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American philosopher

Eleonore Stump (born August 9, 1947) is an American philosopher and the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992.

Biography

Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She received a B.A. in classical languages from Grinnell College (1969), where she was valedictorian and received the Archibald Prize for scholarship; she has an M.A. in Biblical Studies (New Testament) from Harvard University (1971), and an M.A. and Ph.D in Medieval Studies (Medieval Philosophy) from Cornell University (1975). Before coming to Saint Louis University, she taught at Oberlin College, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, and Notre Dame.

She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Among her many books are Aquinas (2003), Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (2010), The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosophers (2016), Atonement (2018), The Image of God. The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Mourning (2022), and Grains of Wheat. Suffering and Biblical Narratives (2024). Her work has been translated into Polish, Russian, Chinese, Swedish, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Among other named lectures, she has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009), and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018), and the Dewey lecture (American Philosophical Association, Central Division, 2023).

She has received grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Association of University Women, the National Humanities Center, and the Pew Charitable Trust. Together with John Greco, she has held a $3.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on

Robert J. Henle, S.J., Professor of Philosophy
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Education

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1975
M.A., Cornell University, 1973
M.A., Harvard University, 1971
B.A., Grinnell College, 1969

Research Interests

Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion

Publications and Media Placements

"Love, By All Accounts." Presidential Address, Proceedings and Addresses of The American Philosophical Association 80.2 (November 2006): 25-43.

Aquinas, (New York and London: Routledge, 2003)

Wandering in Darkness, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)

Atonement, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)

Closer to Truth videos: https://www.closertotruth.com/contributor/eleonore-stump/profile

Honors and Awards

• Senior Faculty Scholarly Works Award, Saint Louis University (2019)
• 'Issachar Fund Grant for project on philosophy and biblical narrative ($83,000) (with Godehard Bruentrup, Moshe Halbertal, Michael Rea, and David Shatz) (2018)
• Stanton Lecturer, University of Cambridge (2018)
• Recipient of the ACPA Aquinas Medal (2013)
• John Templeton Foundation Grant for project on intellectual humility ($3, 300, 000) (with John Greco) (2013-2015)
• Honorary Professor, Wuhan University
• Honorary Professor, Logos Institute, St. Andrews
• Professorial Fellow, Australian Catholic University
• Patron of the Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars Hall, Oxford
• Honorary Visiting Professor, University of York

Professional Organizations and Associations

• American Philosophical Association

• American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Society of Christian Philosophers

February 20, 2018 (Notre Dame, Ind.) — Saint Mary’s College is proud to announce internationally known scholar Eleonore Stump is the 2018 Joyce McMahon Hank Aquinas Lecture. Stump’s lecture titled “The God of the Bible and the God of the Philosopher” will be held on Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. in Little Theatre in the Moreau Center of the Arts. A brief discussion and reception will follow the talk. The event is free and open to the public as well as members of the campus community. Click for a campus map.

Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also an honorary professor at Wuhan University and at Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a professorial fellow at Australian Catholic University. In her lecture, Stump will speak on the tension among contemporary theologians and philosophers who think that the God of the Bible is radically different from the God of the philosophers. Stump has published extensively in medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion, and contemporary metaphysics. Her books include her area of interest, Aquinas, and her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering.

“Professor Stump is an award-winning teacher recognized for her talents of taking the wisdom of classical theological and philosophical traditions and conveying it to a contemporary audience,” said religious studies professor Joseph Incandela, the Joyce McMahon Hank Aquinas Chair in Catholic Theology. “In this particular lecture, she will bridge the biblical and philosophical to show that Aquinas’s God standing outside of time and immune from change is actually the God of the Scriptures, intimately involved with creation in every moment of its continued existence as a personal presence inviting loving relationship. We’re delighted to welcom