Rev Dr Carl Scerri

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Rev Dr Carl Scerri

Lecturer in Systematic Theology

Contact Details

Email: carl.scerri@spcm.ie
Phone: +353 (0)1 7083600
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Research
About

Research Interests

Interactions between philosophy and theology in the 19th and 20th centuries
Phenomenology (particularly Husserl, Heidegger, Marion, and Lacoste) and its reception within Catholic theology
Various themes in modern Catholic and Protestant systematic theology
Erich Przywara and Edith Stein
Analogy
Eschatology

Research

‘Erich Przywara and Edith Stein: A Dissimilarity within Similarity: Their Relationship in Light of Recent Archival Discoveries’, Modern Theology, forthcoming 2025, published online: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.co...

‘Erich Przywara, “Christian Philosophy”, and a Debate in Prague’, Nova et Vetera, forthcoming January 2025.

‘Husserl, Rahner, and Their Transcendental(S): Transcendentality, Intersubjectivity, and Original Sin’, The Heythrop Journal 65, no. 5 (September 2024): 552–66.

‘The Future of Post‐Metaphysical Theology’, The Heythrop Journal 64, no. 2 (March 2023): 173–8.

‘A humane and humanising God. Karl Barth’s foundation for a Christian Praxis’, in John Berry, ed., Resilience in a Troubled World, Valletta: Kite, 2023.

Biography

Carl initially studied philosophy and theology in Malta, before continuing his studies in Paris, at the Institut Catholique de Paris and the Sorbonne. He then moved to Campion Hall, University of Oxford, where he completed MSt and DPhil degrees in Theology.