Michael_J._Buckley
Michael J. Buckley
American Jesuit priest and theologian (1931–2019)
Michael Joseph Buckley SJ (October 12, 1931 – July 25, 2019) was an American Jesuit priest and philosophical theologian. He was the Bea Professor of Theology at Santa Clara University.[1] He also served as president of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
Buckley was born on October 12, 1931, in San Francisco, California,[2] the son of Eleanor (née Fletcher) and colonel Michael Buckley Jr. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory.
He studied philosophy at Gonzaga University, receiving a BA and MA. He graduated from Santa Clara University with a Master of Sacred Theology and received a PhD in 1967 from the University of Chicago, studying under Richard McKeon.[3][4] He received two honorary doctorates.[3] He died on July 25, 2019, in Los Gatos, California.[2]