Andrew Summerson is Associate Professor Greek Patristics and Eastern Christian Theology at the University of St. Michael’s College and Director of the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, the only university-level research and teaching institution of the Eastern Catholic Churches in North America.

He received his doctorate from the Pontifical Patristic Institute, “Augustinianum” in 2018. He also holds degrees from the Gregorian University and John Carroll University. He is a scholar fellow with the Lumen Christi Institute and holds a status appointment at the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto.

His research engages theological traditions of the first millennium. His current research project focuses on seventh century Maximus the Confessor as an interpreter of Gregory of Nazianzus and Dionysius the Areopagite by adapting the Platonic commentary tradition. More broadly, he is interested in Christian interaction with ancient philosophy throughout Late Antiquity.

A Byzantine Catholic priest, he is also concerned about how this patristic theological heritage is preserved in Christian worship and how this tradition can inform contemporary preaching and pastoral ministry.

Specializations:

o Patristics

o Christology & Trinitarian Theology

o Philosophy and Early Christianity

o Biblical Exegesis

o Eastern Christianity

o Liturgy