Dr. John C. Ries
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Department Chair
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He holds M.A. degrees in philosophy from St. Louis University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He also holds an M.A./S.T.L. and Ph.D./S.T.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His special interests include: systematic/fundamental theology, continental philosophy, philosophical and theological ethics, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations, History of Christian Thought, Perspectives in Philosophy, Ethics, The God Question, Church and Worship
Courses taught elsewhere: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Human Nature, God and Philsophy (TH)-Sacraments, Catholic Beliefs, Moral Theology
Dr. Christopher Fuller
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Fuller earned his Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., where he concentrated on blending biblical studies with film studies. His B.A. is in Mass Media Communications from UCLA and his M.A. is in Biblical Studies from the Graduation Theological Union.
From 1995 until his hiring at Carroll, Dr. Fuller taught at Saint Mary's College of California near San Francisco. He also served as a campus minister at Saint Mary's College of California from 1994 until his hiring at Carroll.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations, Introduction to the Old Testament, Introduction to the New Testament, Wealth and Poverty in the Bible, The Letters and Theology of Paul, Theology and Film, American Cinema and the Catholic Imagination, Comparative Religion, Judeo-Christian Medieval Thought (as part of the Honors Scholars Program)
Dr. James Cross
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Cross earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology with a concentration in Moral Theology from Duquesne University. He earned his M.A. from the School of Theology of Seton Hall University. Originally from New Jersey, he entered the teaching profession in 1990.
Dr. Cross' research interests include the relationship between sacraments and the moral life. He is also a co-convener in the College Theology Society.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations; Catholic Social Teaching; Health Care Ethics; Sexuality, Marriage, and the Family; Moral Theology; Gospel of John.
Courses taught elsewhere: Catholic Social Thought; Moral Theology; Health Care Ethics; History of Christian Thought.
Dr. Brian Matz
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Assistant Professor
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Following an early career in the business world, Dr. Matz earned a Th.M. in Historical Theology from Dallas Seminary, a Ph.D. in Historical Theology/Early Christianity from Saint Louis University, and a Ph.D. and S.T.D. in social ethics from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Prior to coming to Carroll, he was a research fellow with the Centre for Catholic Social Thought at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
His special interests include: history of Christianity and social ethics.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations; Wealth and Poverty; History of Christian Thought; Church and Worship; Women Mystics; Eastern Christian Traditions; Reformation and Protestant Theology.
Courses taught previously: Theological Foundations, Eastern Christianity, Reading courses on Gregory Nazianzen and on Augustine