbyters and Deacons in the Roman Church:听Three Notes on Ambrosiaster, Jerome, and听The Boasting of the Roman Deacons,鈥澨�Vigiliae Christianae听71 (2017): 495-510.
鈥淎ugustine鈥檚 Doubts on Divorce: Reconsiderations on Remarriage,鈥澨�Augustinian Studies听48 (2017): 161-182.
鈥淲edding Rituals and Episcopal Power: 鈥楥onsecrating鈥� Marriage,鈥� in听The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual.听Edited by Risto Uro, Juliette Day, Richard E. DeMaris, and Rikard Roitto. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. 627-643.
鈥淒id the Early Church Absolutely Forbid Remarriage after Divorce?鈥澨�Vergentis: Revista de Investigaci贸n de la C谩tedra Internacional conjunta Inocentio III听6 (2018): 45-64.
鈥淎mbrosiaster,鈥� chapter 11 in听Law and Christianity in the West: The First Millennium. Edited by Philip Lyndon Reynolds. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019. Pp. 252-265.
鈥淎mbrosiaster and Damasus: A Presbyter鈥檚 Perspective on Clerical Misconduct,鈥澨�Sacris erudiri: Journal of Late Antique and Medieval Christianity听58 (2019): 255-265.
听鈥淪ingle Marriage and Priestly Identity: A Symbol and its Functions in Ancient Christianity,鈥� in听The Symbolism of Marriage in the Middle Ages. Edited by Line Cecilie Engh. Amsterdam:听Amsterdam University Press, 2019. Pp. 111-130.
听鈥淏etween Discipline and Doctrine: Augustine鈥檚 Response to Clerical Misconduct,鈥澨�Augustinian Studies听51 (2020): 3-22.
Recent Articles
鈥淭he Specter of Jovinian in the Pelagian Controversy: The Uses of a 鈥楬eretic鈥�,鈥� in Nos sumus tempora: Studies on Augustine and his Reception Offered to Mathijs Lamberigts. Edited by Anthony Dupont, Wim Fran莽ois, and Johan Leemans. Leuven: Peeters, 2020, 143-158.
鈥淏ooks 21 & 22: The End of the Body, Heaven and Hell in the City of God,鈥� in The Cambridge Companion to Augustine鈥檚 City of God. Edited by David Vincent Meconi, S.J. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021, 276-296.
鈥淔rom Rigor to Reconciliation: Cyprian of Carthage on Changing Penitential Practice,鈥� in Changing the Church: Transformations of Christian Belief, Practice, and Life. Edited by Mark D. Chapman and Vladimir Latinovic. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 13-20.
鈥淗istorical Theology and the Problem of Divorce and Remarriage Today,鈥� Journal of Moral Theology 10 (2021): 34-59.
鈥溾�楴either Poverty nor Riches鈥�: Ambrosiaster and the Problem of Clerical Compensation,鈥� Zeitschrift f眉r Antikes Christentum 25 (2021): 93-107.
鈥淧riestly Celibacy: An Apostolic Tradition? The Theological Stakes of a Historical Argument,鈥� in Married Priests in the Catholic Church. Edited by Adam A.J. DeVille. Notre Dame, IN: Notre Dame University Press, 2021, 3-20.
鈥淢arriage and Martyrdom in Roman North Africa: Augustine and Crispina of Tebessa,鈥� in Death and Rebirth in Late Antiquity. Edited by Lee M. Jefferson. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2022, 139-157.
鈥淓arly Christian Marriage Liturgy and the Reception of the Bible,鈥� in Liturgical Reception of the Bible: Dimensions and Perspectives for Interdisciplinary Research. Edited by Harald Buchinger and Clemens Leonhard. G枚ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022.
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