Anthony Mansueto
2334 West Buckingham Road #230-146,
Garland, TX 75042
Telephone: 1.972.955.0749,
1.972.479.1482
Web Page: http://www.seekingwisdom.com
Email mansueto@seekingwisdom.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Religion, Ethics, and Society, Graduate Theological
Union, Berkeley, California, 1985
M.A., Religion, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1979
B.A., Humanities, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1977
Languages:
English (native), Spanish (fully effective), French, and Italian (excellent reading,
good speaking and fair writing), Biblical Hebrew and Greek, Latin (rudimentary
reading), Russian, Arabic, and Chinese (studying)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Regular Academic Administrative, Faculty and Research
Appointments
Collin College (Plano, Texas): Academic Dean (Humanities), Spring
Creek Campus, August 2006 – February 2009. Led 70 FTE faculty and managed
schedule of 350 sections and budget of $3.5 million.
v Developed faculty seminar exploring issues related to teaching
the liberal arts at a community college (aims of liberal education, competing
approaches, globalization, fundamentalism),
v Organized Extending the Convivencia, a program of
public deliberation regarding fundamental questions of meaning and value
engaging Collin County’s growing ethnoreligious diversity; mentored other
public humanities programs including a Book in Common program drawing up to
1000 people to major events,
v Increased support for global/multicultural education, by
securing an Endowed Chair in Scholarly and Civic Engagement for the Director of
the Mexican American Studies Program, mentoring a large oral history program
exploring ethnic identity in an emerging “global suburb,” expanding public
humanities programs related to Mexican American Studies, and negotiating
changes to the core curriculum to create new World Language and Global/Cultural
Studies options,
v Expanded language offerings to include Arabic and Chinese,
addressing staffing issues by securing a new position in Arabic and/or Chinese
with another humanities discipline,
v Developed new program in Knowledge Management and Technical
Communication,
v Revised assessment process to safeguard academic freedom,
decrease workload, and yield more meaningful results,
v Expanded distance offerings while increasing faculty/student
interaction and safeguarding faculty autonomy in course design during migration
to a common course platform,
v Led division implementation of Banner,
v Resolved complex staffing and curricular issues in our
ASL/Interpreter Preparation Program for the Deaf,
v
Under
budget every year while increasing enrollment and expanding programs.
v Developed new “all source” approach to strategic analysis and
planning, integrating analysis of institutional data and broader social
indicators with networked individual meetings designed to identify and nurture
strategic potentials,
v
Scholarship
resulting in four books under contract (two now published), and articles in
both academic journals and journals of public opinion.
University of New Mexico-Gallup, Chair, Department of Social Sciences,
University of New Mexico - Gallup, July 2005 – July 2006. Led 10 FTE faculty,
managing schedule of 50 sections and a budget of $500,000. Associate Professor
July 2006/Assistant Professor August 2001 – June 2006 (Philosophy, Religious
Studies, and Western Civilization):
v Organized Extending the Convivencia: Made a small branch
community college in a remote location into a center for intercultural dialogue
around fundamental questions of meaning and value, addressing dangerous
tensions between the Navajo and Muslim trader communities which emerged in the
wake of 9/11,
v By the People Project: Organized citizen deliberations around public policy questions
in connection with the 2004 US General Election, with grant support from the Mc
Neil-Lehrer Productions’ By the People Project,
v Built faculty senate political affairs committee which engaged
state and federal legislators around issues of community college funding and
higher education policy generally,
v Healed an academic department racked with internal conflicts,
making it the campus leader in scholarship, teaching, and service,
v
Recruited
new regular faculty with expertise in Native American studies and increased
diversity of the adjunct faculty by drawing on the resources of the Navajo
Nation Cultural Affairs Department, Teach for America and local civic and
religious organizations,
v
Participated
in state task force setting goals for state humanities core curriculum,
v Developed and implemented innovative and effective strategies
centered around the use of civic engagement for making liberal arts education
at the institution both more rigorous and more accessible to student from
working class and ethnic minority communities,
v Developed and taught courses in philosophy, religious studies,
civilization studies, and interdisciplinary honors and developmental
humanities, including Silk Roads and Silicon Superhighways: Religion,
Conquest and Trade Historically and in the Present Period and new
developmental level Introduction to the Humanities which was part of our
college’s Title III grant program,
v Scholarship resulting in publication of three books and articles
in both academic journals and journals of public opinion.
