Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, has taught at the New York Archdiocesan Seminary and at the Maryknoll School of Theology, and from 1986 to 2013 he taught systematic theology at Boston College. He is currently assocate professor emeritus. His work appears frequently in journals and magazines such as Theological Studies, The Thomist, Pro Ecclesia, Communio, Worship, Origins, Commonweal, America, and L'Osservatore Romano.