Reverend James Dominic Brent, O.P. School of Philosophy Aquinas Hall 100 The Catholic University of America 620 Michigan Ave., NE Washington, D.C. 20064 (202) 319-5980 brent@cua.edu Education Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy, Philosophy, 2008 Saint Louis University, Graduate Fellow in Philosophy Doctoral Dissertation The Epistemic Status of Christian Beliefs in Thomas Aquinas, Saint Louis University, 2008 Chair: Eleonore Stump Master of Arts, Philosophy, 2000 Wayne State University Rumble Distinguished Fellow Oxford University, England, 1997 Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies Bachelor of Science, Philosophy, 1997 Central Michigan University Alumni Scholar Theology Licentiate of Sacred Theology (pending) Research Areas Master of Divinity, 2009 (Summa Cum Laude) Bachelor of Sacred Theology, 2009 (Summa Cum Laude) Thomas Aquinas, Analytic Philosophy of Religion
Teaching Experience 2010- Present The Catholic University of America, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Graduate Courses Taught: The Ethics of Belief, Connatural Knowledge Undergraduate Courses Taught: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Human Nature, Introduction to Symbolic Logic, Honors Philosophy: The Desire to Know, The Classical Mind 2001-2005 2002-2004 2001-2002 1999-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999 Saint Louis University, Instructor Courses Taught: Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of God, Philosophy of Being Aquinas Institute of Theology, Instructor Courses Taught: Philosophical Foundations of Thomas Aquinas Lewis & Clark Community College, Instructor Courses Taught: Introduction to Logic William Tyndale College, Instructor Courses Taught: Introduction to Logic Wayne State University, Instructor Courses Taught: Critical Thinking: Introduction to Logic Wayne State University, Teaching Assistant Courses Assisted: Introduction to Philosophical Systems, Critical Thinking, Introduction to Logic Publications Thomas Aquinas in The Oxford Handbook of The Epistemology of Theology, ed. William Abraham and Fred Aquino (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) "Recent Philosophy of Religion" in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy. Ed. Robert L. Fastiggi. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale, 2013. God s Knowledge and Will in The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Aquinas, ed. Brian Davies and Eleonore Stump (Oxford University Press, 2012) A Sapiential Account of Chastity in Philosophy of the Body, ed. Craig Stevens Titus (forthcoming IPS Press) Groping Towards Aristotle in Dominicans and the Challenge of Thomism, Ed. Michal Paluch & Piotr Lichacz (The Thomistic Insititute of Warsaw, 2012)
Natural Theology in The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2008 http://www.iep.utm.edu/theo-nat/ Book Reviews Rosental, Creighton. "Lesson from Aquinas: A Resolution of the Problem of Faith and Reason" Journal of the History of Philosophy 51.3 (July 2013): p.483-4 (Book Review) Cessario, Romanus. ABrief History of Thomism Modern Schoolman. November, 2005 83.1, p.81-3 (Book Review) Alston, Richard. A Realist Conception of Truth Review Of Metaphysics. June 1999 52.4 (Book Review) Presentations Aquinas On The Heart Conference of The Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, Houston, Texas October 18-19, 2013 Free-Will, Freedom, and Servais Pinckaers Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Philosophy Workshop, Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh, New York June 13-16, 2013 Skepticism About Skepticism Colloquium, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Commonwealth University April 26, 2013 Knowing Whether to Believe American Maritain Association Annual Conference, De LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oct. 11-13, 2012 A Primer On the Soul Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Philosophy Workshop, Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh, New York June 20-23, 2012 Personalism, Metaphysics, & Seminary Formation The Study of Metaphysics for Seminary Formation, Mt. St. Mary s Seminary, Emmitsburg, Pennsylvania May 20-21, 2012 Instinctus: A Development In Aquinas Thought? Medieval Philosophy Faculty Workshop, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC Feb. 17-8, 2012
Comments on Andrew Jaeger s Mental Causation as Teleological Causation American Catholic Philosophical Association, Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. October 2011 Philosophical Reason and Sacred Knowledge Thomas Aquinas and Contemporary Philosophy Workshop. Mt. St. Mary College, Newburgh, New York. June 23-6, 2011 Groping Towards Aristotle: Some Hopeful Trends in Analytic Philosophy Dominicans and the Challenge of Thomism Conference, Crakow, Poland. June 2010 The Epistemic Status of Specifically Christian Beliefs Public Doctoral Dissertation Defense, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. March 2008 Comments On Sean Walsh s Solving a Paradox Saint Louis University Graduate Conference, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. Oct. 27-28, 2001 Kierkegaard and Aquinas On Impartiality and Universal Love Fourth Annual Kent State University Graduate Student Conference, Kent State University, May 1996 Kierkegaard and Aquinas On Impartiality and Universal Love Student Research and Creative Endeavors Exposition, Central Michigan University, May 1996 Scholarly Societies American Catholic Philosophical Association American Maritain Association Academy of Catholic Theology Society of Catholic Social Scientists Academic Activities Co-organizer, Medieval Philosophy Workshop, The Catholic University of America, 2012 Academic Advisor for Pre-Theology, The Catholic University of America, 2011- Present Logic Committee, School of Philosophy, CUA, 2012-Present Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, School of Philosophy, CUA, 2012- Present Committee for Failing Grades, School of Philosophy, CUA, 2011- Present Library Committee, School of Philosophy, CUA, 2011- Present Student Representative to the Accreditation Committee,, 2009-10
Student Representative to the Pontifical Faculty,, 2007-08 Coordinator, Saint Louis University Graduate Conference, 2002 Co-Founder, Saint Edmund Campion Society, Saint Louis University, 2000 Academic Honors James D. Collins Award for Excellence in Student Academic Achievement, Saint Louis University Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship, Wayne State University Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit Honor Society Golden Key National Honor Society