Dr. Mark Zia

Dr. Mark J. Zia is a Professor of Sacred Theology at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where he has taught since 2005. He earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, dissertating on the doctrine of biblical inspiration. Dr. Zia regularly teaches classes in biblical theology, including courses on the Pentateuch, Synoptic Gospels, Gospel of John, and Biblical Hermeneutics. He is also actively involved in the academic formation of candidates for the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, and beyond.

Before coming to Benedictine, he taught theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Austrian campus and then at Ave Maria College in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Dr. Zia is a Senior Fellow of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and a perpetual member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. He has published several articles and three books, and is currently working on a fourth. Of particular interest is his book on Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, The Enduring Faith and Timeless Truths of Fulton Sheen, given the current preparations in the USA for Sheen’s Beatification.

DEGREES

1997, B.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio
1998, M.A., Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio
2001, S.T.L.,  International Theological Institute for Studies in Marriage and Family, Gaming, Austria
2005, S.T.D.,  Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy

CLASSES

TH 101  Introduction to Theology
TH 210  Old Testament I: Pentateuch
TH 240  New Testament I: Synoptic Gospels      
TH 315  Old Testament II: Wisdom Literature
TH 320  Sacraments and Liturgy
TH 330  Christian Marriage
TH 345  Theology of Vatican II
TH 398  Old Testament III: The Prophets
TH 398  The Gospel of John (Spring, 2011)
TH 400  Great Catholic Thinkers: John Paul II
TH 450  Senior Seminar:  Biblical Hermeneutics
TH 450  Senior Seminar:  The Role of Judaism in Salvation History
TH 450  Senior Seminar:  John Paul’s Theology of the Body
TH 499  Humanae Vitae

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biblical theology; biblical inspiration and inerrancy.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

“The Doctrine of Biblical Inspiration in Contemporary Anglo-American Scholarship” (diss.)  published in Rome, Italy, December, 2005.

“Marriage as a Specific Vocation to Holiness”  Homiletic and Pastoral Review, July, 2006.

“The Second Vatican Council and the Inerrancy of Scripture” Faith and Reason, Summer, 2006

“The ABCs of Biblical Inerrancy” Homiletic and Pastoral Review, March, 2007.

“Words to Live By:  The Pontificate of John Paul II and the Knights of Columbus” Columbia Magazine, April, 2007.

“What They Are Saying About Biblical Inspiration,” Paulist Press, available in early Spring, 2011.