St. Joseph Seminary (Chicago, Illinois), Academic Dean (Philosophy/College Seminary)
July – September 1999 (Dean-elect with significant administrative
responsibilities from January 1999). Led roughly 10 FTE faculty, managed
schedule of 300 sections and budget of roughly $500,000.
v
Strengthened
liberal arts core and philosophy program while making institute more sensitive
to the needs of students from ethnically diverse backgrounds, many of whom were
the first in their families to attend college and many of whom were immigrants
from Mexico, Vietnam, or Poland,
v
Developed
an academic strategic plan for a small college seminary which served several
dioceses, with an ethnically diverse student body,
v
Represented
the seminary in relations with Loyola University of Chicago, on whose campus we
were located and other academic institutions, addressing concerns related to
academic quality, as well as with clergy and community leaders, addressing
issues related to preparation for pastoral leadership.
v
Developed
and taught courses in philosophy and theology,
v
Scholarship
resulting in publications in academic journals.
Universidad
Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez : Profesor Titular B (Sociología
de las religiones) 1996 - 1997.
v Introduced new curriculum in sociology of religion under
conditions of complex Church/State conflict,
v Advised administration in development of new maestría en
ciencias sociales and licenciatura en filosofia,
v Empirical research regarding religion and politics in Mexico,
resulting in publication,
v Advised local NGOs regarding church/state issues.
Calumet College (Whiting, Indiana): Assistant Professor/Program Director
(Philosophy), 1995-1996.
v Scholarship resulting in publication of one book and articles in
academic journals,
v Developed and taught courses in philosophy,
v Piloted public humanities program addressing questions in
Ethics,
v Participated in revision of liberal arts core curriculum,
v Designed new program in Leadership and the Liberal Arts.
University of Illinois at Chicago: Research Associate (Assistant
Professor), Religion in Urban America Project, Office of Social Science
Research, 1993-1994.
v Conducted in-depth interview study of interfaith community
organizing in Chicago,
Academic Consulting
Excelsior College: Subject Matter Expert (Course
Development), Religion and Society, July 2010-.
University of Mary: Subject Matter Expert (Course
Development), Ethics, Suffering and Christian Healing, April 2010 - .
International Baccalaureate
Organization, Diploma
Examiner, World Religions, 1998 – present (Senior Examiner in 2003 and
2005-present); revised assessment criteria in World Religions, 2004).
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Consultant, revised Religious
Studies bibliographies for on-line version of the encyclopaedia, 1994
Visiting, External, and Adjunct Faculty Appointments
Southern
Methodist University (Graduate Liberal Studies), 2011
University
of Mary (Introduction to Theology, Christian Ethics, Human Suffering),
2010-2011
Central
Michigan University (Comparative Religion, Death and Dying), 2010-
Excelsior College (Religion and Society, Religion and
Science), 2010-
Dallas
County Community Colleges (Introduction to Philosophy, Ethics) 2001
St.
Joseph Seminary (Philosophy of God, Roman Catholic Social Thought, Contemporary
Philosophy) 1998-1999
Mundelein
Seminary (Ethics), 1995-1996, 1997-1999
William
Rainey Harper College (Introduction to Sociology, Social Psychology),
1994-1995, 1997-1999
El
Paso Community College (Introduction to Philosophy), 1996-1997
Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary (Religion and Science) 1996
Universidad
Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez (Philosophy of Education,
Qualitative Research Methods)
Santa
Fe Community College (Ethical Theory), 1993
College
of Santa Fe (American History, Public Administration) 1992,
University
of Dallas (Social Ethics), 1988-1991
University
of Pittsburgh (Religion and Ethnicity, American Religious History), 1987-1988
Carlow
College (Comparative Religion, Social Theory, Latin American Social Movements,
Sociology of the Family), 1985-1988
Community
College of Allegheny County (American History, Western Civilization), 1986-1987
Robert
Morris College (Introduction to Sociology), 1986
Graduate
Theological Union (Sociology of Religion), 1984
Editorial,
Governing, and Advisory Boards
Reviewer, Political Theology, 2009-
present
Reviewer, Lexington Books,
Member, International Advisory
Committee, Institute of Philosophy, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003- present
Editorial Board, Fealsunacht,
an Irish Journal of Philosophy, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2000
Editorial Board, Russia and the
West: A Dialogue of Cultures, Tver State University, 1994
International Advisory Committee,
Institute for Strategic Studies and Social Progress, University "Braca
Karic," 1992
Public Humanities and Public Policy
Seeking
Wisdom: President/Senior Scholar, July 1991-present, often
concurrently with other positions. Responsible for developing vision and
strategic plan, recruiting and leading the work of an international network of
scholars, religious leaders, and organizers, building financial and
institutional support, and representing the institute in relations with other
organizations. Seeking Wisdom is a research, education, and organizing
institute dedicated to combating nihilism, despair, and injustice and to charting
the next steps in the human civilizational project.
