Joseph Torchia

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Title
Professor
Department
Philosophy
Institution
Providence College

Education

  • Ph.D. - Early Christian Studies The Catholic University of America
  • Ph.D. - Philosophy Fordham University

Research Interests

Neoplatonism   Early Medieval Philosophy   Augustine  

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  401-865-1895

Research
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List of Publications (36)
In 2013
36

Torchia, O.P., N. Joseph. (2013). Restless Mind: Curiositas and the Scope of Inquiry in St. Augustine's Psychology. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University Press.

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In 2012
35

"Aquinas, Personhood, and Postmodernism: In Search of an Elusive Common Ground," in Dominicans and The Challenge of Thomism. Edited by Michal Paluch and Piotr Lichacz (Warsaw: Instytut Tomistyczny, 2012), 251- 259.

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In 2011
34

"Manichaeism ," in The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology. Edited by Ian A. MacFarland, David A.S. Fergusson, Karen Kilby, Iain R. Torrance (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2011): 295-296.

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In 2005
33

"The Death of a Righteous Man: Redactional Elements in Luke's Passion Narrative (23:44- 56)," Irish Biblical Studies, Volume 26, Issue 2 (2005): 60-94.

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In 2004
32

Benedict Ashley, O.P. and Rev. Kevin O'Rourke, O.P., "Food Water, and the PVS Patient," The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer, 2004): 236.

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In 2003
31

(Summer, 2002): 257-275. Selected as "Best Feature Article" in the Scholarly Category by The Catholic Press Association for 2003.

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30

"Incommensurability and Moral Conflicts: A Critical Assessment of the Response of Alasdair C. MacIntyre," Providence: Studies in Western Civilization, Volume 7, No. 2 (Fall/Winter, 2003): 40-68.

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In 2002
29

"The Limits of Virtuous Action: Aquinas on the Subjective Conditions of Moral Virtue," Angelicum 79 (2002): 855-877.

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In 2001
28

Edited by M. F. Wiles and E. J. Yarnold. Leuven: Peeters Press, 2001.

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27

Scripture "Eschatological Elements in Jesus' Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac: An Exegesis of Mk. 5:1-20," Irish Biblical Studies 23 (January, 2001): 2-27.

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In 2000
26

"St. Augustine's Critique of the Adiaphora: A Key Component of his Rebuttal of Stoic Ethics," Studia Moralia 38 (2000): 165- 195.

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In 1999
25

(Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 1999): "Contemplation and Action," 233a-235b; "Curiosity," 259b- 261a; "Stoics, Stoicism," 816b-820a.

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24

Augustine's Christology, with special reference to his rebuttal of later Arianism," Studia Patristica XXXVIII: 323. Papers of the 1999 Oxford Patristics Conference.

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23

(Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 1999): "De agone christiano," 15b-16b; "De disciplina christiana," 272b-273a; "De patientia," 620a-621b.

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In 1997
22

Edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone. Leuven: Peeters Press, 1997. In Spanish Translation as "Implicaciones de la doctrina de la creacion 'de la nada'en la teologia de san Agustin," in Augustinus (Madrid) XLIV (l999), San Agustin en Oxford (5.0), XII Congreso Internacional de Estudios Patristicos: 283-290.

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In 1995
21

"The Implications of the Doctrine of Creatio ex nihilo in Saint Augustine's Theology," Studia Patristica XXXIII: 266- 273. Papers of the 1995 Oxford Patristics Conference.

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In 1993
20

Edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone. Leuven: Peeters Press, 1993.

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In 1992
19

"The Significance of Ordo in St. Augustine's Moral Theory," in Collectanea Augustiniana III (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc, 1991), pp. 321-335."The Significance of 'Privation' Language in Saint Augustine's Analysis of the Happy Life," Augustinus 37(1992): 519-536.

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In 1991
18

"Theories of Creation in the Second Century Apologists and their Middle Platonic Background," Studia Patristica XXVI: 192- 199. Papers of the 1991 Oxford Patristics Conference.

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In 1990
17

" 'Pondus meum amor meus ': The Significance of the 'Weight' Metaphor in St. Augustine's Early Philosophical Writings," Augustinian Studies XXI (1990): 163-176.

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"The Significance of the Moral Concept of Virtue in Saint Augustine's Ethics," The Modern Schoolman LXVIII (November, 1990): 1- 17.

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In 1989
15

"St. Augustine's Triadic Interpretation of Iniquity inthe Confessiones," in Collectanea Augustiniana I (Augustine: Second Founder of Faith), edited by Joseph C. Schnaubelt, O.S.A. and Frederick Van Fleteren (New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1989), pp. 159- 174.

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14

"The Commune/Proprium Distinction in Saint Augustine's Moral Theory," Studia Patristica XXII: 356-363. Papers of the 1987 Oxford Patristics Conference. Edited by Elizabeth Livingstone. Leuven: Peeters Press, 1989. In Spanish Translation as "La distincion entre Commune y Proprium en la primitiva teologia moral de san Agustin," in Augustinus (Madrid) XXXVI (l99l), San Agustin en Oxford(3.0), X Congreso Internacional de Estudios Patristicos: 311-320.

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13

Oxford Patristics Conference. Edited by Elizabeth A. Livingstone. Kalamazoo, Michigan: Cistercian Publications, 1989.

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In 1988
12

Philosophy "Curiositas in the Early Philosophical Writings of Saint Augustine," Augustinian Studies XIX (1988): 111-119.

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In 1987
11

"St. Augustine's Treatment of Superbia and its Plotinian Heritage," Augustinian Studies XVIII (1987): 66-79.

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In 1983
10

Historical Theology/Patristics "Satiety and the Fall of Souls in Origen's De Principiis," Studia Patristica XVIII-3: 455-462. Papers of the 1983

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9

"Creation, Finitude, and the Mutable Will: Augustine on the Origin of Moral Evil," Irish Theological Quarterly 71

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8

"Sympatheia in Basil of Caesarea's Hexameron: A Plotinian Hypothesis," Journal of Early Christian Studies 4, #3

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7

"Artificial Hydration and Nutrition for the PVS Patient," The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4

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6

"The Significance of the communicatio idiomatum in St.

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5

"The Theology of the Real Presence in the Theology of Cyril of Jerusalem," Josephinum Journal of Theology 15, No. 2

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4

Entries in Saint Augustine through the Ages: an Encyclopedia. Allan D. Fitzgerald, O.S.A., General Editor.

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3

"Postmodernism and the Persistent Vegetative State," The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2

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2

"The Significance of Chrismation in the Mystagogical Lectures of Cyril of Jerusalem," Diakonia, XXXII, No. 2

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1

"Father Torchia Replies," Colloquy response to Rev.

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