Dr Jan Bentz
Lector
Dr Bentz was born and raised in Germany and graduated high school in St Louis, Missouri, where he attended as a foreign exchange student. Dr Bentz holds a doctorate in Philosophy from the Roman Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, a Masters in Sacred Art, Architecture, and Liturgy and a Masters in Church, Ecumenism, and Religious Studies. His dissertation was published in German on Gustav Siewerth (1903-1963) and his work on Thomas Aquinas and G.W.F. Hegel. His fields of expertise include Metaphysics, History of Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Thomism, and Philosophy of Art.
Dr Bentz lectures at Blackfriars’ Studium on History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Philosophy of History. He taught Philosophy of Art (Aesthetics) for The Catholic University of America, Rome Campus, History of Medieval Philosophy at Christendom College, Rome Campus, and Apologetics for IES Study Abroad also in Rome.
Dr Bentz’s journalistic career included the production of weekly TV coverage in German and English for EWTN Global; interviews and commentary for Catholic News Agency, Inside the Vatican; and for The Catholic Herald in English and Jüdische Rundschau in German. Dr Bentz has also worked as a freelance docent tour guide in Rome and the Vatican for over six years.
Select Publications: Das Sein und die Geschichte des Seins bei Gustav Siewerth, Patrimonium Verlag, Aachen 2019, Paradise Contested – A Plagiarized Genesis is the source for a secular Utopia, in: Touchstone Magazine, vol. 35.1 (Jan/Feb 2022), “Campus Martius” lecture Authority and its Enemies: from Neo-Marxism to the Great Reset, 2021 (YouTube), Einer der Nicht nach Utopia wollte – Thomas Molnar zum Gedächtnis, (Patrimonium Verlag, Aachen 2022).
Email: jan.bentz@english.op.org