Michael J. Buckley Explained

Honorific Prefix:	The Reverend
Michael J. Buckley
Honorific Suffix:	SJ
Birth Name:	Michael Joseph Buckley
Birth Date:	12 October 1931
Death Place:	Los Gatos, California, US
Module:	Child: yes Church: Latin Church Ordained: 1962
Module2:	Child: yes Doctoral Advisor: Richard McKeon Discipline: Theology Sub Discipline: Philosophical theology

Michael Joseph Buckley (October 12, 1931 – July 25, 2019) was an American Jesuit priest and philosophical theologian. He was the Bea Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University.^[1] He also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Buckley was born on October 12, 1931, in San Francisco, California,^[2] the son of Eleanor (née Fletcher) and colonel Michael Buckley Jr. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory.

He studied philosophy at Gonzaga University, receiving a BA and MA. He graduated from Santa Clara University with a Master of Sacred Theology and received a PhD in 1967 from the University of Chicago, studying under Richard McKeon.^{[3] [4]} He received two honorary doctorates.^[3] He died on July 25, 2019, in Los Gatos, California.^[2]

Publications

• Motion and Motion's God: Thematic Variations in Aristotle, Cicero, Newton and Hegel (Princeton, 1971).
• At the Origins of Modern Atheism (Yale, 1987).
• Papal Primacy and the Episcopate: Towards a Relational Understanding (Herder, 1998).
• The Catholic University as Promise and Project (Georgetown, 1998).
• Denying and Disclosing God: The Ambiguous Progress of Modern Atheism (Yale, 2000).
• What Do You Seek? The Questions of Jesus as Challenge and Promise (Eerdmans, 2016).

Activities

• President, Catholic Theological Society of America, 1991–1992^[5]
• Advisory Committee, Princeton Center of Theological Inquiry, 1999–2000
• Chair, Jesuit International Theological Commission
• Executive Director, Committees on Doctrine and Pastoral Research and Practices at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
• Consultant Board Member, Herder/Crossroad Press
• Member, Clare Hall, Cambridge University

Notes and References

1. Web site: Santa Clara University - College of Arts and Sciences - Religious Studies - Faculty and Staff -Michael Buckley, S.J. . www.scu.edu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100712064352/http://www.scu.edu/cas/religiousstudies/facultystaff/Regular/buckley/ . 2010-07-12.
2. News: Keane . James T. . July 29, 2019 . Remembering Michael Buckley, S.J. . America . October 14, 2019.
3. Web site: Michael J. Buckley, S.J. . Santa Clara, California . Santa Clara University . https://web.archive.org/web/20100712064352/http://www.scu.edu/cas/religiousstudies/facultystaff/Regular/buckley/ . July 12, 2010 . October 14, 2019.
4. Moreland. Anna Bonta. Kaplan. Grant. A Tribute to Michael Buckley, SJ, 1931-2019: Teacher, Mentor, and Friend. . 23. 1. 2020. 19. 10.1353/log.2020.0000. 214182448.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2021-03-09 . 2017-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171110064148/http://www.ctsa-online.org/pdf_doc_files/OFFICERS_OF_THE_SOCIETY.pdf . dead.