Eleonore Stump (born August 9, 1947) is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at

Saint Louis University Saint Louis University (SLU) is a private Jesuit research university with campuses in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1818 by Louis William Valentine DuBourg, it is the oldest university west of the Mississip ...

, where she has taught since 1992.

Biography

Stump received a BA in classical languages from

Grinnell College Grinnell College is a private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, United States. It was founded in 1846 when a group of New England Congregationalists established the Trustees of Iowa College. Grinnell has the fifth highest endowment-to-st ...

(1969), where she was valedictorian and received the Archibald Prize for scholarship; she has an MA in biblical studies (New Testament) from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

(1971), and an MA and PhD in medieval studies (medieval philosophy) from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

(1975). Before coming to Saint Louis University, she taught at

Oberlin College Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six regi ...

, and

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. Currently, she also holds secondary or honorary appointments at

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, the

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, and

Australian Catholic University Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a public university in Australia. It has seven Australian campuses and also maintains a campus in Rome. History Australian Catholic University was opened on 1 January 1991 following the amalgamatio ...

. She has published extensively in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics. Her books include her major study ''Aquinas'' (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, ''Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering'' (Oxford, 2010), her recent treatment of the Christian doctrine of the atonement, ''Atonement'' (Oxford, 2018), and her recent treatment of the problem of mourning, ''The Image of God'' (Oxford, 2022). Among the named lectureships she has given are the

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(Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009), and the Stanton Lectures (Cambridge, 2018). In 2013, the American Catholic Philosophical Association awarded her the Aquinas medal. She has held grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, the National Humanities Center, and the Pew Charitable Trust. In addition, she has received several teaching awards, including, in 2004, the

Robert Foster Cherry Award The Robert Foster Cherry Award is a prize given biennially by Baylor University for "great teaching". The Cherry Award honors professors at the College or University level, in the English-speaking world, with established track records of teaching ex ...

for Great Teaching from Baylor University. For 2013–15, together with

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, she held a $3.3 million grant from the

John Templeton Foundation The John Templeton Foundation (Templeton Foundation) is a philanthropic organization that reflects the ideas of its founder, John Templeton, who became wealthy via a career as a contrarian investor, and wanted to support progress in religious an ...

for a project on intellectual humility. In 2017 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from

Tilburg University Tilburg University is a public university, public research university specializing in the social and behavioral sciences, economics, law, business sciences, theology and humanities, located in Tilburg in the southern part of the Netherlands. Tilb ...

, the Netherlands. She is past president of the

Society of Christian Philosophers The Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP) was founded in 1978. The society is open to anyone interested in philosophy who considers himself or herself a Christian. Membership is not restricted to any particular "school" of philosophy or to any ...

, the

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, the

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, Central Division, and the Philosophers in Jesuit Education. She is also a member of the

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External links

Eleonore Stump – Personal page

Eleonore Stump Homepage at Saint Louis University

Eleonore Stump on Philpapers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stump, Eleonore 1947 births 21st-century American philosophers Catholic philosophers Cornell University alumni Grinnell College alumni Harvard University alumni Living people Metaphysicians Philosophers of religion Presidents of the American Philosophical Association Presidents of the Society of Christian Philosophers Saint Louis University faculty Scholars of medieval philosophy Thomists