Dr. Maria Fedoryka

Dr. Maria Fedoryka is associate professor of philosophy at Ave Maria University in Florida, and an Associated Scholar with the Hildebrand Project. She lectures and publishes in both academic and popular fora in the field of the philosophy of love, examining issues spanning from the centrality of love in the being of God, to its role at the center of creation, to its meaning for marriage, family, sexuality, and gender. Her research also includes questions related to human affectivity, as well as issues in the philosophy of psychology related to the development of the human person. Among her popular publications are “Gender: What is it and Why Does It Matter?” in the Homiletic and Pastoral Review, and a booklet published by the CTS in the UK titled The Gift of Woman. Among her academic publications are “‘God is Love’”: Personal Plurality as the Completion of Aristotle’s Notion of Substance and Love as the Absolute Ground of the Divine Being” (Proceedings of the ACPA), and “Human Sexuality: Battle for the Human Soul” in Clerical Sexual Misconduct: Challenges and Theological Considerations (ed. Jane Adolphe).