Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley: Thomas Cattoi

Assistant Professor of Christology and Cultures
B.A., M.A. Oxford University; M.S.C. London School of Economics; M.Phil. University College London; Ph.D. Boston College

Phone: (510) 549 5005
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Download a syllabus for the following courses:
ST 2391: Christology: Ancient & Modern
STSP 4322: Theology Of Desire
HSST 4904: Patristics I
ST 2055: Theology of Religions

"For we were predestined before the ages to be in Christ as members of his body. He adapted us to himself and knitted us together in the Spirit as a soul to a body (...) For this we were created; this was God's good purpose for us before the ages"
Maximos the Confessor, Amb. 7

Dr. Cattoi joined the faculty in August 2006 after completing his doctorate at Boston College. His research interests include Christology and Patristics, Mahayana Buddhism (with particular attention to the Tibetan tradition), and the theology of inter-religious dialogue. His goal as a constructive theologian is to develop a comparative theology of embodiment and desire.

As Assistant Professor of Christology and Cultures, Dr. Cattoi teaches courses such as Christology: Ancient and Modern, Christ Krishna Buddha, and Revelation. Future courses include Introduction to Patristics, Theology of Religions, and Themes from Patristic and Tibetan Thought.

Publications:

Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa (Gorgias Press, 2008)
"What has Chalcedon to do with Lhasa? John Keenan's and Lai Pai-Chiu's reflections on classical Christology and the possible shape of a Tibetan theology of incarnation," in Buddhist Christian Studies (forthcoming)

Conference presentations:

"And his kingdom will have an end: body and desire in the Kephalaia Gnostica of Evagrios Pontikos", NAPS 2006
"Embodied Manifestations of the Cosmic Order in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong Kha Pa", AAR 2006
"Salvation through Matter: Maximos the Confessor and Pavel Florensky on the Propedeutic Purpose of Creation", AAR 2006