Dr. Mark Goodwin taught in the Theology Department at the University of Dallas since 1993. He taught for one year on the Rome Campus, and has served as Chair of the Department of Theology, Interim Dean of the School of Ministry, and the Faculty Senate. Dr. Goodwin organized the outstanding Nostra Aetate event in 2015-16. His research interests in scripture are wide-ranging, but are presently focused on the Gospels and Paul’s letters, interpreted according to the principles of Catholic Biblical Interpretation. Further, research interests also include the Church’s reception of the Gospels and the Pauline letters in its life, thought, and practice. He retired in 2025.
EDUCATION
PhD, Yale University
M.A., Philosophy, Yale University
M.A., Religion, Yale University
B.A., John Hopkins University
BOOKS
Paul and Participation in Christ: The Patristic Witness. Lanhany, MD: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic 2020.
Paul, Apostle of the Living God: Kerygma and Conversion in 2 Corinthians. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2001.Articles:
ARTICLES
“Thessalonians 1:1: Participation in the Living God,” God in Paul’s Letters (Washington DC: CBQ Imprints, 2023), 91-111.