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Dr. Belfield earned his Ph.D. from Boston College, where he was trained in historical and systematic theology and specialized in medieval theology, christology, and Franciscan theology. He joined the theology & Franciscan studies faculty at St. Bonaventure
University in 2021.
Prior to his academic work, Dr. Belfield worked at various times as a lifeguard, a swimming instructor, a restaurant dishwasher, a nighttime janitor, a resident assistant, and a campus minister.
Dr. Belfield’s research focuses on the many and varied patterns of medieval scholastic thinking about Jesus Christ and his saving work. Of particular interest to Dr. Belfield is the reception of Anselm of Canterbury’s Cur Deus homo (Why God Became Human) among the early Franciscan theologians at the University of Paris, and how their reinterpretation of Anselm’s satisfaction theory gave shape to their christology.
In addition to this research, Dr. Belfield is interested in scholastic trinitarian theology, poverty, and apocalypticism (medieval and contemporary). Dr. Belfield also has long-standing but growing interests in liberation theologies and film as a medium for theological reflection.