Brian Treanor is the current Casassa Chair in Social Values, Professor of Philosophy in the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the academic director of the Academy of Catholic Thought & Imagination at

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. He received his Ph.D. from Boston College where he studied with

Richard Kearney Richard Kearney (; born 1954) is an Irish philosopher and public intellectual specializing in contemporary continental philosophy. He is the Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy at Boston College and has taught at University College Dublin ...

and

Jacques Taminiaux Jacques Taminiaux (; 29 May 1928 – 7 May 2019) was a Belgian philosopher and professor at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Biography Born in Seneffe, Taminiaux studied law and philosophy at the Catholic Univers ...

Early life

Brian Treanor was born in

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. He completed his undergraduate degree in political science at

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and attended both

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and

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...

for his graduate work.

Research

Treanor's research is in the area of

philosophical hermeneutics Hermeneutics () is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of Biblical hermeneutics, biblical texts, wisdom literature, and Philosophy, philosophical texts. Hermeneutics is more than interpretative principles ...

, with significant focus on

environmental philosophy Environmental philosophy is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and humans' place within it. It asks crucial questions about human environmental relations such as "What do we mean when we talk about nature?" "What ...

philosophy of religion Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...

, and

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

. He is the author or editor of six books: * ''Carnal Hermeneutics'', co-edited with Richard Kearney (New York:

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, 2015, ) * ''Being in Creation: Human Responsibility in an Endangered World'', co-edited with Bruce Benson and Norman Wirzba (New York:

, 2015, ) * ''Emplotting Virtue: A Narrative Approach to Environmental Virtue Ethics'' (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2014, ) * ''Interpreting Nature: The Emerging Field of Environmental Hermeneutics'', co-edited with Forrest Clingerman, Martin Drenthen, and David Utsler (New York:

, 2013, ) * ''A Passion for the Possible: Thinking with Paul Ricoeur'', co-edited with Henry Isaac Venema (New York:

, 2010, ) * ''Aspects of Alterity: Levinas, Marcel and the Contemporary Debate'' (New York:

, 2006, ) He has also written numerous article related to his field.

Teaching and administrative work

Treanor is an advocate for

liberal arts education Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") is the traditional academic course in Western higher education. ''Liberal arts'' takes the term ''art'' in the sense of a learned skill rather than specifically the ...

. He has worked regularly in LMU's core curriculum, including founding a Great Books Learning Community. He was the founding director of the Environmental Studies program, and the founding director of the Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination.

Awards

Treanor has been honored by the Associated Students of LMU as Teacher of the Year twice, and in 2011, was given the President's Fritz B. Burns Teaching Award, the university's highest honor.

References

External links

Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination
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