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Dennis Klein, OP

Assistant Professor of Theology

Education

  • STD, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL
  • MAPh, Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology, Berkeley, CA
  • STL, Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C.
  • STB, Institute des Etudes Theologiques, Brussels, Belgium
  • MS in Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD

Research Interests

  • Specialized topics in Christology, the Sacraments and Ecclesiology, especially as they relate to the writings of St. Thomas
  • Core Christian subjects: Spirituality, Biblical Theology, History of the Church, History of Religious, etc.
  • Divine Action: Miracles; Instrumental Action; Secondary Causality
  • Topics which explore the relation between Science, Philosophy, and Theology

Courses Taught

  • ST-1091 Theology Nature and Method
  • ST-3067 Theology of Sacraments
  • ST-3071 Sacraments: Eucharist & Orders
  • ST-3128 Theological Anthropology
  • ST-4307 Sacramentality within a Thomistic Framework
  • STPH-4875 God at Work in Man: Gifts, Graces, & Inspiration

From the Professor

Fr. Dennis Klein, OP, has been spending the last few years researching subjects in Dogmatic Theology, with an emphasis on St. Thomas Aquinas's writings.

A graduate of the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL (STD), of DSPT (MA, Philosophy), and of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC (STL), Fr. Klein is a friar of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Western USA).