v
Developed
unique approach to sociocultural analysis, focusing on the interaction of
civilizational ideals with material and structural factors; published regular
strategic assessments based on this methodology.
v
Developing
Extended Convivencia Theology, allowing engagement with fundamental
questions of meaning and value across as well as within traditions; published
regular responsa based on this theology.
v
Built Seeking
Wisdom and its predecessor, Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society, award
winning international electronic journal of philosophy, religion, and politics,
v
Developed
unique program for training grassroots leaders in methods of social analysis,
social ethics, political strategy, and basic organizing skills,
v
Organized
programs of intercultural dialogue and deliberation regarding fundamental
questions of meaning, value, and public policy.
v
Scholarship
resulting in major publications, in philosophy, religion, and politics,
v
Provided
organizing, leadership development, research, fundraising, and other consulting
services to a variety of nongovernmental organizations at the local, state,
national, and international levels. Clients include World Forum for
Alternatives/World Social Forum, Center for Human Rights, Southwest
Community Congress, St. Ansgar Catholic Church, Ascension Catholic
Church, Congregation Nahalat Shalom, , Mt. St. Mary’s College Campus
Ministry, St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, Diaconate Roman
Catholic Diocese of Dallas Training Program, Resurrection Lutheran Church.
Roman
Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Director, Justice and Peace
Commission, 1988-1991
v
Built
sponsoring committee of 50 member congregations and served as Secretary of the
Strategy Committee for Dallas Area Interfaith, an interfaith congregation based
organizing effort,
v
Led
Dallas segment of a statewide campaign to increase investment in
infrastructure, securing a vote total 5% above the state average,
v Served as Senior Advisor to Catholic
Bishop of Dallas regarding questions of social ethics and public policy,
v Raised $625,000 to support social
justice efforts in an extremely conservative diocese,
v Developed
program to train grassroots leaders in social analysis, social ethics, and
political strategy,
v Delegate, Diocesan Synod, Catholic
Diocese of Dallas, for which I prepared
the final document on Multicultural Concerns; Member, Racial and Ethnic Justice
Task Force, Greater Dallas Community of Churches; Editorial Board, Texas
Catholic Newspaper; Board of Directors, Roundtable, (National Association of
Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors).
v Conducted research regarding the
economic, political, and ideological-cultural situation in the diocese, as well
as research in religion and politics resulting in publications in academic
journals and journals of public opinion.
Awards, Grants, and Honorary Memberships:
v American
Academy in Rome/National Endowment for Humanities Summer Seminar, 2003;
v Member,
Academy of Humanistic Studies, Moscow, Russian Federation, 1995 – present;
v Emiliano
Zapata Award, Mexican American Democrats, Dallas, TX, 1990;
v Doctoral
Comprehensive Examinations passed with distinction, Graduate Theological Union,
1984;
v General
Honors in the Humanities, University of Chicago, 1977.
TEACHING
Areas of
Specialization:
Religious Studies: Comparative Religion/Comparative
Theology, Political Theology, Religion and
Society/Politics/Science/Culture, Social Ethics, Interreligious Dialogue,
Deliberation and Organizing, Geopolitical-theological/socioreligious analysis.
