Assistant Professor of Systematic
Theology
Department of Theology and Religious
Studies
St. John’s Hall B20-27
718.990.5052
suttonm@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., 2007, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, Catholic
Systematic Theology
M.A., 2002, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, Systematic
Theology
B.A., 1999, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, and the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) , Rome,
Italy, Catholic Studies, Theology, and Philosophy
Profile
Matthew L. Sutton, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Theology and Religious Studies, earned his doctorate in
Religious Studies with a specialization in Catholic Systematic
Theology from Marquette University. He joined the department
in 2008 and teaches courses in Christology, Trinitarian Theology,
and Christian Spirituality. He has also been an adjunct
professor at the College of St. Benedict / St. John’s University,
MN. His research interests include integrating the valuable
content of Mystical Theology with Trinitarian Theology,
Christology, Pneumatology, and Ecclesiology and researching the
theologies of Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Most recently, he has an article published in the International
Journal of Systematic Theology on the Christologies of Karl Rahner
and Maurice de la Taille. He is currently working on an
article that examines von Balthasar’s theo-dramatic theory of the
Holy Spirit as director and integrates it with the
narrative-critical view of the Holy Spirit as character in
Luke-Acts. He is also completing a book manuscript of his
dissertation “The Gate of Heaven Opens to the Trinity: The
Trinitarian Mysticism of Adrienne von Speyr.”
Professional Societies
- American Academy of Religion
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- College Theology Society
- University Faculty for Life