Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R.

Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. is Karl Rahner Professor of Catholic Theology. He is an American Redemptorist of the Baltimore Province. He hails from Staten Island, NY, and was educated there through high school in local Catholic schools. He holds an A.B. in English Literature from Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), a Phil.Cert. from St. Alphonsus College (Suffield, CT), and M.R.E. and M.Div. degrees from Mt. St. Alphonsus Seminary (Esopus, NY). After his seminary training, Father Billy's religious order asked him to continue studies with a view toward teaching. He went on to earn a Th.D. in Church History from Harvard University, a M.A. in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto, a M.M.R.Sc. in Moral Theology from the Katholieke Universiteit of Leuven in Belgium, an S.T.D. in Spirituality from The Pontifical University of St. Thomas (Angelicum, Rome), and a D.Min. in Spiritual Direction from the Foundation. For more than twenty years Father Billy was Professor of the History of Moral Theology and Christian Spirituality at the Accademia Alfonsiana of The Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He now serves as scholar-in-residence and holder of The John Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Overbrook in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. Father Billy has authored numerous books and published many articles in a variety of scholarly and popular journals. He is also very active in retreat work and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

Books

Religious Affiliation

Roman Catholic (Priest)

General Areas of Interest

Theology; Spirituality
Spiritual Direction
Ecclesiastical History

Specialized Areas

Catholic Moral Theology
Christian Spirituality
Spiritual Direction

Areas of Service

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