Dr. Joseph Colombo

Professor
Ph.D., The Divinity School, University of Chicago

Contact Information

Office: Maher 276-B, Phone: (619) 260-4047, Fax: (619) 260-2260, E-mail: jcolombo@sandiego.edu

Research specialties

Contemporary fundamental/philosophical theology and theological method: process studies; critical theory of society; hermeneutics; epistemology; the problems of evil.

Teaching specialties

The doctrine of God; Christ; the problem of evil; pacificism; the Reformation.

Selected publications

"On Validity and Schubert Ogden's Understanding of the Nature and Task of Theology" (forthcoming).

"Academic Freedom and the University: A Reply to Bishop Wuerl" (forthcoming).

"Two Vignettes: On Being Gay and Being at a Catholic University," Untited Volume, ed. Toni McNaron (forthcoming, University of Minnesota Press).

"Rahner and His Critics: Lindbeck and Metz," The Thomist 56 (January, 1992): 71-96.

"God as Hidden, God as Manifest: Who is the 'Subject of Salvation in History' in Liberation Theology?" The Journal of Religion 71(January, 1991): 18-35.

"An Essay on Theology and History: Studies is Pannenberg, Metz and the Frankfurt School," American Academy of Religion: Studies in Religion, ed. Lawrence S. Cunningham, no. 61. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1990.

"Christian Theodicy and The Genuineness of Evil," The Journal of Pastoral Counseling 25 (1990): 37-59.