Education
Ph.D. Marquette University. May, 1988. Religious Studies (Systematic Theology).
Dissertation: "Miracles as a Sign of the Good Creation"
Philip Rossi, director.
B.A. University of Minnesota, 1967. Major: Humanities.
Areas of Academic Interest
Theology and Science
Death and Afterlife
Muslim-Christian Dialogue
Catholic ecclesiology
Academic Positions Held
Co-director: Muslim-Christian Dialogue Center
Chair: Theology Department, July, 2002-June, 2006
Professor, University of St. Thomas,
Theology Department, Sept., 2003-
Associate Professor, University of St. Thomas,
Theology Department, 1997-2003
Assistant Professor, University of St. Thomas,
Theology Department, 1988-1997.
Awards
Univ. of St. Thomas, Maxi Grant, 1997-1998
Templeton Foundation: Templeton Course Award, 1996.
Univ. of St. Thomas Maxi Grant, Fall, 1993.
Univ. of St. Thomas Research Assistance grant; Summer, 1991.
Publications
Books:
The Sacred Cosmos: Christian Faith and the Challenge of Naturalism. Grand Rapids, Mich: Brazos Press, Dec., 2003.
That All May Be One: Hierarchy and Participation in theChurch: Liturgical Press, 1997.
Articles and Chapters in Books:
"`This is My Body': How to Understand Transubstantiation" Commonweal, Oct. 7, 2005, pp. 12-14.
"'Authority' for 'The Authority of the Church in the World'" in Ecumenical Trends, April, 2004, pp. 9-12.
"Participatory Hierarchy," chapter 6 in Common Calling: The Laity and the Governance of the Catholic Church, ed. by Stephen Pope. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
"Revelation and Evolution: The Journey of Creation into God", chapter 1 in Revelation and Church-The Theological Legacy of Raymond A. Lucker ed. by Raymond Lucker and William McDonough, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, spring, 2003.
"Why Miracles" and "Miracles: Scientific and Theological Perspectives," in Zygon, Sept 2002,
"Evolution: Journey or Random Walk," in Zygon March, 2002, 193-211.
"Transubstantiation and Eucharistic Presence," Pro Ecclesia Winter, 2002, 57-75.
"Who's Afraid of Hierarchy," Commonweal, April 7, 2000, 16-18.
"Theology and the Integration of Knowledge", Chapter in Enhancing Religious Identity. ed. by John Wilcox & Irene King (Wash. D.C.: Georgetown Univ. Press, 2000).
"Aquinas' Concept of Substantial Form and Modern Science," International Philosophical Quarterly, September, 1996.
Chapter 17: "The Renaissance," chapter 22: "Modern Challenges to Christianity," The Christian Theological Tradition 2nd ed. (Upper Saddle River: NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000, 2003:).
Co-author: chapter 1: "Introduction," chapter 24: "Christianity and the Contemporary Situation" for The Christian Theological Tradition (1996, 2000, 2003).
"Hierarchy and the Church," in Pro Ecclesia, summer, 1995.
"Theology and the Integration of Knowledge" in "Curriculum in a Catholic University," (Papers from the Summer Seminar, Univ.of St. Thomas, 1995)
"Social and Religious Pluralism and the Catholicity of the Church," in Religions of the Book (The Annual Publication of the College Theology Society, 1992), ed. by Gerard Sloyan, Univ. Press of America, 1996.
"Miracles, the Supernatural, and the Problem of Extrinsicism," in Gregorianium, Winter, 1990.
Membership in Professional Societies
American Academy of Religion
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
College Theology Society
Catholic Theological Society of America
National Faith and Order Commission
