department faculty
Dr. John C. Ries
jries -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Department Chair
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He holds M.A. degrees in philosophy from St. Louis University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. He also holds an M.A./S.T.L. and Ph.D./S.T.D. from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. His special interests include: systematic/fundamental theology, continental philosophy, philosophical and theological ethics, philosophy of religion, hermeneutics.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations, History of Christian Thought, Perspectives in Philosophy, Ethics, The God Question, Church and Worship
Courses taught elsewhere: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Human Nature, God and Philsophy (TH)-Sacraments, Catholic Beliefs, Moral Theology
Dr. Christopher Fuller
cfuller -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor
Dr. Fuller earned his Ph.D. at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif., where he concentrated on blending biblical studies with film studies. His B.A. is in Mass Media Communications from UCLA and his M.A. is in Biblical Studies from the Graduation Theological Union.
From 1995 until his hiring at Carroll, Dr. Fuller taught at Saint Mary's College of California near San Francisco. He also served as a campus minister at Saint Mary's College of California from 1994 until his hiring at Carroll.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations, Introduction to the Old Testament, Introduction to the New Testament, Wealth and Poverty in the Bible, The Letters and Theology of Paul, Theology and Film, American Cinema and the Catholic Imagination, Comparative Religion, Judeo-Christian Medieval Thought (as part of the Honors Scholars Program)
Dr. James Cross
jcross -is-at- carroll -dot- edu
Assistant Professor
He earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology (specializing in Moral Theology) from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Originally from New Jersey, he began teaching professionally in 1990 and has taught at two other colleges.
Courses taught at Carroll: Theological Foundations, Moral Theology, Catholicism, Catholic Social Teaching; Sexuality, Marriage & the Family; Gospel of John
Courses taught elsewhere: Catholic Social Thought, History of Christian Thought, Scriptural Studies, Christology, Health care Ethics