Theology Department Faculty
Boyd Taylor Coolman
Professor
Boyd Taylor Coolman
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 321N
Telephone: 617-552-3971
Email: boyd.coolman@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Wheaton College
- M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
- Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Courses
- Early Franciscan Theology: Trinity and Christology
- Dionysian Mysticism in the Middle Ages
- Medieval Eucharistic Theology
Research Interests
An historical theologian of medieval Catholicism, Coolman鈥檚 research interests lie in the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, with a focus on the Victorine and early Franciscan traditions, on the emergence of scholastic theology, and on medieval mystical theologies.
Office Hours
Tu 12-1:30 p.m.
Recent Publications
Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in Thomas Gallus, Oxford University Press, 2017.
鈥淥n the Subject Matter of Theology in the听Summa halensis听and St. Thomas Aquinas,鈥澨�The Thomist听79 (2015): 439-66.
鈥淭he Comprehensive Scope of Classical Christology in the Twelfth-Century,鈥澨�The Thomist78:2 (2014): 219-45.
鈥�In whom I am well pleased:听Hugh of St. Victor鈥檚 Trinitarian Aesthetics,鈥澨�Pro Ecclesia听23-N3 (2014): 331-54.
鈥淗ugh of St. Victor鈥檚 Influence on the Halensian Definition of Theology,鈥澨�Franciscan Studies70 (2012): pp. 367-84.
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