Michael Dauphinais, Ph.D.

Dr. Michael A. Dauphinais serves as the Fr. Matthew Lamb professor of Catholic theology and the co-director of the Aquinas Center for Theological Renewal at Ave Maria University. With degrees from Duke University and the University of Notre Dame, he has written and edited numerous scholarly articles and books on Thomas Aquinas, the Bible, and Catholic theology. He recently co-authored “Wisdom of the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Questions about Catholicism.” Apart from teaching, he frequently speaks and hosts “The Catholic Theology Show” podcast. Married to his wife, Nancy, for nearly 30 years, he is a grateful revert to the Catholic Church.

Podcast Episodes with:

• Scott Hann
• John Bergsma
• Roger Nutt
• Gerald Boersma
• Fr. Romanus Cessario
• Fr. Guy Mansini

Books Co-authored (select):

• The Wisdom of the Word: Biblical Answers to Ten Pressing Questions about Catholicism.  Co-authored with Matthew Levering.  Chicago, IL: Word on Fire Press, 2021.
• Holy People, Holy Land: A Theological Introduction of the Bible.  Co-authored with Matthew Levering.  Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2005.
• Knowing the Love of Christ: An Introduction to the Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas.  Co-authored with Matthew Levering.  Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, 2002.

Books Co-edited (select):

• Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher. Co-edited with Andrew Hofer, O.P., and Roger Nutt.  Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, 2023.
• Hope & Death: Christian Responses.  Co-edited with Roger Nutt.  Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic Press, 2022.
• Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology. Co-edited with Andrew Hofer, O.P., and Roger Nutt.  Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, 2021.
• Thomas Aquinas Biblical Theologian. Co-edited with Roger Nutt.  Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic, 2021.
• Aquinas and the Greek Fathers. Co-edited with Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., and Roger Nutt.  Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, 2018.

Articles & Chapters in Books (select):

• “The Divine Communication as the Formal and Material Principle of Aquinas’s Summa theologiae,” in Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher, edited by Michael A. Dauphinais, Andrew Hofer, O.P, and Roger Nutt (Ave Maria, FL: Sapientia Press, 2023), 177-208.
• “The Virtue of Christian Hope and Its Counterfeits: Lessons from C. S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas,” in Engaging Catholic Doctrine: Essays in Honor of Matthew Levering, edited by Robert Barron, Scott Hahn, and James R. A. Merrick (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic Press, 2023), 407-440.
• “Faith and Reason in Newman: Learning to ‘See Things as God Sees Them,’” in A Guide to John Henry Newman: His Life and Thought, edited by Juan R. Velez(Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2022), 287-308.
• “‘Courage, Dear Heart’: Recovering Courage amidst Suffering and Death with C. S. Lewis and Thomas Aquinas,” in Hope & Death: Christian Responses, edited by Michael A. Dauphinais and Roger W. Nutt (Steubenville, OH: Emmaus Academic Press, 2022), 95-120.