Dr Fáinche Ryan

Assistant Professor in Systematic Theology

Academic Degrees/Qualifications

BA in Theology and Anthropology (NCEA); MA in Theology (NCEA); STL in Systematic Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome;  STD in Systematic Theology, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome.

Background

Fáinche Ryan studied undergraduate theology at Kimmage Mission Institute, Dublin and then pursued a Masters degree (research) at the Milltown Institute, Dublin. In 2006 she was awarded her doctorate in Systematic Theology at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). In the same year she was appointed Director of Studies at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge, a college of the Cambridge Theological Federation. During this time she was also an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. Fáinche’s next appointment was as lecturer in theology at the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin. In September 2013 she will join the newly established Loyola Institute where she will lecture in Systematic Theology.

Research Interests

Her current research interests include the theology of St Thomas Aquinas, Ecclesiology, the theology of Ministry, the Eucharist, and philosophical and theological approaches to anthropology.