Dennis P. Bray, PhD
Christian Theologian
I'm a theologian who integrates biblical and systematic theology, philosophy, history, and the empirical sciences.
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I am assistant professor of theology at Taylor University, and have taught historical, philosophical, and systematic theology, and philosophy at Biola University and the University of St Andrews.
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Research Interests
Hugh of St. Victor advises: "Learn everything: you will find that nothing is superfluous." Taking Hugh's advice to heart, I have determined to give my mind and strength to studying the most good and most lovely parts of the world.
My research interests lie at the intersection of theology, history, and philosophy. My current focus is on theological aesthetics and philosophy of art. My theological aesthetics work is on art and its ability help people open to divine self-revelation. Alongside this research trajectory, I have a general introduction to aesthetics, What is Beauty?An Introduction to Art and Aesthetics.
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Publications
What is Beauty?: An Introduction to Art and Aesthetics, Contours of Christian Philosophy, IVP (2026)
‘Nichil Melius, Nichil Perfectius Caritate: Richard of St. Victor's Argument for the Necessity of the Trinity’, Brepols (2025)
'Mysterian Social Trinitarianism: Responding to Charges of Projection, Anthropomorphism, and Apophasis', Verbum Vitae, (2023)
‘Bonaventure’s I Sentence Argument for the Trinity from Beatitude’, The American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 95, n. 4 (2021)
Gregory Of Nazianzus’ Trinitarian Argument in Oration 23’, TheoLogica vol. 4, n. 2 (2020)