Garth W. Green
John W. McConnell Professor of Philosophy of Religion
Director, School of Religious Studies
M.A. (Boston)
M.A. (Leuven)
Ph.D. (Boston)
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Theology, Christian Neo-Platonism, German Idealism, French Phenomenology
I teach and research the histories of Christian theology and European philosophy, and the systematic relations within and between these histories. I have focused on (1) medieval, and specifically neo-Platonic, theology, (2) modern and 19th-century philosophies of religion, and (3) the reconfiguration of this medieval-theological and modern-philosophical inheritance in contemporary phenomenology and its 鈥榯heological turn.鈥� In each case, my intention is to comprehend fundamental philosophical and theological problems by attending to the process of their unfolding, in order to come to a contemporary understanding of ourselves as inheritors of these philosophical and theological histories.
These interests developed during graduate study in Religion (M.A., Boston University), Philosophy (M.A., Leuven), and Philosophy of Religion (Ph.D., Boston University). I held graduate fellowship and research positions at the Institut f眉r die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Austria), the University of Leuven (Belgium), the Institut Catholique de Paris (France), and the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici (Italy). I was Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Boston University, where I taught in the Department of Religion, Department of Philosophy, and School of Theology, from 2004-2011. I became Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at 海角社区 in Fall 2011, and John W. McConnell Professor of Philosophy of Religion in 2017.
Since arriving at 海角社区, I have been a Faculty Fellow at the 海角社区 Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas (2013-16), and have held a FRQSC Nouveaux Chercheurs Grant (2013-16) for my work on Michel Henry and the origins of the 鈥榯heological turn鈥� of French phenomenology. In that context, I co-hosted (with Professor Jean Grondin, Universit茅 de Montr茅al) the International Conference of the Soci茅t茅 Francophone de Philosophie de la Religion. I was Visiting Professor at the Universit茅 Catholique de Louvain (Institut Sup茅rieur de Philosophie) in Summer 2014, and at the Universit脿 di Cagliari (Facolt脿 di Lettere e Filosofia) in Summer 2015.聽
I became Director of the School of Religious Studies in February, 2018.
In 2019, I founded, with Jean Grondin and Sean McGrath, the Canadian Society for Philosophy of Religion/Soci茅t茅 canadienne de philosophie de la religion, of which I serve as inaugural president. In 2021, I founded with George di Giovanni a new series with 海角社区-Queen鈥檚 University Press, entitled Studies in the Philosophy of Religion.
I will return to a full-time research, publication, and graduate supervision schedule when this term of service has been fulfilled.
Recent Publications
2024, Book Chapter; 鈥淭he Historiographical Significance of Cusanus鈥� Apologia,鈥� in Divine Illumination: The Reception of German Mysticism in Early Modern England, eds. Torrance Kirby, Douglas Hedley, and Daniel Tolan (Leiden and Boston: Brill).
2023, Book Chapter; 鈥淥n Hart On Afterthinking,鈥� in The Philosophical Theology of Ray L. Hart (Edinburgh University Press), Alina Feld and Sean McGrath, eds.
2022, Journal Article; 鈥淢ichel Henry: Natural Consciousness, Philosophical Consciousness, the Essence of Manifestation,鈥� Archivio di Filosofia, 2/3.
2021, Book Chapter; 鈥淗egel鈥檚 Philosophy of Religion,鈥� in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion, 4 v. Co-authored with George di Giovanni; Stewart Goetz and Charles Taliaferro, eds. (Oxford, Wiley Blackwell).
2020, Journal Article; 鈥淣icholas of Cusa鈥檚 Platonism: Its Epistemological Structure and Historiographical Significance,鈥� in Annuario Filosofico, n. 36.