Dr
David
Kennedy
Academic biography
David Kennedy (BA, MA, PhD, SFHEA) is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Education in the School of Human Development, DCU Institute of Education, where he has served since 2019. He is 'Teaching and Research Associate' at the DCU, Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education and an 'Affiliated Researcher' with DCU, Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education (CREATE).
Prior to his appointment at DCU, David was a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at Mary Immaculate College (2013–2015), where he taught in systematic, biblical, and sacramental theology and worked as a departmental researcher. From 2015 to 2019, he served as lead researcher to several national bodies in Catholic education, including the Catholic Schools Partnership (now the Catholic Education Partnership), the Association of Trustees of Catholic Schools (now the Association of Patrons and Trustees of Catholic Schools), the Catholic Primary School Management Association, and the Irish Episcopal Conference. During this period, he also lectured and supervised research on the Professional Master of Education (Primary) and the Certificate in Catholic Religious Studies at Hibernia College, and lectured part-time on the Bachelor of Religious Education (Post-Primary) programme at Dublin City University.
Between 2015 and 2019, David was appointed Lead Coordinator and Resource Writer for
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.
- Systematic/Philosophical Theology:
The theological reception and response to Heideggerian phenomenology/existentialism, particularly in the work of Jean-Luc Marion and Karl Rahner; the theological (re)turn in French phenomenology; philosophical/phenomenological hermeneutics and contemporary theology; the relationship between faith and reason in human enquiry; religious truth; 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