Dr. Jared Ortiz
Lavern '39 and Betty DePree '41 Van Kley Professor of Religion, Department ChairJared Ortiz joined Hope College in 2012. He teaches Catholic theology in the Department of Religion and is founder and executive director of the , the Catholic spiritual and intellectual center that serves Hope College.
Dr. Ortiz teaches courses on the mysteries of Christianity, church history, Catholicism, the theology of the human person and early Christianity. He recently co-authored a commentary on the Nicene Creed and is researching Augustineɫəs City of God.
Areas of expertise
Dr. Ortiz specializes in early Christian theology, especially St. Augustine. He has scholarly interests in liturgy, Patristic theology and disability.
Education
- Ph.D., historical theology, The Catholic University of America, 2012
- M.A., historical and systematic theology, The Catholic University of America, 2009
- M.A., liberal arts, St. Johnɫəs College, 2005
- B.A., fundamentals: issues and texts, University of Chicago, 2000
Honors, grants and awards
- Jacob E. Nyenhuis Individual Faculty Research Grant for ɫɜCommentary on the Nicene Creed,ɫɝ Hope College, 2021
- Commencement Speaker, selected by Hope College graduating class, 2020 (address delivered May 2021)
- Hope Outstanding Professor Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award, selected by the Hope College graduating class, 2020
- Jacob E. Nyenhuis Student/Faculty Collaborative Research Grant for ɫɜSex in the City of God,ɫɝ a faculty-student collaborative project Hope College, 2020
Selected publications
- , co-authored with Daniel Keating, Baker Academic (forthcoming April 2024)
- , editor, Lexington Press/Fortress Academic, 2021
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ in Evil and Creation: Historical and Constructive Essays in Christian Dogmatics, edited by George Kalantzis, Matthew Levering and David Luy, Lexham Press, 2020
- , editor, The Catholic University of America Press, 2019
- , Fortress Press, 2016
- ɫɜCreation in the Confessionsɫɝ in , 2016
- ɫɜDeification in the Latin Fathers,ɫɝ in , edited by Fr. David Meconi, S.J. and Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Press, 2016
- ɫɜThe Deep Grammar of Augustineɫəs Conversion,ɫɝ in Studia Patristica vol. 70, 2013
Popular Articles
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ&Բ;Catholic World Report, May 29, 2021 (slightly revised Hope College Commencement address)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ&Բ;Catholic World Report, February 6, 2021 (on the spiritual value of reading the Confessions and tips for approaching it)
- ɫɜɫɝ&Բ;Catholic World Report, January 25, 2021 (on eight good translations of the Confessions)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ&Բ;Catholic World Report, February 18, 2020 (on Augustineɫəs rich and integral understanding of worship)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ&Բ;Catholic World Report, November 25, 2019 (on Augustineɫəs reconceiving rape and reshaping the values of Christian Roman society)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ Catholic World Report, September 29, 2019 (on Augustineɫəs arguments against suicide)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ Catholic World Report, August 25, 2019 (on sexual confusion, the coercion of conscience, and how Augustine teaches us to respond)
- ɫɜ,ɫɝ Catholic World Report, August 5, 2019 (on Augustineɫəs view of sex)
Outside the College
Jared is a member of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Holland. He is married to Rhonda Ortiz, a novelist, and has six children, Benedict, Miriam, Joseph, Leo, Magdalene and Matthias.
616.395.7756
jjortiz@hope.eduLubbers Hall Room 107 126 East 10th Street Holland, MI 49423-3516