Andrew Gertner Belfield
assistant professor of theology & Franciscan studies
education
2021
Doctor of Philosophy. Theology.
- Boston College
- Specialization: Historical & Systematic Theology
- Dissertation: “Foundations of scholastic christology in the Summa halensis”
- Director: Boyd Taylor Coolman
- Readers: Michael C. Magree, S.J.; Jeremy D. Wilkins; Corey L. Barnes
2017
Master of Theological Studies.
- Loyola University Maryland
2015
Bachelor of Arts. Theology & Philosophy, summa cum laude.
- St. Bonaventure University
- Honors degree
teaching appointments
2021–
Assistant Professor. Department of Theology and Franciscan Studies. St. Bonaventure University.
- lat-201 “Introduction to Latin Authors of the Republic”
- thfs-101 “The Way of Francis and Clare”
- thfs-235 “Catholic Theology”
- thfs-261 “Jesus through the Centuries”
- thfs-360 “Early Christian History to the Reformation”
2018–20
Teaching Assistant. Theology Department. Boston College.
- theo-1016/1017 “Introduction to Christian Theology I & II,” with Boyd Taylor Coolman
- theo-1019/phil-1019 “Perspectives in Western Culture II,” with Andrew Prevot
- theo-1402 “God, Self, and Society,” with Brian Robinette
publications
monograph
Christ the Penitent: The Early Franciscans & Scholastic Christology, in progress.
translation
Of Alexander of Hales’s Glossa in quatuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi, Book III (in Dallas Medieval Texts & Translations), in progress with Eric Mabry (St. Mary’s Seminary & University).
essays & chapters
“Medieval Receptions.” In The Cambridge Companion to Christology, edited by Timothy Pawl and Michael Peterson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in progress (under contract).
2019
“Trinity and Creation: Vestigia Trinitatis in Alexander of Hales’s Glossa Sententiarum.” The Cord 69, no. 1 (2019): 4–8.
2017
“The Latest in St. Bonaventure Scholarship: When Emerging and Senior Scholars Meet.” The Cord 67, no. 3 (2017): 20–22.
2014
“Raining on the Absurd: Entering into Solitude with Thomas Merton.” The Reed 16 (2014): 35–45.
book reviews
2023
Of Travis E. Ables, The Body of the Cross: Holy Victims and the Invention of the Atonement (Fordham University Press, 2021), in Reading Religion (2023).
2022
Of Thomas Merton, Patrick F. O’Connell (ed.), Cistercian Fathers and Forefathers: Essays and Conferences (New City Press, 2018), in Reading Religion (2022).
2021
Of Ayelet Even-Ezra, Ecstasy in the Classroom: Trance, Self, and the Academic Profession in Medieval Paris (Fordham University Press, 2018), in Reading Religion (2021).
presentations
academic
Invited Panelist. Roundtable on Teaching Franciscan Sources. Association of Franciscan Colleges and Universities Symposium. Siena College. June 20–22.
Invited Paper. “The Summa halensis on the Coming of Christ in Judgment.” The Last Things in Alexander of Hales and the Early Franciscan School. Colegio S. Isidoro, Roma. May 29–30.
2023
“Recording Class and Inclusive Teaching.” Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lecture Series. St. Bonaventure University. April 18. Co-presented with Alex Gillham (St. Bonaventure University).
2022
Invited paper. “Notes on ‘Hypostasis’ in the Christologies of Albert the Great and the Summa halensis.” Paper on “Bonaventure a Reader of Albert” Panel. 47th Annual International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Conference. Villanova University. October 21–23.
“Penal Solidarity: A Reading of Atonement according to the Summa halensis.” Paper on “Franciscan–Dominican Conversations in the Thirteenth Century” Panel. Medieval Philosophy and Theology Conference. University of Notre Dame. May 19–21.
2021
“Christ’s Penitential Human Nature: The coassumpta according to the Summa halensis.” Historical Theology Colloquium. Boston College. April 20.
“Basic Human Communities: An Alternative to Zoom Worship in the Era of covid.” Graduate Student Conference on Pandemic & Religion. The Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life. Boston College (online due to covid-19). February 27. Coauthored with Laurel Marshall Potter (Boston College), Kelly Kossar (Congregation Kehillath Israel), and Elli Pripas (Hebrew College).
2020
“Who Is iste homo Jesus? A Halensian Contribution.” Christ among the Disciplines. Online interdisciplinary conference. December 11–13.
“History in Crisis? How Augustine Reads John’s Apocalypse.” 45th Annual International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Conference. Villanova University (online due to covid-19). October 16–18.
“Christum esse confitemur, ergo Christus est unum: the Early Franciscans and Thomas Aquinas on the Logical and Ontological Unity of Christ.” Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology. Ave Maria University. February 6–8.
2019
Response to John R. Kern, “Re-membering the Mystical Body: The Expansion of the Gratia Gratis Data in 13th Century Mendicant Theology.” Historical Theology Colloquium. Boston College. September 25.
“cibus proportionalis debet esse cibabili: Alexander of Hales on the Food-Proportionality of the Eucharist.” Quidam enim dicunt: Mendicant Theologies before Aquinas and Bonaventure. St. Bonaventure University. July 15–18.
“Homo assumptus in the Halensian School?” Historical Theology Colloquium. Boston College. May 15.
2018
“On the Fittingness of Filial Incarnation in Two Summae.” The Theology of Thomas Aquinas: Sources, Insights, and Influences. Mundelein Seminary. October 3.
“Exemplarity and Trinitarian Vestiges in Alexander of Hales’ Glossa Sententiarum.” Alexander of Hales and Early Franciscan Masters. Colegio S. Isidoro, Roma. June 9–10.
