Stuart Squires is an Associate Professor of Theology and Associate Director of the Center for Faith and Culture at the University of St. Thomas (Houston). He earned his BA from DePaul University, his MA from the University of Chicago, and his PhD from The Catholic University of America. He has been published in Augustinianum, The Heythrop Journal, The Scottish Journal of Theology, Cistercian Studies Quarterly, and Augustiniana. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
"Too often we pick winners and losers from the history of
Christianity and want the past to resemble our blinders in the
present. Stuart Squires has transcended the label of patrologist,
while still marshalling the historical evidence evenhandedly and
with mastery. His scholarly efforts will aid us in grasping one of
Christianity's greatest battles with insight and fresh new eyes.
The Pelagian Controversy allows its protagonists to come to life in
a concise and crisp narrative. The last chapter is an ecumenical
tour de force, for the story winds its way from the revival of the
Augustinian position in the Protestant Reformation up to the recent
condemnations of 'neopelagianism' by the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith and Pope Francis. Every class in the history
of Christian doctrine should assign this remarkable text."
--Peter Casarella, University of Notre Dame
"The fifth-century controversy about sin, grace, free will, and
salvation was a complicated affair. The Pelagian Controversy
helpfully introduces students to the important people involved and
explains the key ideas. Squires has provided an important and
readable piece that links new ideas and old!"
--Thomas Humphries, Saint Leo University
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