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Ewert H. Cousins is Dean of the Foundation, Fellow and Teilhard de Chardin Professor of Theology and Spirituality. He was educated at Spring Hill College (B.A.), St. Louis University (S.T.L.), and Fordham University (Ph.D.). After leaving the Jesuit Order in 1960, Dr. Cousins joined the Fordham University Faculty of Classics and then the Theology Department where he has taught since 1960, retiring with Emeritus status in 2002. He has also taught at New York University, Barnard College, and Columbia University in religious studies. A past President of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association and Director of Fordham's Spirituality Program, he now is General Editor of the 25-volume series World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest (Crossroads) and Chief Editorial Consultant for the 60-volume series The Classics of Western Spirituality. From 1974 to 1985, he was Consultant to the Vatican Secretariat for Non- Christians. Of the current faculty, Dr. Cousins is the senior member, having taught for the Foundation since 1964.
Religious Affiliation
- Roman Catholic (Laity)