Education
Cornell University; Grinnell College. Harvard University.
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Eleonora Stump
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Career
In Biblical Studies (New Testament) from Harvard University (1971), and an Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Medieval Studies (Medieval Philosophy) from Cornell University (1975). Before coming to Saint Louis University, she taught at Oberlin College, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and University of Notre Dame. Currently, she also holds secondary or honorary appointments at Wuhan University and Australian Catholic University.
She has published extensively in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics.
Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003) and her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010). Among the named lectureships she has given are the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), and the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009).
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.
Foreign 2013-2015, together with John Greco, she holds a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on intellectual humility.
Achievements
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She received a Bachelor of Arts in classical languages from Grinnell College (1969), where she was valedictorian and received the Archibald Prize for scholarship. She has an Master of Arts In addition, she has received several teaching awards, including, in 2004, the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University.
Membership
She is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Catholic