Rate My Professor Christian Stephens

Stephens' scholarly contributions include book chapters such as "Rediscovering Old Solutions to New Problems: From Slogans and Streaming to Wisdom and Enlightenment" in Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News (Routledge, 2022), and in Introduction to Philosophy and Theology within Catholic Liberal Education (McGraw-Hill, 2015): "Revelation and Truth," "The Theological Virtues," "Moral Theology," "Ultimate Happiness," and "Philosophical and Theological Reflection." Key journal articles are "Catholic or Utopian? Two Irreconcilable Views about Moral 'Ideals' in Veritatis Splendor" in Nova et Vetera 18, no. 1 (2020), "Mary and Youthfulness" in Apostles of Mary 39, no. 4 (2018), and "Theology of the Body" in Inform, no. 147 (2014). He has delivered conference papers including "Screwtape, Acedia and Curiositas: Diagnosing the Contemporary Crisis in Moral Education" at the World Conference of Catholic University Institutions of Philosophy (Sydney, 2019), "Is the moral good an ideal? An analysis of St John Paul II's Veritatis Splendor" (2018), and others on ecclesiology and ethics. For his teaching, he earned the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Initiatives Enhancing Student Learning (2014) and numerous School Letters of Merit. Stephens contributes to university committees including the School Learning and Teaching Committee, First-Year Experience Committee, and Faculty Board. A member of the Catholic Scholars Guild, he provides professional development seminars to teachers in multiple dioceses, delivers public talks on topics like theology of the body and atheism, and has published in The Catholic Weekly while appearing on YouTube and podcasts.