Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-2025

Abstract

My interest in American Marian piety and theology in the United States began through stumbling upon some online resources over ten years ago when I was doing my Ph.D. For some light relief from my doctoral project, I began spending my spare time reading the work of various American Franciscan theologians, particularly Father Peter Damian Fehlner, O.F.M. Conv. (1931-2018). Mariologies like Fehlner’s were a world apart from my own scholarly formation in English academia and were thus a breath of fresh air, albeit sometimes a little intoxicating as well.

Keywords

Marian Library, International Marian Research Institute, Mariology, Peter Damian Fehlner OFM Conv

Comments

Jacob Phillips is a professor of systematic theology at St. Mary’s University in Twickenham, England, and the recipient of the 2025 Marian Visiting Scholar Fellowship.

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