Dr. Austin Foley Holmes

Dr. Austin Foley HolmesMarquette University

Marquette Hall, MH325

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americaaustin.holmes@marquette.edu

Assistant Professor

Theology Department (Historical Theology)

Austin Foley Holmes (Ph.D., Boston College, 2024) is a scholar of Christianity in Late Antiquity, with a specialization in Greek and Latin Patristics. He is completing a first monograph provisionally entitled Contemplative Life and Political Life in Christian Late Antiquity, a study of the Christian reception of the philosophical theme of the ideal bios ("way of life") up to the fifth century. His other projects include translating Ambrose of Milan's commentaries on the Psalms (for the Ancient Christian Writers series) and writing a major history of how Christians have imagined the perfect society in the wake of Plato's Republic and Laws, beginning with Origen's glowing portrait of the ancient Jewish state in his Contra Celsum.

Research Interests

• Greek & Latin Patristics — e.g., Origen of Alexandria.
• Historical Theology / Christian Thought in Late Antiquity (ca. 200–800 CE).
• History of Asceticism and Monasticism.
• History of Biblical Interpretation.
• Ancient Philosophy / Platonism in Christianity.

Publications

Select Publications

• "Deification and Christology in Eriugena's Periphyseon V and Its Latin Patristic Sources: A Reconsideration." Modern Theology. http://doi.org/10.1111/moth.70058
• "God’s Unity and Unity with God: Polemical Interpretations of John 17:20–23 in the Fourth Century." Journal of Theological Studies 75.2 (2024): 405–429. https://doi.org/10.1093/jts/flae054

Additional Information

FALL 2026

Office Hours

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Class Schedule

• THEO 1001/150:  Foundation in Theology - Finding God in all Things
  • Tuesday and Thursday 12:30PM-1:45pm
• THEO 1001/151:  Foundations in Theology - Finding God in all Things
  • Tuesday and Thursday 2:00PM-3:15PM