Events
The Christian Responses of St. Gregory of Nazianzus and St. Augustine of Hippo to the Roman Empire
A lecture by Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P. (Dominican House of Studies)
When:
October 23, 2023 | 6:00 PM EDT
Chapter:
College of William and Mary
Location:
James Blair Hall, 205
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., (Ph.D. Notre Dame) is associate professor of patristics and ancient languages at the Pontifical Faculty of the Dominican House of Studies where he serves as the director of the doctoral program. He has authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (Catholic University of America, 2023). His research appears in such journals as Augustinianum, Journal of the History of Ideas, and Vigiliae Christianae. Editor-in-chief of the academic journal The Thomist, Hofer is editor or co-editor of several volumes including The Oxford Handbook of Deification and The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons. He is presently at work on a book titled Peace in the Life and Teaching of Augustine of Hippo.