Dr. Eric Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He received his Ph.D in Medieval Theology–with a focus on St. Thomas Aquinas–from the Catholic University of America in 2008. His academic interests include spirituality, Catholic social thought, theology of grace, and urban policy. Eric is married and the father of five children. He and his wife keep busy working on their old house and working to build community in Newark, NJ. Eric blogs about the spiritual life at professorjohnston.com.