John Jenkins
contemporaryScholasticism, Thomismb. 1953
John Jenkins is a contemporary American philosopher and Catholic priest who serves as president of the University of Notre Dame. He specializes in medieval philosophy, particularly the epistemology and ethics of Thomas Aquinas, and has contributed to scholarship on the relationship between faith and reason.
Notable Achievements
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Authored 'Knowledge and Faith in Thomas Aquinas', a major study of Aquinas's epistemology
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Analyzed Aquinas's distinction between demonstrative and probabilistic knowledge
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Served as president of the University of Notre Dame since 2005
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Contributed to contemporary Thomistic revival in analytic philosophy of religion