Paul R. Kolbet

Before coming to Yale, Paul Kolbet taught at the University of Notre Dame and Boston College. He is the author of Augustine and the Cure of Souls: Revising a Classical Ideal (University of Notre Dame Press, 2010) and is the co-editor with Brian Daley of The Harp of Prophecy: Early Christian Interpretation of the Psalms (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015). He has also published articles on topics ranging from early Christian strategies for coping with state-sponsored torture to contemporary Christian realism in journals such as Ecclesiology, Harvard Theological Review, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Modern Theology, Studia Patristica, and the Toronto Journal of Theology. He serves as Co-Chair of the Augustine and Augustinianisms Group of the American Academy of Religion. He is also currently working on issues of national security, torture, and Augustinian realism for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s Joy, Security, and Fear Consultation.

Books

1. Augustine and the Cure of Souls: Revising a Classical Ideal. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010.

2.The Harp of Prophecy: Early Christian Interpretation of the Psalms. Edited with Brian Daley. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.