Randall B. Smith is a Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. He completed a B.A. In Chemistry at Cornell College, a M.A. in Theology at the University of Dallas, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of five books, including Reading the Sermons of Thomas Aquinas: A Beginner’s Guide (Emmaus, 2016), Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Scholastic Culture of Paris (Cambridge, 2021), From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality, and the Resurrection of the Body (Emmaus, 2022), and Bonaventure’s Journey of the Mind into God: Context and Commentary (Cambridge, 2024). He is a frequent guest on Catholic radio and podcasts, and his articles appear every other week on The Catholic Thing.