“elegit suspendium anima mea et mortem ossa: Job 7:15 in Victorine–Franciscan Mystical Ascents of the Soul.” BC STM Conference on Job in the Middle Ages. Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. April 27.
“A Significant Sacrament: St. Bonaventure and Henri de Lubac on the Eucharist.” Historical Theology Colloquium. Boston College. January 16.
2017
Response to John R. Kern, “Dionysian Hierarchy in Thomas Aquinas’s Late Pauline Ecclesiology: A Look at the Commentary on Romans.” Historical Theology Colloquium. Boston College. December 6.
“The Preacher and the Doctor: Merton’s Engagement with the Theme of Mercy in Albert Camus’s The Plague.” Fifteenth General Meeting of the International Thomas Merton Society. St. Bonaventure University. June 15–18.
“On Reading Maximus as a ‘Scotist’.” Emerging Scholars Conference. Loyola University Maryland. April 21.
2015
“Raining on the Absurd: Existence and Solitude in Albert Camus and Thomas Merton.” Honors Program Symposium. St. Bonaventure University. April 18.
non-academic
2022
Invited panelist. “A Colloquium of Companions: Closing Reflections.” Ignatius Brady Lecture Series. April 20. In conversation with Fr. David Couturier, O.F.M. Cap. (Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure University) and Aaron Gies (St. Bonaventure University).
2017
Invited talk. “On the Prophetic Imagination.” Ignatian Solidarity Network Arrupe Leaders Summit Maryland, March 10–12.
2015
Invited talk. “A Tree Imitates God by Being a Tree.” Evensong Reflection. Loyola University Marland. November 19.
service
to SBU
2023–
Arts representative. Faculty Sentate. (Term to begin June 1.)
2022–
Faculty advisor. College Democrats.
2023
Reader. Amara Young (Philosophy, ’23) Honors Project. “An Ethical Examination of Laptop Ban Policies in Undergraduate Courses.”
2022–23
Student advising. Major & Minor Programs. Department of Theology & Franciscan Studies.
2021–23
Committee member. Self-Evaluation Committee for Middle States Accreditation Standard 1: Mission and Goals.
2021–22
Committee member. Search for tenure-track hire in Theology & Franciscan Studies.
to the guild
2022–
Book review editor. Franciscan Studies (ISSN: 00805459).
2023
Conference co-organizer (with Aaron Gies, St. Bonaventure University). The Last Things in Alexander of Hales and the Early Franciscan School. Colegio S. Isidoro, Roma. May 29–30.
2022
Session chair. “Franciscan Models.” Trust and the Franciscan Tradition. Second Annual Franciscan Connections Virtual Conference.
Session co-organizer (with John R. Kern, Pepperdine University). “Franciscan–Dominican Conversations in the Thirteenth Century.” Conference on Medieval Philosophy and Theology. University of Notre Dame.
past
2020–21
Graduate assistant to the Theology Department. Boston College.
2020
Subcommittee member. Tenure and Promotion Process. Boston College School of Theology and Ministry.
Panel member. “Living and Learning in Boston.” Boston College Theology Department Accepted Students’ Day. March 13.
2019–20
Colloquia co-organizer (with Christopher McLaughlin, Boston College). Historical Theology Colloquia. Boston College.
2018–20
Student mentor to incoming doctoral students. Boston College.
2017–18
Research assistant to Jeremy D. Wilkins. Boston College.
2017
Updated online study guide for Alister E. McGrath, Christian Theology: An Introduction, 6th ed. (Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2017).
2015–17
Graduate assistant to Campus Ministry. Loyola University Maryland.
honors, awards & fellowships
2023
Research grant for study in Rome. Franciscan Institute. St. Bonaventure University.
2022
Research grant for participation in 47th International Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference. Franciscan Institute. St. Bonaventure University.
2017–21
University fellowship. Theology Department. Boston College.
2018
3rd prize essay for “On the Fittingness of Filial Incarnation in Two Summae.” Graduate Student Essay Contest. The Theology of Thomas Aquinas: Sources, Insights, and Influences. Mundelein Seminary.
Research grant for study in Rome. Franciscan Institute. St. Bonaventure University.
2017
Research grant for summer study. Franciscan Institute. St. Bonaventure University.
Award for Research in Theology. Loyola University Maryland.
2015–17
Theological Studies Fellowship. Loyola University Maryland.
2015
Ideal Bonaventure Student. St. Bonaventure University.
Senior Theology Award. St. Bonaventure University.
Sister Mary Anthony Brown Philosophy Award. St. Bonaventure University.
Senior Achievement Award. Department of Residence Life. St. Bonaventure University.
Daggy Student Scholarship. International Thomas Merton Society.
2014
‘High Pass’. Philosophy senior thesis defense. St. Bonaventure University.
Commitment Award. Department of Residence Life. St. Bonaventure University.
2011–15
Honors Program. St. Bonaventure University.
Dean’s List. St. Bonaventure University.
Presidential Scholarship. St. Bonaventure University.
proficiencies
pedagogy
2022
Workshop on Teaching Argument Mapping. St. Bonaventure University.
Apprenticeship in College Teaching. Center for Teaching Excellence. Boston College.
languages
ancient
Latin
modern
English (native)
German
French
academic associations
2022–
Member. Bonaventure a Reader of Albert Research Group.
2021–
Active member. Catholic Theological Society of America.
Full professional member. College Theology Society.
Active member. Medieval Academy of America.
Professional member. American Academy of Religion.
2017–21
Student member. American Academy of Religion.
2017
Theta Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sigma Nu
references
Available upon request.
last updated
April 2023