Position
Adjunct Professor in Systematic Theology
Bio
Dr. Edmund Lazzari is a systematic theologian with specialties in theology-science dialogue, Christian-Muslim dialogue, and Catholic speculative theology. His research centers on theological metaphysics, Christology, and theological anthropology, particularly in applying the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope St. John Paul II to contemporary questions. He holds graduate degrees in philosophy and theology from the Catholic University of America, St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie), and Marquette University. He has published articles on topics as wide-ranging as the theological implications of artificial intelligence/machine learning, the role of beauty in sacred music, the use of Aristotle in Islamic metaphysics, patristic angelology in the Silmarillion, and Catholic approaches to intelligent extraterrestrial life. He is the author of two books: Why Nature Matters: Unlocking Catholic Doctrine through Commonsense Philosophy and Miracles in Said Nursi and Thomas Aquinas: Non-Noninterventionist Approaches to Divine Action and the Sciences (Routledge, 2024) and is currently editing a volume on the thought of Fulton Sheen.
