Dr
David
Kennedy
Academic biography
David Kennedy (BA, MA, Ph.D, SFHEA), Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Education, joined the School of Human Development, Institute of Education, Dublin City University in 2019. David is also a teaching and research associate at the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Prior to join DCU, from 2013-2015, he was a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick where he worked as a researcher and departmental assistant teaching in systematic, biblical and sacramental theology. From 2015-2019, David was lead researcher for national bodies in Catholic education, namely: the Catholic Schools Partnership (CSP - now known as the Catholic Education Partnership [CEP]); the Association of Trustees of Catholic Schools (ATCS - now know as the Association of Patrons and Trustees of Catholic Schools [APTCS]); the Catholic Primary School Management Association (CPSMA); and the Irish Episcopal Conference (IECON). From 2016-2019, he lectured and supervised research on the Professional Masters in Education (Primary) programme and the Certificate in
Research interests
- Philosophy:
Philosophical/Phenomenological Hermeneutics – particularly, the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur; French Phenomenology – particularly, the work of Jean-Luc Marion and Paul Ricoeur; Philosophy of Education – particularly, the hermeneutics of education, the relationship between theology and philosophy in the meta-concepts of education in a post-secular age, the role and function of religions, beliefs, values, and worldviews in education; critiques of positivist educational paradigms; existentialist approaches to education;
- Philosophical/Systematic Theology:
Sacramental/Liturgical Theology – particularly, pre/post-conciliar theologies of the Eucharist; the liturgical movement and 20th Century liturgical reform, the refinement and modification of Dom Odo Casel’s mystical theology in the work of Louis Bouyer and Edward Schillebeeckx, and the sacramental theology of Louis-Marie Chauvet; Systematic/Philosophical Theology – particularly, the reception and responses to Heideggerian phenomenology/existentialism in the work of Jean-Luc Marion and Karl Rahner; philosophical/phenomenological hermeneutics and contemporary theology; faith and reason in human enquiry; the question of religious truth.