Amerigo Barzaghi, Ph.D.
Division of Humanities
Theology
Education
- Ph.D. in Philosophy, Northwestern Italian Philosophy Consortium – University of Genoa
- Ph.D. The Plural Society (interdisciplinary doctorate), CEU Cardenal Herrera University (Valencia) and Studium Generale Marcianum (Venice)
- M.A. in Theology – Fundamental Theology, Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, Milan
- M.A. in Philosophical Sciences, Ca' Foscari University, Venice
- M.S. in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Milan
- B.A. in Theology, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome
- B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Milan
Research Interests
- Philosophy of Religion
- Metaphysics
- Fundamental Theology
- Science and Theology
Publications and Media Placements
Books
Nichilismo e morte di Dio. Prospettive filosofiche e teologiche (with P. Bettineschi), Tab Edizioni, Roma 2024.
Papers
"Blaise Pascal and the Theology of Nature", in Theology and Science 24 (2026) 56-68.
"How Not to Turn Water into Wine: John Wippel's Thomistic Appraisal of the Possibility
of a Christian Philosophy", in 'Ilu. Revista de ciencias de las religions 30 (2025).
"La svolta antropologica. Pascal nella teologia del Novecento", in Rivista di Filosofia
Neo-Scolastica CXVI:1 (2024) 35-47.
"A Plea to Thomists: Will the Real Darwinian Please Stand Up? On Some Recent Defenses
of the Fifth Way", in Religions 15: 736 (2024).
"Grounding Intelligibility, Safeguarding Mystery: A Neoclassical Reading of Ernan
McMullin's Legacy", in Religions 15: 625 (2024).
"Beyond Nature? The Uncertain Foundations of Some Classic Natural Theological Arguments
in Science and Religion", in M. Fuller, D. Evers, A. Runehov, K.-W. Sæther (eds.),
"Studies in Science and Theology", Biennial Yearbook of the European Society for the
Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), vol. 17 (2019-2020), University Halle-Wittenberg,
Halle (Saale) 2020, 3-17.
"Percorsi di rigorizzazione della teologia naturale nella filosofia neoclassica milanese",
in "Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scolastica" CX:4 (2018) 827-848.
"On the Burden and the Promise of Being Human: Ernan McMullin and Human Uniqueness", in D. Evers, M. Fuller, A. Runehov, K.-W. Sæther (eds.), "Are We Special? Science
and Theology Questioning Human Uniqueness", "Studies in Science and Theology", Biennial
Yearbook of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), vol.
16 (2017-2018), University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale) 2018, 117-126.
"Quanto è fondamentale la 'domanda metafisica fondamentale'?", in “La Filosofia Futura”
9 (2017) 15-27.
"Stephen Jay Gould and Karl Popper on Science and Religion" (with J. Corcó), in "Scientia et Fides" 4:2 (2016) 417-436.
"Ernan McMullin's Thought on Science and Theology: An Appreciation" (with J. Corcó), in "Open Theology" 1 (2015) 512-523.
Book Chapters
La pregunta por el sentido (with J.P. Romero Muñoz), in M. Iglesias Badiola, P. Giménez Armentia, B. González
Gálvez (eds.), Conversaciones inter-ciencias. Biomedicina y humanidades: la integración del saber
para una educación centrada en la persona, Comares, Granada 2025, 61-74.
Meditazioni cristiane di un filosofo neoclassico. Note su ragione e fede in Carmelo
Vigna, in P. Bettineschi, R. Fanciullacci, S. Zanardo (eds.), Essere in relazione. Scritti in onore di Carmelo Vigna, Orthotes, Napoli-Salerno 2022, 11-23.
Il cinturino bianco e blu. Appunti di filosofia della religione a partire da un saggio
di Angelo Campodonico, in S. Langella, M.S. Vaccarezza, M. Croce (eds.), Virtù, legge e fioritura umana. Saggi in onore di Angelo Campodonico, Mimesis, Milano-Udine 2022, 251-264.
Introductory Essays
"Explorando las fronteras de la filosofía de la religión" (with S. Santasilia), in
‘Ilu. Revista de ciencias de las religiones 30 (2025).
"Filósofos cristianos ante el misterio del mal" (with J. Vilarroig), in Cauriensia.
Revista anual de Ciencias Eclesiásticas vol. XVIII (2023) 489-506.
Edited
"Explorando las fronteras de la filosofía de la religión" (with S. Santasilia), in
'Ilu. Revista de ciencias de las religiones 30 (2025).
"El mal" (coedited with J. Vilarroig), in Cauriensia. Revista anual de Ciencias Eclesiásticas
vol. XVIII (2023) 489-708.