A Benedictine monk of Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, Fr. Nickolas Becker is assistant professor of theology and teaches in both the undergraduate theology department of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University as well as the graduate School of Theology and Seminary. He earned a license and doctorate in Sacred Theology from Rome’s Alphonsian Academy, a school of the Pontifical Lateran University. Currently, he is working on pieces on conscience and virtue in the thought of John Henry Newman, as well as the moral theology of Dorothy Day.
Publications
Dissertation
“Waiting for Saint Benedict: A Comparative Analysis of Newman and Hauerwas on Virtue Ethics”.
Presentations
Annual Fall Conference, Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame, “Conscience and Virtue in the Thought of John Henry Newman,” 10 November 2017.
Special Committees/Organizations
Society of Christian Ethics
Education
B.A., University of Notre Dame
M.A., Saint Meinrad Seminary
M.Div., Saint Meinrad Seminary
Ph.D., Pontifical Lateran University
