Theology Department Faculty
Matthew Kruger
Associate Professor of the Practice; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Matthew Kruger
Ph.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 451N
Telephone: 617-552-3880
Email: krugerma@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Tufts University
- M.Div., Harvard Divinity School
- Ph.D., Boston College
Research Interests
- Spiritual Exercises
- Nihilism
- Kierkegaard, Nietzsche,聽 Heidegger,聽
- Jean-Luc Marion
- Kyoto School
Office Hours
Wednesday 11:00-1:00
Selected Publications
Books
Love and Nihilism: Jean-Luc Marion in dialogue with Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Nishitani. (In progress)
What the living know: A novel of suicide and philosophy. Buffalo, NY: NFB publishing. 2020.
The Gospel and Nothingness. Nagoya, Japan: Chisokudo Publications. 2019.
Spiritual Exercises for the Postmodern Christian. Eugene, OR: Cascade. 2018.
Recent Articles
Without why: religion without purpose in Pixar鈥檚 Soul. Harvard Divinity Bulletin. Autumn/Winter 2021.
Is Philosophy a Choice? An Exploration via Parable with Nishitani, Heidegger, and Derrida. Philosophy East and West. October 2021: 71.4.
Double-consciousness and despair: exploring a connection between S酶ren Kierkegaard and W.E.B. Du Bois.聽 Kierkegaard Studies Yearbook.聽 Autumn 2020.
High on God: Religious experience and counter-experience in light of the study of religion. Religions. July 2020, 11.8: 388.
Jeremy Taylor and the practice of theology. Anglican Theological Review. January 2020: 102.1, 31-48.