Fáinche Ryan
Assistant Professor
Systematic Theology
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
In 2006 Fáinche Ryan was awarded a doctorate in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). In the same year she was appointed Director of Studies at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, a college of the Cambridge Theological Federation. During this time she was also an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Immediately prior to her appointment at Trinity College Dublin Fáinche was a lecturer in theology at the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin.
Research Interest
The theology of St Thomas Aquinas; its ongoing relevance. Philosophical and theological approaches to questions of human flourishing, and of evil. Questions of ecclesiology, of Church structure, of Ministry, both historical and contemporary. Her current publication project lies in a topic central to ecclesiological debate today – Church structure and Eucharist. To this end she is a member of the organising committee of the forthcoming conference in Trinity College Dublin, ‘The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society: Good riddance or good influence?’ (June 22-14th, 2016)
Publications
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Divine Transcendence and Immanence in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas: Hallowed be thy name. In Jaarboek 2005 Thomas Instituut te Utrecht. Pp. 75-100.
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A Lingering Shame in Responding to the Ryan Report. Edited by Tony Flannery. (Dublin: The Columba Press, 2009), 148-161.
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Teaching to Think: St Thomas as Pedagogue in Yearbook of the Irish Philosophical Society (2009) Pp. 93-105
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Darwin and Aquinas. Descent with Modification in Darwinism and Catholicism. The Past and Present Dynamics of a Cultural Encounter. Edited by Louis Caruana. London/New York: T&T Clark, 2009. Pp. 43-59.
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Code Fixation, Dilemmas and the Missing Virtue: Practical Wisdom in a Secular Age in The Taylor Effect: Responding to a Secular Age. Edited by Ian Leask, Eoin Cassidy, Alan Kearns, Fáinche Ryan, Mary Shanahan (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010) Pp. 175-190.
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Rahner and Aquinas: The Incomprehensibility of God in Karl Rahner: Theologian for the Twenty-First Century. (Bern: Peter Lang, 2010). Pp. 41-60.
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The Times They Are A-Changing in The Francis Factor: A New Departure. Edited by Eamon Maher and John Littleton. (Dublin: Columba Press, 2014)
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The Christian God and the Stark Reality of Evil in Seductive Concepts: Perspectives on Sins, Vices and Virtues. Edited by Moreno Bonda and Simon Bacon. (Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014). Pp. 3 – 15.
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From the Bishops down to the last of the lay faithful, in Performing the Word: Festschrift for Ronan Drury. Edited by Enda McDonagh. (Dublin: Columba Press, 2014), 87-92
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Liturgical Roles for Women: The Latin Tradition in the Middle Ages in Lietuvos Didžiosios Kunigaikštystes Moteru Vienuolijos: Tradicija Ir Paveldas. Mokslo Straipsniu Rinkinys. (Versus aureus leidykla: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, 2014). Pp. 13-21
