Dr. Mark Zia

Dr. Mark J. Zia is a Professor of Sacred Theology at 小草影院 in Atchison, Kansas, where he has taught since 2005. He earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, dissertating on the doctrine of biblical inspiration. Dr. Zia regularly teaches classes in biblical theology, including courses on the Pentateuch, Synoptic Gospels, Gospel of John, and Biblical Hermeneutics. He is also actively involved in the academic formation of candidates for the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and beyond.

Before coming to Benedictine, he taught theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville鈥檚 Austrian campus and then at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Dr. Zia is a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and a perpetual member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. He has published several articles and three books, and is currently working on a fourth. Of particular interest is his book on Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, The Enduring Faith and Timeless Truths of Fulton Sheen, given the current preparations in the USA for Sheen鈥檚 Beatification.

DEGREES

1997, B.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio
1998, M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio
2001, S.T.L.,聽 International Theological Institute for Studies in Marriage and Family, Gaming, Austria
2005, S.T.D.,聽 Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy

CLASSES

TH 101聽 Introduction to Theology
TH 210聽 Old Testament I: Pentateuch
TH 240聽 New Testament I: Synoptic Gospels聽聽聽聽聽聽
TH 315聽 Old Testament II: Wisdom Literature
TH 320聽 Sacraments and Liturgy
TH 330聽 Christian Marriage
TH 345聽 Theology of Vatican II
TH 398聽 Old Testament III: The Prophets
TH 398聽 The Gospel of John (Spring, 2011)
TH 400聽 Great Catholic Thinkers: John Paul II
TH 450聽 Senior Seminar:聽 Biblical Hermeneutics
TH 450聽 Senior Seminar:聽 The Role of Judaism in Salvation History
TH 450聽 Senior Seminar:聽 John Paul’s Theology of the Body
TH 499聽 Humanae Vitae

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biblical theology; biblical inspiration and inerrancy.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

鈥淭he Doctrine of Biblical Inspiration in Contemporary Anglo-American Scholarship鈥� (diss.)聽 published in Rome, Italy, December, 2005.

鈥淢arriage as a Specific Vocation to Holiness鈥澛� Homiletic and Pastoral Review, July, 2006.

鈥淭he Second Vatican Council and the Inerrancy of Scripture鈥� Faith and Reason, Summer, 2006

鈥淭he ABCs of Biblical Inerrancy鈥� Homiletic and Pastoral Review, March, 2007.

鈥淲ords to Live By:聽 The Pontificate of John Paul II and the Knights of Columbus鈥� Columbia Magazine, April, 2007.

鈥淲hat They Are Saying About Biblical Inspiration,鈥� Paulist Press, available in early Spring, 2011.