Connor Ritchie is a doctoral candidate in Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University whose research brings patristic and medieval Christian theology into conversation with contemporary continental philosophy of religion. His primary areas of interest include apophatic theology, historical theology, and philosophical theology, with particular emphasis on the ninth-century Irish thinker John Scottus Eriugena. His dissertation, Apophasis and Excess: Apophatic Theology as the Hermeneutic of Divine Manifestation, reinterprets apophasis not simply as an intellectual practice of negation but as a hermeneutic for receiving and interpretin…
Connor Ritchie is a doctoral candidate in Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University whose research brings patristic and medieval Christian theology into conversation with contemporary continental philosophy of religion. His primary areas of interest include apophatic theology, historical theology, and philosophical theology, with particular emphasis on the ninth-century Irish thinker John Scottus Eriugena. His dissertation, Apophasis and Excess: Apophatic Theology as the Hermeneutic of Divine Manifestation, reinterprets apophasis not simply as an intellectual practice of negation but as a hermeneutic for receiving and interpreting revelation as the manifestation of divine excess. He is particularly interested in bringing Eriugena’s thought into conversation with contemporary thinkers such as Jean-Luc Marion, William Desmond, John Caputo, and Richard Kearney on questions concerning the postmodern reception of the apophatic tradition, revelation, and conceptions of God without being. His work has appeared in Modern Theology, The Journal of Theological Studies, and Münchener Theologische Zeitschrift.
Alongside his doctoral studies, he has taught as an adjunct professor at Villanova University, Rowan University, and Rowan College at Burlington County. Courses he has taught include Introduction to Theology, Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics, and Social and Political Philosophy.
