Gerard Mannion

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Gerard Mannion
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Washington D.C.
CitizenshipBritish/Irish
Occupationtheologian
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe humble path to ethics : Schopenhauer, religion and morality (1999)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineEthics
Institutions

Gerard Mannion (25 September 1970 – 21 September 2019)[1] was an Irish theologian. He published extensively in the fields of ecclesiology, ethics, and public theology, as well as on other subjects in the area of systematic theology and philosophy.[2]

Biography

Gerard Michael J. Mannion was born in

Oxford.[5]

He held academic posts at

Chichester University.[6]

He was made an honorary fellow of the

Vatican II Studies Program Units. He was admitted to the American Theological Society in 2014 and also sat on the editorial committees of Ecclesiology and Ecclesial Practices: the Journal of Ecclesiology, Ethnography and Congregational Studies.[8][6]

Mannion died unexpectedly on 21 September 2019.[7]

Controversies

He was critical of Catholic academia (and also criticised) over the reception and accommodation of speakers and scholars who dissent from the official teachings of the

Roman Catholic Church.[10] He also took a critical stance in the media against comparisons of the Vatican City's walls with the proposed US Border wall[11] and was critical of the concept of infallibility.[12]

Selected bibliography

  • Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism: Evangelii Gaudium and the Papal Agenda (2017)
  • Where We Dwell in Common: Pathways for Dialogue in the 21st Century (ed., 2015)
  • The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church (2008, ed. with Lewis Mudge)
  • Catholic Social Justice: Theological and Practical Explorations (2007, co-edited with Philomena Cullen and Bernard Hoose)
  • Ecclesiology and Postmodernity: Questions for the Church in Our Times (2007)
  • Schopenhauer, Religion and Modernity (2003)

References

  1. ^ McElwee, Joshua J. (26 September 2019). "Noted Irish theologian and ecumenist Gerard Mannion dies at 48". National Catholic Reporter. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. ^ Hill, Christopher (3 November 2017). "Book Review". Church Times. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. ^ GRO Births 1970, https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=243585001:4815&d=bmd_1571680280 accessed 9 November 2019
  4. Maynooth College
    . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ Mannion, Gerard (1999). The humble path to ethics : Schopenhauer, religion and morality (DPhil). Oxford: University of Oxford. p. 273. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. ^
    Berkley Center
    . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  7. ^
    Berkley Center
    . 25 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Committees". CTSA. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  9. Palgrave MacMillan
    . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  10. San Diego Union Tribune
    . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  11. New York Times
    . Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  12. ^ Mannion, Gerard (2 June 2016). "Infallibility: Time To Find Another Term for This Doctrine?". University of Chicago. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
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