Aristotle Papanikolaou

After graduating from Stagg, Aristotle Papanikolaou earned his bachelor of Arts in Theology from Fordham University, Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and a PhD in Theology from the University of Chicago. He was then appointed to the theology faculty at Fordham University in 2000 and co-founded the school's Orthodox Christian Studies program in 2007. He was installed as the inaugural holder of the Archbischop Demetrios Chair in Orthodox Theology and Culture at Fordham Universtiiy. This was the first university-endowed chair dedicated to Orthodox Christianity in North America. His current research is focused on "truth telling" (confession) and how it can illuminate our understanding of identity, sin, virtue, the communication of grace, a relational understanding of person-hood, and the Orthodox notion of thesis.