.Education:

Ph.D., University of Turin, 2002
Laurea, cum laude, University of Bologna, 1994

Research Interests:

History of Christianity, Second Vatican Council, Religion and Politics

Current Research:

Vatican II: The Battle for Meaning (Paulist, 2012)

The Implications of the Liturgical Reform of Vatican II (Liturgical, 2013)

Professional Experience:

University of Modena-Reggio Emilia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious History, 2006-2008.
University of Bolzano, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious History, 2004-2008.
University of Bologna, Teaching Assistant for the course Human Rights and Globalization, 2004-2005.
John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna, Researcher and member of the research staff under the direction of Professor Giuseppe Alberigo, 1996-2007.

Awards and Grants:
Research Grant, “Lived History of Vatican II Project”, The Cushwa Center at the University of Notre Dame, 2012-2015.
Research Fellowship at the Jesuit Institute, Boston College, 2008-2009.
Premio Capalbio award as co-author of Europa di carta. Stampa e opinione pubblica in Europa nel 2006, ed. Paolo Pombeni, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2007.
Marco Polo award from the University of Bologna for a research semester at the University of Potsdam, Germany, 2004.


Select Publications

Books:

Il vescovo e il concilio: Modello episcopale e aggiornamento al Vaticano II [The Bishop and the Council: Episcopal Model and Aggiornamento at Vatican II], Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005.
Breve storia dei movimenti cattolici [Brief History of the Catholic Movements], Rome: Carocci, 2008 (second edition, June 2008). Spanish-language edition, Historia y evolucion de los movimientos catolicos. De Leon XIII a Benedicto XVI, Madrid: PPC Editorial, 2011

Books Edited:

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli - Giovanni XXIII, Tener da conto: Le agende di Bulgaria (1925-1934) [Taking Care: The Private Journals of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli in Bulgaria, 1925-1934], ed. Massimo Faggioli, Bologna: Fondazione per le scienze religiose, 2008.

Books Co-edited:

Massimo Faggioli and Alberto Melloni, eds., Religious Studies in the 20th Century: A Survey on Disciplines, Cultures and Questions, Proceedings of the Assisi Conference (11-13 December 2003), Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2006.
I movimenti nella storia del cristianesimo: Caratteristiche - variazioni – continuità (Cristianesimo nella Storia, XXIV/3 2003), eds. Giuseppe Alberigo and Massimo Faggioli, Bologna: EDB, 2003.
Il concilio inedito: Fonti del Vaticano II, eds. Massimo Faggioli and Giovanni Turbanti, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2001.

Recent articles:

“Die neue geistlichen Bewegungen in der katholischen Kirche und die Priesterausbildung in den Seminaren,” Una Sancta. Zeitschrift für ökumenische Begegnung 66 Jahrgang (2/2011) pp. 155-163.

“Storiografia cattolica tedesca e Shoah: memoria religiosa e politica della storia’, Storicamente 7/2011 art. 19

“The Neocatechumenate and Communion in the Church,” Japan Mission Journal 65/1 (Spring 2011) pp. 31-38.

“Le régime synodal comme mode de gouvernement dans l’Église”, Cahiers de spiritualité ignatienne, 129 (Septembre - décembre 2010), pp. 7-19.

"Sacrosanctum Concilium and the Meaning of Vatican II", Theological Studies, 71 (June 2010), pp. 437-452.

"Il cattolicesimo italiano è senza casa", Il Mulino, 3/2010, pp. 398-406.
"In margine ad alcuni studi recenti su Pio XII", Ricerche di Storia Politica, 1/2010, pp. 57-63.
"Die kulturelle und politische Relevanz des II. Vatikanischen Konzils als konstitutiver Faktor der  Interpretation", in Exkommunikation oder Kommunikation? Der Weg der Kirche nach dem II. Vatikanum und die Pius-Brüder ("Quaestiones Disputatae" 236), ed. Peter Hünermann, Freiburg i.B.: Herder, 2009, pp. 153-174.
“En torno al conflicto con los lefebvrianos. El Vaticano II y su recepción política”, Iglesia Viva 238 (Junio 2009), pp. 111-123.
"La reception politique de Vatican II", Spiritus, 196 (Septembre 2009), pp. 263-269.
"Il Vaticano II come ‘costituzione’ e la ‘recezione politica’ del concilio", Rassegna di Teologia, 50 (2009), pp. 107-122.
“Polis e liturgia nella chiesa conciliare”, Rivista di Pastorale Liturgica, 277 (6/2009), pp. 19-24
“Vatican II comes of age”, The Tablet, 11 April 2009.
“En torno al conflicto con los lefebvrianos. El Vaticano II y su recepción política”, Iglesia Viva, June 2009, pp. 1-25
“Il Vaticano II come ‘costituzione’ e la ‘recezione politica’ del concilio”, Rassegna di Teologia, 50 (2009), pp. 107-122.
“Council Vatican II: Bibliographical Overview 2005-2007”, Cristianesimo nella Storia, XXIX/2 (2008), pp. 567-610.
“The New Catholic Movements, Vatican II and Freedom in the Catholic Church”, Japan Mission Journal, 62/2 (Summer 2008), pp. 75-84.
“L’Institut pour les sciences religieuses de Bologne et la recherche sur Vatican II”, Christianisme, mission et cultures. L’arc en ciel des défis et des réponses (XVIe-XXIe siècles), eds. P. Coulon and A. Melloni, Paris: Karthala, 2008, pp. 61-74.
“La diplomazia di Bonn e le encicliche di Giovanni XXIII (1961-1963)”, Ricerche di storia politica, 2/2007, pp. 139-155

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Religion (AAR)
American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA)
American Cusanus Society
American Historical Association (AHA)
Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA)
Network of Italian Scholars Abroad (NISA)
Associazione Teologica Italiana (ATI)
Società Italiana per la storia dell’età moderna (SISEM)
Società Italiana per lo studio della storia contemporanea (SISSCO)