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Professor of Religion, Department Chair
Jared Ortiz joined Hope College in 2012. He teaches Catholic theology in the Department of Religion and is founder and executive director of the Saint Benedict Institute, 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 Augustine’s City of God.
Dr. Ortiz specializes in early Christian theology, especially St. Augustine. He has scholarly interests in liturgy, Patristic theology and disability.
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. John’s College, 2005
B.A., fundamentals: issues and texts, University of Chicago, 2000
