Edmund Lazzari

Edmund Lazzari is a systematic theologian with specialties in theology-science dialogue, Christian-Muslim dialogue, and Catholic speculative theology. His research centers on theological metaphysics, Christology, and theological anthropology, particularly in applying the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and Pope St. John Paul II to contemporary questions. He has published articles on topics as wide-ranging as the theological implications of artificial intelligence/machine learning, the role of beauty in sacred music, the use of Aristotle in Islamic metaphysics, patristic angelology in the Silmarillion, and Catholic approaches to intelligent extraterrestrial life in journals such as Theology and Science, Nova et Vetera, New Blackfriars, and The Journal of Tolkien Research. He is the author of two books: Why Nature Matters: Unlocking Catholic Doctrine through Commonsense Philosophy and Miracles in Said Nursi and Thomas Aquinas: Non-Noninterventionist Approaches to Divine Action and the Sciences (Routledge, 2024).
 
Coming to Duquesne in 2022, Dr. Lazzari is a Teaching Fellow and Assistant Coordinator for External Programs in the Department of Catholic Studies. He has taught philosophy and theology since 2018 at such institutions as Mount St. Mary's University, Marquette University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Lazzari teaches courses in Catholic Studies and theology-science dialogue at Duquesne while helping manage local programs, the Catholic Studies in Rome program, and the National Catholic Studies Consortium.

• PhD, Systematic Theology and Ethics, Marquette University
• PhL, Philosophy, The Catholic University of America
• MA, Theology (Old Testament Emphasis), St. Joseph's Seminarnd College (Dunwoodie)
• PhB, Philosophy, The Catholic University of America
• BA, Music, St. Bonaventure University