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Jared Ortiz joined 换妻社区 in 2012. He teaches Catholic theology in the Department of Religion and is founder and executive director of the , the Catholic spiritual and intellectual center that serves 换妻社区.

Dr. Ortiz teaches courses on the mysteries of Christianity, church history, Catholicism, the theology of the human person and early Christianity. He recently co-authored a commentary on the Nicene Creed and is researching Augustine鈥檚 City of God.

Areas of expertise

Dr. Ortiz specializes in early Christian theology, especially St. Augustine. He has scholarly interests in liturgy, Patristic theology and disability.

Education

• Ph.D., historical theology, The Catholic University of America, 2012
• M.A., historical and systematic theology, The Catholic University of America, 2009
• M.A., liberal arts, St. John鈥檚 College, 2005
• B.A., fundamentals: issues and texts, University of Chicago, 2000

Honors, grants and awards

• Jacob E. Nyenhuis Individual Faculty Research Grant for 鈥淐ommentary on the Nicene Creed,鈥� 换妻社区, 2021
• Commencement Speaker, selected by 换妻社区 graduating class, 2020 (address delivered May 2021)
• Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award, selected by the 换妻社区 graduating class, 2020
• Jacob E. Nyenhuis Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant for 鈥淪ex in the City of God,鈥� a faculty-student collaborative project 换妻社区, 2020

Selected publications

• , co-authored with Daniel Keating, Baker Academic (forthcoming April 2024)
• , editor, Lexington Press/Fortress Academic, 2021
• 鈥�,鈥� in Evil and Creation: Historical and Constructive Essays in Christian Dogmatics, edited by George Kalantzis, Matthew Levering and David Luy, Lexham Press, 2020
• , editor, The Catholic University of America Press, 2019
• , Fortress Press, 2016
• 鈥淐reation in the Confessions鈥� in , 2016
• 鈥淒eification in the Latin Fathers,鈥� in , edited by Fr. David Meconi, S.J. and Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Press, 2016
• 鈥淭he Deep Grammar of Augustine鈥檚 Conversion,鈥� in Studia Patristica vol. 70, 2013

Popular Articles

• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Catholic World Report, May 29, 2021 (slightly revised 换妻社区 Commencement address)
• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Catholic World Report, February 6, 2021 (on the spiritual value of reading the Confessions and tips for approaching it)
• 鈥溾��&苍产蝉辫;Catholic World Report, January 25, 2021 (on eight good translations of the Confessions)
• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Catholic World Report, February 18, 2020 (on Augustine鈥檚 rich and integral understanding of worship)
• 鈥�,鈥�&苍产蝉辫;Catholic World Report, November 25, 2019 (on Augustine鈥檚 reconceiving rape and reshaping the values of Christian Roman society)
• 鈥�,鈥� Catholic World Report, September 29, 2019 (on Augustine鈥檚 arguments against suicide)
• 鈥�,鈥� Catholic World Report, August 25, 2019 (on sexual confusion, the coercion of conscience, and how Augustine teaches us to respond)
• 鈥�,鈥� Catholic World Report, August 5, 2019 (on Augustine鈥檚 view of sex)

Outside the College