Chris Pramuk

Dr. Christopher Pramuk is Regis University Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination and a Professor of Theology, combining his love for Jesuit mission-related initiatives with teaching courses in theology and spirituality. He is the author of seven books, including two award-winning studies of the famed Catholic monk and spiritual writer Thomas Merton, as well as Hope Sings, So Beautiful: Graced Encounters Across the Color Line, a meditation on race relations in society and church. His book, The Artist Alive: Explorations in Music, Art, and Theology, draws from his many years of using music, poetry, and the arts in the classroom, and his latest book, All My Eyes See: The Artistic Vocation of Fr. William Hart McNichols, explores the art and spirituality of one of the world’s foremost living iconographers. Chris lectures widely around the country and has led retreats on racial justice, Ignatian spirituality, and the witness of Thomas Merton. He and his wife Lauri met at Regis almost 30 years ago, where both, they say, were first "ruined" by the Jesuits; she is a pediatrician, and together they have four children.