Michael J. Buckley


Michael John Buckley was an American Jesuit priest and philosophical theologian. He was the retired Bea Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University. Prior to his accepting that appointment, Buckley was for fourteen years a member of the theological faculty at Boston College, during which time he served as the Director of the Jesuit Institute and as Canisius Professor of Theology. Previously he was a member of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, Visiting Scholar at Santa Clara University, Visiting Professor at the Gregorian University, Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall at Cambridge University, Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of Notre Dame and Faculty Fellow at the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall at Cambridge University. He also served as President of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
Born October 12, 1931, in San Francisco, California, Buckley received his BA and MA in philosophy from Gonzaga University, his STM from Santa Clara University, and his PhD from the University of Chicago under Richard McKeon. He has received two honorary doctorates. He died on July 25, 2019, in Los Gatos, California.

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