Academic History

B.A., Distinction in English Language and Literature, Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1993.
M.T.S., Systematic Theology, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996.
Ph.D., Systematic Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2001.
 

Expertise

Ecclesiology, Vatican II, Ecumenism, Relationship of Church and Culture


Awards & Honors

August, 2006 - July, 2007, Member-in-Residence, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton, New Jersey.


Selected Publications

Tested in Every Way: The Catholic Priesthood in Today's Church (Herder & Herder, 2006).

The Local Church: Tillard and the Future of Catholic Ecclesiology (Herder & Herder, 2006).

"Athenians, I see how extremely religious you are in every way": Handing on the Faith to the 'New Athenians' in the American Catholic Church" (Co-authored with Deborah Wallace Ruddy). In Handing on the Faith: The Church's Mission and Challenge, edited by Robert P. Imbelli (Herder & Herder, 2006).

"Heroism, Hospitality, and Holiness: Shifting Generational Constructions of the Church-World Relationship." Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 7 (Winter 2004): 45-62.

"Pope and Abbot." America 194 (May 22, 2006): 10-13.

"No Restorationist: Ratzinger?s Theological Journey." Commonweal 132 (June 3, 2005): 15-18.

"Tomorrow's Catholics: Three Visions of Crisis and Reform: James Carroll, Toward a New Catholic Church; George Weigel, The Courage to Be Catholic; and Garry Wills, Why I Am a Catholic." The Christian Century 120 (January 25, 2003): 24-32. [Reprinted in C21 Resources: A Service of Boston College?s
Church in the 21st Century Initiative (Spring 2003): 22-24.]

"The American Church's Sexual Abuse Crisis: Some Thoughts from Vatican II." America 186 (June 3-10, 2002): 7-11.

"Young Theologians: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place." Commonweal 127 (April 21, 2000): 17-19.
 

Professional Memberships

Catholic Theological Society of America