Faculty and Staff

Christopher Mooney, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Theology

Biography

Dr. Mooney is a theologian specializing in Augustine and the Augustinian theological legacy, particularly regarding the nature of faith and grace. He studied classics and theology at Georgetown University before completing an M.A.R. in the History of Christianity at Yale Divinity School in 2016. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 2021 and came to the Augustine Institute in 2022 after completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Notre Dame.

Dr. Mooney is the author of Augustine’s Theology of Justification by Faith (Cambridge University Press, forthcoming). He has also published in academic journals on the history of exegesis of James 2:24, Augustine's preaching on forgiveness, Aquinas on baptism and justification, and more. He serves as a theological representative in the US Catholic-Reformed ecumenical dialogue on justification and justice.

To read more about Dr. Mooney's work, please visit his academia.edu page.

christopher.mooney@augustine.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Theology (History of Christianity); University of Notre Dame, 2021
  • M.A.R. (History of Christianity), Yale Divinity School, 2016
  • B.A. Classics/Theology, Georgetown University, 2013

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Courses

  • The Creed
  • Rule of Faith
  • Theology in the Life and Mission of the Church
The Augustine Institute Graduate School is committed to the pursuit of wisdom in service of Catholic mission. All of our academic programs therefore seek, first, to allow students to make their own “all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), which are found in Christ and passed down in the Sacred Tradition of the Catholic Church. Second, our programs prepare students to hand these treasures on to others effectively through evangelization and catechesis.