Dennis J. Billy

Dennis J. 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. Father Billy is Professor of the History of Moral Theology and Christian Spirituality at the Accademia Alfonsiana of The Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. He has authored numerous books and published many articles in a variety of scholarly and popular journals and is also very active in retreat work and in the ministry of spiritual direction.

Books

Religious Affiliation

Roman Catholic (Priest)

General Areas of Interests

Theology; Spirituality/Spiritual Direction; Ecclesiastical History

Specialized Areas

Catholic Moral Theology; Chritian Spirituality; Spiritual Direction

E-Tutorial Offering

The Theology of Karl Rahner

If there is an E-Tutorial that you would like to take which is not listed, please suggest an E-Tutorial for Dr. Billy.