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Peter Joseph Casarella

Professor of Theology
Divinity School
056 Langford, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


Peter Casarella has been a Professor at Duke Divinity School since 2020. Before Duke, he taught at Notre Dame and was the founding director of DePaul’s Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology. He has published a monograph, Word as Bread: Language and Theology in Nicholas of Cusa, and co-edited the following collections: Cuerpo de Cristo: The Hispanic Presence in the U.S. Catholic Church, Finding Beauty in the Other: Theological Reflections Across Religious Traditions, The Whole is Greater than its Parts: Ecumenism and Inter-religious Encounters in the Age of Pope Francis, and Pope Francis and The Search for God in América: The Significance of His Early Visits to the Americas.  His current project is a multi-volume work: The God of the People: A Latinx Theology and The Spirit of the People: A Latinx Ecumenical Theology.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of Theology · 2020 - Present Divinity School

In the News


Published May 8, 2025
The Significance of selecting a pope from the United States
Published April 29, 2025
Pope Francis was a servant leader focused on the suffering of the people of God
Published April 26, 2025
Pope Francis death: What's next for the Catholic Church?

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Recent Publications


Thinking the Unknowable The Essential Louis Dupré

Book · November 15, 2024 The Essential Louis Dupré Louis Dupré Peter J. Casarella. PREFACE. Peter J. Casarella A few years ago, I visited Louis ... reader of Dupré today will be viewing his achievement from a different vantage than the one that I had at Yale ... ... Cite
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Recent Grants


Sabbatical Grant- P Casarella The Spirit of the People: A Latinx, Ecumenical Pneumatology

Institutional SupportPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Louisville Institute · 2022 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications


Yale University · 1992 Ph.D.