Anna Bonta MorelandÌýis an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Villanova University and the Anne Quinn Welsh Endowed Director of the University Honors Program. She received her B.A. in Philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Boston College.Ìý
Anna Bonta Moreland’s areas of research include faith and reason, medieval theology with an emphasis on Thomas Aquinas, the theology of religious pluralism, and comparative theology, especially between Christianity and Islam.ÌýÌýShe has writtenÌýKnown by Nature: Thomas Aquinas on Natural Knowledge of GodÌý(Herder & Herder, 2010), and editedÌýNew Voices in Catholic TheologyÌý(Herder & Herder, 2012), and has just publishedÌýMuhammad Reconsidered: A Christian Perspective on Islamic ProphecyÌý(Notre Dame Press, 2020).ÌýÌýDr. Moreland completed this work as the MyserÌýFellow at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Ethics and Culture during AY 2016-2018.ÌýHer current book projects include a co-written manuscript with Dr. Thomas Smith,ÌýThe College Guide to Adulting: How to Major in Life,Ìýand a manuscript on method in comparative theology.