Cathey, Robert

Robert joined the McCormick faculty in 1998 and was named Professor of Theology in 2008. He has taught at Monmouth College, Davidson College, and William Patterson College. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), he served one year as Chaplain of Monmouth College and was Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies from 1993-1997. He is a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey, and co-founder of the Society for Scriptural Reasoning (1996-99), which engages Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scholars in philosophic and theological interpretation of scriptural texts.

Robert has written or co-authored essays, articles, or reviews inThe Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Dictionary of Christianity in America, Ecumenical Theology in Worship, Doctrine, and Life (Festschrift for G. Wainwright), Union Seminary Quarterly Review, and Theological Students Fellowship Bulletin. His teaching interests include classic Christian doctrines and practices in modern/postmodern perspectives. Currently he is finishing a book entitled God in Postliberal Perspective: Between Realism and Non-Realism (Ashgate Publishing).

Education
B.A. Davidson College
M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary
Ph.D. Duke University

Courses
T 300: Introduction to Christian Theology
T 404: Who is Jesus Christ for Us Today?
T 421: Karl Barth Without Apology
T 435: Religious Pluralism (with adjunct faculty - Janaan Hashim)
T 461: The Self in Nature, Culture, and Society: Reformed and Other Perspectives
T 487: Schleiermacher: The Liberal Spirit
T/B 493: Thinking Biblically (with Robert Brawley)
T 411: God as Trinity: Foundations with Faces
T 649: Theological and Ethical Perspectives on the Practice of Ministry

Articles
"Recovering Ourselves in Post/Human Times," April 27 at Catholic Theological Union