Matthew Beckmann

Dr Matthew Beckmann

Sessional Lecturer in Church History

PhD (University of Leeds), MA (St Bonaventure University), LLB, BTh

Contact Details

✉️ mbeckmann@franciscans.org.au

Profile

Matthew Beckmann is a Franciscan friar who teaches in the areas of Systematic Theology and Church History.  His interests lie in the interplay of those two disciplines, how historical events shape theology and how theology, in turn, drive history.  He is a medievalist by training but also works with the theological ideas about salvation and redemption, the theology and history of the Franciscan Order and how theological ideas are disseminated and diffused.

He has worked for many years in the area of Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and is part of the University’s Religion and Social Policy Network.

Publications

2022 A First Lecturer for the Cistercians?

2021 The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold and His Legacies in Colonial Melbourne

2020 A Little Portion of Benedictine Hospitality

2020 Bonaventure and Alexander: Friend or Foe

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