Meet CDU faculty

Cyrus P. Olsen, D Phil

Cyrus P. Olsen is Assistant Professor of Catholic Systematic Theology at the University of Scranton. He completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford entitled Toward a Catholic Theology of Act and Event: The Contribution of Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

He holds a BA in the Comparative History of Ideas from the University of Washington and a M.Phil. and D.Phil. in Systematic Theology from the University of Oxford. Dr. Olsen has published in New Blackfriars and penned reviews for New Blackfriars, The Chesterton Review, The Heythrop Journal, Review of Metaphysics, The Journal of Theological Studies, Literature and Theology, The International Journal of Systematic Theology, and Religion and Literature.

CDU Course
206-1101 Catholic Apologetics

Education
BA in Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
M Phil. in Systematic Theology, University of Oxford, England
D Phil. in Systematic Theology, University of Oxcford, England

Activity in research, publishing, and professional associations
Essays in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture and in New Blackfriars
Reviews in Pro Ecclesia
Religion and Literature
Heythrop Journal
Journal of Theological Studies 57, International Journal of Systematic Theology 8
Review of Metaphysics 59
Literature and Theology 18, Chesterton Review
Professional addresses in Canada, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Germany, Austria, and Oxford