Member Profiles

Carl Vater

St. Vincent College

Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, Catholic University of America (2017)

M.A., Philosophy, Catholic University of America (2014)

M.A., Theology, Villanova University (2011)

B.A., Philosophy and Theology, Saint Vincent College (2009)

AMA Presentations

(2024) “St. Bonaventure on Divine Ideas and What is ‘Really Real.’”

Publications

Academic Articles

(2022) “Natural Knowledge of God: Reason as Faith’s Steadfast Ally,” Saint Anselm Journal 18 (1): 1-16.

(2017) “‘It is Right and Just’: Ontological Poverty and the Duty of Religion,” in Engaging the Times: TheWitness of Thomism, ed. Joshua Schulz. Catholic University of America Press.

(2014) “Maritain on Art and Faith Conspiring Towards Heaven,” in A Piercing Light: Beauty, Faith, and Human Transcendence, ed. James M. Jacobs. Catholic University of America Press.

(2013) “Contemplata aliis tradere: The Universal Call to Contemplation and Its Implications,” in Human Nature, Contemplation, and the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics, ed. Peter Koritansky. Catholic University of America Press.

Academic Articles

(2022) “Natural Knowledge of God: Reason as Faith’s Steadfast Ally,” Saint Anselm Journal 18 (1): 1-16.

(2017) “‘It is Right and Just’: Ontological Poverty and the Duty of Religion,” in Engaging the Times: TheWitness of Thomism, ed. Joshua Schulz. Catholic University of America Press.

(2014) “Maritain on Art and Faith Conspiring Towards Heaven,” in A Piercing Light: Beauty, Faith, and Human Transcendence, ed. James M. Jacobs. Catholic University of America Press.

(2013) “Contemplata aliis tradere: The Universal Call to Contemplation and Its Implications,” in Human Nature, Contemplation, and the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacques Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics, ed. Peter Koritansky. Catholic University of America Press.