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Francesca Murphy

Professor

Primary Area: Systematic Theology

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Office
239 Malloy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone
(574) 631-6060
Email
fmurphy2@nd.edu

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Biography

Francesca Aran Murphy is the author of numerous books, including Christ the Form of Beauty (T & T Clark), God is Not a Story (OUP) and a theological commentary on I Samuel (Brazos). She is currently editing a series for Bloomsbury Academic called Illuminating Modernity.

Research Interests

Aesthetics of Ressourcement

Selected Publications

God is Not a Story. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Art and Intellect in the Philosophy of Etienne Gilson. Columbia: Missouri University Press, 2004.

1 Samuel, Brazos Theological Commentary Series. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2011.

Gnosis and the Theocrates from Mars. London: Bloomsbury, 2019.

Education

Ph.D., University of London