Rev. Brian Daley, S.J., to receive 'Nobel Prize' in theology from Pope Benedict | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Rev. Brian Daley, S.J., to receive 'Nobel Prize' in theology from Pope Benedict Rev. Brian Daley, S.J., to receive 'Nobel Prize' in theology from Pope Benedict Published: September 28, 2012 Author: Michael O. Garvey Rev. Brian E. Daley, S.J. Rev. Brian E. Daley, S.J., Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the 2012 Ratzinger Prize in Theology from Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony Oct. 20 in Rome. The two winners of this year’s award, which has been nicknamed the “Nobel of Theology,” were announced this morning at a Vatican news conference. The other 2012 Ratzinger Prize will be awarded to French philosopher Remi Brague. Established in 2010, the Ratzinger Prize is sponsored by The Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Vatican Foundation to recognize distinguished scholarship in scripture, patristics and fundamental theology. This year’s prizes will be conferred by the Pope during the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization. At this morning’s news conference, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, president of the Ratzinger Foundation’s academic committee, praised Father Daley as “a great historian of patristic theology, but also a man entirely committed to the life and mission of the Church, an exemplary model of the fusion of academic rigor with passion for the Gospel.” A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1996, Father Daley, a Jesuit priest, is an internationally renowned scholar of the writings, sayings and lives of the earliest Christians. His teaching and research concerns such first- through eighth-century Christian thinkers as Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo and Maximus the Confessor, and the eschatology of the early church. A 1961 graduate of Fordham University and a Rhodes Scholar, Father Daley studied classics, philosophy and ancient history at Merton College, University of Oxford, where he earned a master’s degree before entering the Society of Jesus in 1964 and being ordained a priest in 1970. He returned to Oxford in 1972, earned a doctoral degree in theology in 1978 and taught at the at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., for 18 years before coming to Notre Dame. Among the numerous books Father Daley has written or edited are “The Hope of the Early Church,” “On the Dormition of Mary: Early Patristic Homilies” and “Gregory of Nazianzus.” He also has translated Hans Urs von Balthasar’s “The Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor.” In addition to his academic and scholarly work, he serves as executive secretary of the Catholic-Orthodox Consultation for North America and as a priest in Notre Dame residence halls and at St. Bavo Parish in Mishawaka, Ind. Contact: Michael O. Garvey, 574-631-6767, Michael.O.Garvey.2@nd.edu Posted In: International Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture July 14, 2022 Law School hosts second annual Notre Dame Religious Liberty Summit in Rome July 13, 2022 Catholic peacebuilders bring hope amid the world’s crises June 01, 2022 University of Notre Dame to establish consortium of Catholic universities to study Muslim-Christian relations January 31, 2022 New book explores the role of Catholic peacebuilders in addressing global mining issues For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn