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Christian Krokus, PhD

Professor

christian.krokus@scranton.edu

Christian Krokus, Ph.D. is a professor of the Theology/Religious Studies department at the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½. He studied at Lafayette College and Boston College, and currently, he coordinates the annual meeting for Jesuits and faculty members at Jesuit universities who work on interreligious dialogue.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate: 
  • TRS 122J Introduction to Christian Theology (SJLA)
  • TRS 243 Christ & Qur'an
  • TRS 245 Islam
  • TRS 284 Love & Knowledge
  • TRS 327 Spiritual Classics

Graduate:

  • TRS 510 Salvation Outside the Church?

Research

Research Interests:                        

  • Christian-Muslim comparative theology
  • Sufism (Islamic mysticism)
  • Salesian, Ignatian, Carmelite Spiritualities
  • Louis Massignon (1883-1962)
  • Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904-84)
  • Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Select Publications:

  • The Theology of Louis Massignon: Islam, Christ, and the Church. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017.
  • “The Darkness Is Not Death: Toward a Christian-Muslim Comparative Theological Study of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus,” Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality 17.1 (2017): 40-59.
  • “Interreligious Friendship: The Church and Islam,” Grace and Friendship: Theological Essays in Honor of Frederick Lawrence. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2016: 52-64.
  • “Louis Massignon: Vatican II and Beyond,” Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian Studies 55.3-4 (2014): 433-450.
  • “Teaching Comparative Theology from a Jesuit Perspective,” Teaching Theology and Religion 17:4 (2014): 376-379.

Recent Presentations: 

  • “Further Reflections on What It Means to Live Jesus (Vive Jesus!) According to St. Francis de Sales,” Salesian Scholars Seminar at Stella Niagara, NY (October 2018).
  • “In praise of Naïveté: Louis Massignon, Paolo Dall’Oglio, and Abraham in Christian-Muslim Understanding,” Abrahamic Religions: Between Scholarship and Practice at Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions (September 2018).
  • “Lonergan, Sufism, and the Law of the Cross,” Catholic Theological Society of America (Lonergan Consultation) at Indianapolis, IN (June 2018).

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