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About Paul G. Crowley

Fr. Crowley, a graduate of Stanford (BA) and Columbia (MA), received his Ph.D. from the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, where he studied under Fr. Michael J. Buckley, S.J.  He also pursued studied at Union Theological Seminary in New York and the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, and later at the Jesuit School of Theology, where he earned the STL.   He joined the Santa Clara faculty in 1989, and has also served as visiting professor at Weston Jesuit School of Theology (now Boston College School of Theology and Ministry), the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, and Stanford.  His research focuses on the intersection of systematic theology and modern thought.  A former department chair, he has served on the governing boards of the Catholic Theological Society of America, and of the journal Theological Studies.  In 2015 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Theological Studies. Fr. Crowley retired in June 2020 and passed away on August 7, 2020.

Positions

2008 - 2020 Santa Clara Jesuit Community Professor, Santa Clara University
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2006 - 2020 Faculty Member, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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2020 Professor Emeritus, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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2005 - 2011 Chair, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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1989 - 1996 Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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1996 Associate Professor, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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1985 - 1986 Visiting Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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1980 - 1985 Lecturer, Santa Clara University ‐ Department of Religious Studies
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Education

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1992 S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology), Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley
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1988 - 1989 Post–Doctoral Student, Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies
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1984 Ph.D. in Philosophical Theology, Graduate Theological Union
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1975 M.A. in Religion, Columbia University
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1973 B.A. in Political and Legal Philosophy (Humanities Honors), Stanford University
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Research Works (23)