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FAITH ON CAMPUS

Shaping Young Lives on a Catholic College Campus

Fr. Thomas More Barba

Chaplain & Rector

University of Dallas

Jonathan Sanford

Provost

University of Dallas

Fr. Thomas More Barba

Chaplain & Rector

The oldest of three sons, Fr. Thomas More Barba, O.P., first began discerning a call to the priesthood when he was about 8 years old. He was drawn to be a priest by God's grace working through the religious, prayerful life instilled in him by his parents and his family’s weekly participation at Mass at his parish in El Paso, Texas. While pursuing a double major in Theology and Philosophy at the University of Dallas, he worked in the Office of Campus Ministry and was assigned as an intern to a Dominican friar who introduced him to Dominican life. He was drawn to the Dominicans by their joy, life in common, integration of study, and the black and white habit. Fr. Thomas More professed his first vows in 2011, solemn vows in 2015, and ordained to the priesthood in June 2017. He is overjoyed that his first assignment as a priest is the chaplain at his beloved alma mater.

Jonathan Sanford

Provost

Before joining the University of Dallas, Sanford served as associate vice president for academic affairs at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he also became the founding director of the Franciscan University Press. He earned his honors Bachelor of Arts in classical languages and philosophy from Xavier University and his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York.

Sanford has served on and chaired a number of university committees, and his commitment to the Catholic intellectual tradition has been evident throughout his decades-long career in higher education. He has been extensively published and cited for his expertise on topics centered around ethics, virtue theory, metaphysics, and ancient and medieval philosophers such as Aristotle and Aquinas.

Areas of Expertise

Ethics, Catholic Higher Education, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Metaphysics, Virtue Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Early Phenomenology

Education

Ph.D., University of Buffalo, State University of New York, 2001

H.A.B. (Honors B.A.), Xavier University, Summa Cum Laude, 1997

Recent Courses

Graduate:

Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues
Contemporary Virtue Ethics
Emotion and Judgment
Modern Political Philosophy
Nietzsche and the Greeks
Texts of Plato.
Texts of Aquinas
Texts of Aristotle

Undergraduate:

Thomas Aquinas
Medieval Philosophy
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Foundations of Ethics
Metaphysics
Philosophy of the Human Person

Selected Publications

Books

Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics (Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, June 2015).
Before Virtue: Assessing Contemporary Virtue Ethics, interview
Spider-Man and Philosophy: The Web of Inquiry, editor (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2012).
Categories: Historical and Systematic Essays, co-edited with Michael Gorman, (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004).

Journals

Neo-Platonism and Its Legacy, co-edited with Sarah Wear, Volume 2, Issues 1 & 2 of Quaestiones Disputatae, Spring-Fall 2011.

Selected Articles and Book Chapters

“Newman and the Virtue of Philosophy,” Expositions, 9 (2015): 41-55.
“Nature and the Common Good: Aristotle and Maritain on the Environment,” in On Earth as it is in Heaven: Cultivating a Contemporary Theology of Creation, edited by David Meconi, S.J., and Christopher Thompson (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., forthcoming 2015).
“Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Christian Elevation of Pagan Friendship,” in Love and Friendship, edited by Montague Brown (Washington, DC: The American Maritain Association Press, 2013).
“Greatness of Soul (megalopsychia),” in New Catholic Encyclopedia Supplement 2012-13: Ethics and Philosophy, edited by Robert Fastiggi and Joseph Koterski, SJ. The Catholic University of America Press and Cengage Learning, 2013.
“On Vice and Free Choice,” in The Problem of Evil: Enduring Themes and Pressing Questions, edited by James G. Hanink (Washington, DC: The American Maritain Association Press, 2013).
“Are You Man Enough? Aristotle and Courage,” International Philosophical Quarterly 50 (2010): 431-445.
"Aristotle’s Divided Mind: Some Thoughts on Intellectual Virtue and Aristotle’s Occasional Dualism,”Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, Vol. 80 (2007): 77-90.
“Scheler vs. Scheler: The Case for a Better Ontology of the Person,” American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, vol. 79: 1 (2005): 145-161.
“Christ’s Choice: Could It Have Been Different?” in Gibson’s Passion and Philosophy, Jorge J. E. Gracia (ed.) (LaSalle, IL: Open Court, 2004).
“Anselm: Ratio quaerens beatitudinem,” with Jorge J. E. Gracia, in Rationality and Happiness: From the Ancients to the Early Latin Medievals, Jiyuan Yu and Jorge J. E. Gracia (eds.) (Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2003).
“Affective Insight: Scheler on Feeling and Values,” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 76, (2002).

The Office of Campus Ministry at the University of Dallas seeks and trusts in the Wisdom and power of the Spirit of God, who, through the humanity and divinity of Jesus Christ, calls us to become a community of faith. As a Eucharist-centered community, the ministry strives for spiritual, intellectual, and moral development of all its members, to work for justice and peace while preparing students as effective leaders in church and society. In the spirit of true ecumenism, Campus Ministry welcome students of all faith traditions to participate as fully as possible in all prayer and programming, knowing all have much to learn from each other.

Campus Ministry also offers a variety of activities and other ways for students to get involved in the University of Dallas community. From a lecture/discussion series to Bible Studies to volunteer opportunities throughout the university and Dallas area communities, there is something for everyone. There is more information regarding Campus Ministry activities at UD at the Programs page.