Samuel Korb
Primary Area: Systematic Theology
- skorb@nd.edu
Biography
Samuel Korb is a PhD Candidate in Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame. His research expertise spans fundamental and philosophical theology, dogmatic theology (especially Trinitarian theology), and ressourcement theology. After his undergraduate education in Classical Philology and Theology at the University of Dallas (2021), Samuel came to Notre Dame for an MTS in Systematic Theology and History of Christianity, before beginning a PhD in Systematic Theology in 2023. With a background in the study of antiquity, Samuel's research covers figures and movements from patristics to modernity. His dissertation studies Erich Przywara's critical reception of G.W.F. Hegel. It shows how Przywara passes through Hegel's dialectic in his development of the analogy of being for modern theology.
Research Interests
Fundamental and Philosophical Theology, Trinitarian Theology, Christology, Ressourcement Theology, Erich Przywara, Hegel and German Idealism, Theology of St. Augustine
Representative Publications
"Trinitarian Metaphysics of Knowledge: Bonaventure and Hegel." The New Ressourcement, forthcoming.
"'That We May Love the Unknown God': The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine's De Trinitate." Modern Theology 42/3 (July 2026): 708-29.
“As Ointment Emptied Out: Origen and Intratrinitarian Kenosis,” Communio: International Catholic Review 51/4 (Fall 2024): 685-700.
"On the Triumphs and Limits of Platonism: A Trinitarian Account." Pro Ecclesia, 30/4 (November 2021): 516-38.
"Know Thyself: Augustine for the Present Age." Church Life Journal, September 18, 2026. https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/know-thyself-augustine-for-the-present-age/.
Education
- B.A. University of Dallas, 2021 (Classical Philology and Theology)
- M.T.S. University of Notre Dame, 2023 (Systematic Theology and History of Christianity)