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Dr. Elisabeth Cochran

Elizabeth Agnew Cochran, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor


EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame (2007)

C.V. [pdf]

CONTACT INFORMATION
Fisher Hall 620
412.396.5716
cochrane@duq.edu

COURSES TAUGHT:

Theological Ethics; Health Care Ethics; Sexuality, Sex, and Morality; Foundational Moral Theology; Ph.D. Seminars in Moral Theology


RESEARCH, PUBLICATION, AND SERVICE:

Elizabeth Agnew Cochran began teaching at Duquesne in 2006 and received her Ph.D. in theology from the University of Notre Dame in spring 2007. Her primary research interests are virtue ethics, bioethics, and the history of moral thought.

Dr. Cochran is the author of articles in several journals, including Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Heythrop Journal, and Theology Today. Her book manuscript The Human Virtues of Jonathan Edwards is under contract with Penn State University Press. She is currently developing a second book-length manuscript on the interplay between Stoic philosophy and contemporary Christian virtue ethics.

Dr. Cochran is pursuing ordination as a deacon in the United Methodist Church. She was commissioned as a provisional member of the Western Pennsylvania Conference in June 2009.

Select publications: 

The Human Virtues of Jonathan Edwards (provisional title): under contract with Penn State University Press.

“The Imago Dei and Human Perfection: The Significance of Christology for Gregory of Nyssa’s Understanding of the Human Person,” Heythrop Journal 50 (2009): 402-415.

“Christian Perfection and Moral Reasoning: A Wesleyan Challenge to Dilemmas in Bioethics,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 44 2009).

“Jesus Christ and the Cardinal Virtues: A Response to Monika Hellwig,” Theology Today 65 (2008): 81-94.

“Creaturely Virtues in Jonathan Edwards: The Significance of Christology for the Moral Life,” Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics 27 (2007): 73-96.

 “’At the Same Time Blessed and Lame:’ Ontology, Christology, and Violence in Augustine and John Milbank,” Journal for Christian Theological Research 11 (2006): 51-72. 

“'The Full Imago Dei:' The Implications of Wesleyan Scriptural Holiness for Questions of Suffering and Disability,” Journal of Religion, Disability, and Health 9 (2005): 21-46.


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A Non-Logocentric Logos? Placing Origen within the Debate Regarding Logocentrism)

April 22, 9am-4pm: Symposium on Biblical Reception History [details]

Recent Events

SYMBOLON: Fall 2009 [pdf]

Doctoral Colloquium, 7 Oct, 5pm (Dr. Gregory Baum, McGill University: "Dialogue Between Believers and Secular Thinkers") [pdf]

Annual Holy Spirit Lecture: 12 June, 2009 [details]

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Recent and Upcoming Defenses [details].

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Biannual Theology-Philosophy Research Seminar [details]


Exegesis and Doctrine in Early Christianity

Symposium on Biblical Reception History [details]

Theological Explorations: online journal