Joshua H. Lim
Assistant Professor
Primary Area: History of Christianity
Biography
Joshua H. Lim is Assistant Professor in Thomistic Studies in the department of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. He received a BA in 2009 from the University of California, Irvine; an MA in 2012 from Westminster Seminary California; an MA in 2014 from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies; and a Ph.D. in 2020 from the University of Notre Dame. He publishes in the area of medieval theology, focusing especially on the Christology of Thomas Aquinas within its medieval context.
Research Interests
Medieval Scholasticism, Thomas Aquinas, Christology, Grace
Selected Publications
“Thomas Aquinas on the Predestination of Christ,” Modern Theology, forthcoming.
“Thomas Aquinas on Adam’s Faith in the Incarnation,” The Thomist, Vol. 89, no. 1 (January 2025): 1–34.
“To Choose Hell Over Sin: Convenientia and Iustitia in Anselm’s De casu Diaboli and Eadmer’s Vita sancti Anselmi,” The Saint Anselm Journal, Vol. 20, no. 1 (Fall 2024): 65–78.
“The Headship of Christ and the Angels: An Ambiguity in Thomas’s Account,” New Blackfriars Vol. 105, no. 1 (January 2024): 92–103.
“‘An Encyclopedic Pico della Mirandola’? Re-Thinking Aquinas on Christ’s Infused Knowledge,” Nova et Vetera (English edition), Vol. 21, no. 1 (Winter 2023): 147–174.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Notre Dame