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Sr. Theresa Marie Nguyen Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Theology
713/525-6969
nguyench@stthom.eduEmail

Sr. Chau Nguyen’s area of specialization is systematic theology, with an emphasis in Catholic ecclesiology, Vatican II, Mariology and the theology of Henri de Lubac. Her research focuses on the intrinsic relationship of Mariology and Ecclesiology, and she teaches courses in systematic theology

Degrees

• Doctor of Philosophy - Systematic Theology - Catholic University of America (2017)
• Master of Philosophy - Philosophy - Catholic University of America (2015)
• Master of Arts - Theology - Catholic University of America (2010)

Publications

• "Mary as the Sacrament of the Sacrament of Salvation: A Study of the Marian Doctrine of Lumen Gentium and Henri de Lubac"
  Marian Studies
  Mariological Society of America (2013) Vol. 64 Page 14-35
• "Mariological Dimensions of an Ecclesiology of Communion: Reading Lumen Gentium Anew”"
  The Ecclesiology of Communion Fifty Years after the Opening of Vatican II
  Veritas Books, Dublin (2013) Page 748-758
• "Encountering Truth: A Study of the Theological Method of John Henry Newman’s An Essay on the Development of Doctrine"
  Newman Studies Journal
  The National Institute for Newman Studies (2011) Vol. 8 Page 40-55
• "God's Cultivation of the Garden of Salvation: A Meditation on the Mystery of Redemption"
  Verbum
  Verbum Publishing House, Slovakia (1900) Vol. 30
• "Mary and the Nuptial Dimension of the Constitution of the Church in the Eucharistic Sacrifice according to Hans Urs von Balthasar"
  Marian Studies
  Mariological Society of America (1900) Vol. 68

Presentations

• "Full of Grace: A Marian Key to the Relationship of Nature and Grace" (2018)
  Catholic Theological Society of America
  
• "De Lubac and Teilhard with Mary in the Nature-Grace Conflict" (2018)
  Catholic Theological Society of America
  
• "The Marian Subjectivity of the Church and the Sacraments" (2018)
  Mariological Society of America
  
• "The Drama of Salvation and Our Transformation" (2018)
  Lenten Lecture Series
  
• "Spiritual exegesis and the Joy of the Gospel" (2017)
  Dallas Ministry Conference
  
• "The Sacramental Ecclesiology of Vatican II" (2017)
  Dallas Ministry Conference
  
• "Renewal and Traditions in Religious Life" (2017)
  Marian Pilgrimage Days
  
• "Mary and the Nuptial Dimension of the Constitution of the Church in the Eucharistic Sacrifice according to Hans Urs von Balthasar" (2017)
  Mariological Society of America