VAN NIEUWENHOVE, Rik 1967-

PERSONAL:

Born October 26, 1967, in Geraardsbergen, Flanders, Belgium; son of Fernand and Erika Van Nieuwenhove; married Rose Cunningham (a nurse), October, 1996; children: Anna, Muireann. Ethnicity:"White." Education: Attended Trinity College, Dublin, and Universities of Ghent and Louvain. Religion: Roman Catholic.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Bellina-Killaloe, County Tipperary, Ireland. Office—Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. E-mail—rik.nieuwenhove@mic.ul.ie.

CAREER:

University of Limerick, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland, lecturer in theology, 1999—.

MEMBER:

American Academy of Religion.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Scholarship from Government of Ireland, 1998-99.

WRITINGS:

Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN), 2003.

(Editor, with J. Wawrykow) The Theology of Thomas Aquinas, University of Notre Dame Press (Notre Dame, IN), 2005.

SIDELIGHTS:

Rik Van Nieuwenhove told CA: "I love my subject, and I firmly believe that traditional resources (patristic and medieval) of Christian theology and spirituality are increasingly relevant in the twenty-first century."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Choice, November, 2003, review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, p. 559.

Journal of Ecclesiastical History, October, 2004, Guido de Baere, review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, p. 774.

Religious Studies Review, April-July, 2004, review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, pp. 211-212.

Theological Studies, December, 2004, Brian D. Robinette, review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, p. 897.

Theology Today, July, 2004, review of Jan van Ruusbroec, Mystical Theologian of the Trinity, pp. 276-280.