Theology Department Faculty
Henry Shea, SJ
Assistant Professor
Henry Shea, SJ
D.Phil.
Contact
Stokes Hall聽 427N
Telephone: 617-552-3953
Email: henry.shea@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Georgetown University
- M.A., Fordham University
- M.Div., Boston College
- S.T.L., Boston College
- D.Phil., University of Oxford
Research Interests
Theologies of grace; theologies of Karl Rahner, Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Erich Przywara; prayer and Ignatian spirituality; liturgy and eschatology.
Office Hours
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 3:15pm-5:15pm
Recent Publications
Books
An Analogy of Grace. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2025.
Articles
"El Cristo Roto: The Inverse Mutuality of the Presence of Christ in the Eucharist and in the Poor and Afflicted."聽Theological Studies聽86.1 (2025): 33鈥�55.
"At the Limits of Philosophy: A Range of Theological Horizons."聽International Philosophical Quarterly聽64.2 (2024): 163鈥�179.
"Parallel Tensions: On the Relation Between Theologies of Grace and the Ignatian Exercises."聽The Way聽63.2 (April 2024): 23鈥�33.
鈥淐ontemplatives and Apostles: The Paradoxical Harmony of the Carthusian and Jesuit Charisms,鈥澛�Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits聽55.1 (2023): 1鈥�33
鈥淓ternal Folds in Time: The Liturgical Realization of the Kingdom.鈥澛�奥辞谤蝉丑颈辫听96 (2022): 222鈥�239.
鈥淚nternal Difficulties in the Theology of Karl Rahner.鈥澛�Modern Theology聽37.3 (2021): 637-661.
鈥淭he Beloved Disciple and the聽Spiritual Exercises.鈥澛�Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits聽49.2 (2017): 1-35.
鈥淩eality in Symbol: Rahner and Schmemann in Dialogue.鈥澛�St. Vladimir鈥檚 Theological Quarterly聽61.1 (2017): 61-90.
鈥淢ichel de Certeau,鈥� 鈥淐omposition of Place,鈥� 鈥淒iscernment,鈥� 鈥淔inding God in All Things,鈥� and 鈥淧resupposition.鈥� In聽The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Jesuits, eds. Thomas Worcester et al. (Cambridge University Press, 2017).