Biography

David Whidden, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and Vice President for Mission, specializes in systematic and historical theology. He has published a book on Thomas Aquinas, Christ the Light: The Theology of Light and Illumination in Thomas Aquinas and edited a collection of essays, Love Become Incarnate: Essays in Honor of Bruce D. Marshall. He has published several other articles on both Thomas Aquinas and Anselm of Canterbury. He has taught on a wide variety of topics, including courses on the Old and New Testaments, Trinitarian Theology, Sacramental Theology, Church History and Catholic Social Teaching. He currently serves as the Chair of the Academy of Catholic Theology, an international organization of Catholic theologians. He is a parishioner at Sacred Heart, along with his wife, Alicia, and four children.