Biography:Aaron Riches

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Short description: 21st-century Canadian theologian and musician
Aaron Riches
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisSequela Christi (2010)
Doctoral advisorJohn Milbank[1]
InfluencesKaren Kilby[2]
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-discipline
Musical career
GenresRock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Associated acts
  • Left Hand Red
  • Curtsy
  • Fiddle Footed
  • Burn 51
  • Minnow
  • Royal City All-Stars

D. Aaron Riches (born 1974) is a Canadian theologian at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. He was previously a theologian for the Seminario Mayor San Cecilio in Granada, Spain, and joint faculty member of the International Academy of Philosophy-Instituto de Filosofía "Edith Stein" and the Instituto de Teología "Lumen Gentium".[3] He is widely published in the fields of systematic theology and Christology.[4] His recent book, Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ, questions the tendency to distinguish between the human and divine natures of Christ to such a degree as to oppose them.[5]

Prior to his academic career, Riches was a Canadian singer-songwriter.[6] He was in the bands Left Hand Red, Curtsy, Fiddle Footed, Burn 51 and Minnow. Afterwards, he released two solo albums and toured with the Royal City All-Stars, which eventually became the band Royal City, which has also since disbanded.[7]

Riches is originally from Guelph, Ontario, and is the subject of the Robert Munsch children's book Aaron's Hair.[8]

Riches has five children with wife Melissa. Melissa was the daughter of a Protestant minister working for an NGO in New York City.[9]

Works

Discography

  • Over the Light Post (1995)
  • Rain (1997)

In Royal City

  • At Rush Hour the Cars (2001)
  • Alone at the Microphone (2002)
  • Little Heart's Ease (2004)
  • Royal City (2009)

References

  1. "Dr. D. Aaron Riches". Granada, Spain: Institute of Philosophy "Edith Stein". http://www.institutoifes.es/index.php/en/start/13-profesorado/610-aaron-riches-en. 
  2. Riches, Aaron (2016). Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.. p. xix. ISBN 978-0-8028-7231-9. 
  3. "Aaron Riches | Authors | Communio". https://www.communio-icr.com/authors/view/aaron-riches. 
  4. "Five Questions with Aaron Riches". 27 July 2016. https://eerdword.com/2016/07/27/five-questions-with-aaron-riches/. 
  5. Soskice, Janet Martin (14 April 2017). "Review, 'Christ of Faith, Arguments about the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus'". Times Literary Supplement (5950): 15. 
  6. Soskice, Janet Martin (14 April 2017). "Christ of faith". Times Literary Supplement. http://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/christ-of-faith/. 
  7. Sendra, Tim. "Biography: Royal City". Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p510126/biography. 
  8. "Aaron's Hair". http://robertmunsch.com/book/aarons-hair. 
  9. Martin, Olivia (2019-05-29). "From Spain to Kansas: the adventure of life with Christ" (in en-US). http://theleaven.org/from-spain-to-kansas-the-adventure-of-life-with-christ/. 
  10. "2016 Book Reviews". https://catholicbooksreview.org/2016/riches.html.