Philosophy: Metaphysics/Philosophy of Religion,
Ethical Theory, Philosophy of Nature; Dialectical Tradition
Sociology: Social Theory, Sociology of
Religion, Sociology of Philosophy, Comparative Historical Sociology/World
Systems Theory, Social Movements, Qualitative Methods (especially in-depth
interviewing/oral history)
Areas of Competence:
Liberal Arts
core courses in philosophy, religious studies/theology, sociology, and
civilization studies.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Books
Published
Knowing God: Doing Justice, Pickwick Press, 2011
The Death of Secular Messianism:
Spirituality and Politics in an Era of Global Crisis Cascade, 2010
Knowing God: The Journey of the Dialectic, Pickwick Press, 2010
Spirituality
and Dialectics Lexington Press, 2005 (with Maggie Mansueto)
Knowing God: Restoring Reason in an
Age of Doubt:
Ashgate Publishers, 2002.
Religion and Dialectics, University Press of America, 2002
Towards Synergism: The Cosmic
Significance of the Human Civilizational Project, University Press of America, 1995.
Forthcoming/Under Contract
Knowing God: The Ultimate
Meaningfulness of the Universe, Pickwick Press
In Progress
The Ways of Wisdom: A Global
Convivencia Theology
The Alchemist’s Kitchen: Cooking as
Sacred Alchemy
The Desire to Be God (novel)
Dissertation
Blessed Are the Meek, for they Shall
Inherit the Earth: Popular Religion and Political Consciousness in the Italian
American Community,
Ph.D. dissertation, Graduate Theological Union, 1985. Dissertation committee
included Robert Bellah, Clare Fischer, and Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum.
Articles
Published in Refereed Journals and
Books
“For
Sapiential Literacy: why and how religion belongs in the core,” in Tolerance,
Education, and the Curriculum, Sense Publications (Netherlands),
forthcoming
“Civilization,
Mode of Production and World System: The Explanatory Significance of
Macro-sociological Categories,” in Global Orders and Civilizations:
Perspectives from History, Philosophy, and International Relations. Hauppauge:
NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
“Extending
the Convivencia: Creating a Public Arena Constituted by Deliberation Around
Fundamental Questions of Meaning and Value,” in International Journal of
Communication 18: 1-2, January-December 2008,
http://www.bahripublications.in/communication/back_volume.htm
“Religion, Pluralism, and Democracy: A
Natural Law Approach,” in Journal of Religion and Society 10 (2008).
“The Political Significance of the Papacy, Historically and in the
Present Period,” in Journal of Religion and Society 7.
“The Journey of the Dialectic,” Fealsunacht:
An Irish Journal of Philosophy 1, December 2000
"Organization in the
Universe," in The Evolution of Complexity, eds. F. Heylighen, J. Bollen, J, and A. Riegler,
Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic, 1999; pp. 59-88
"From Hermeneutical Circle to
Dialectical Spiral: Philosophy and Ideological Criticism," Culture and
Power, (Tver, Russian Federation: Tver State University), Spring 1999; pp.
25-33
"Organization, Teleology, and
Value," Journal of Religion, January 1997, pp. 68-86
"From Dialectic to Organization:
Bogdanov's Contribution to Social Theory," Studies in East European
Thought 48:1, March 1996, pp. 37-61
"Beyond Postmodernism,” Filosofskie
nauki (Philosophical Sciences), Moscow, Spring 1994; pp. 45-73 (also
published as a "lecture," i.e. a required reading, at Tver State
University)
"The Current Situation in the
European Countries of the Former Soviet Bloc,” in Russia and the West: A
Dialogue of Cultures. Tver, Russian Federation: Tver State University,
1994; pp. 33-39 (Also published in Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 1:4;
pp 15-38, and as a "lecture" i.e. a required reading, at Tver State
University)
"Religion, Solidarity and Class
Struggle: Marx, Durkheim, and Gramsci on the Religious Question," Social
Compass XXXV/2‑3 1988; pp 261-277. (Reprinted with a critique in Occasional
Letters, Calcutta)
"Blessed Are the Meek...:
Religion and Socialism in the Italian American Community," Proceedings
of the American Italian Historical Association, 1985.
Published in Journals of Public
Opinion
“Collective Effervesence and
Institution Building in the Struggle for Democracy,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“The New Age Ethic and the Spirit of
Philanthrocapitalism, or Why the Global Elite is Unable to Rule,” in Seeking
Wisdom 5
“Right is for r, Left is for K,
or How to Turn the Tide and Defeat the Right,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“Why We Shouldn’t Challenge Obama
from the Left –and What We Should do Instead,”
“The Second Time as Farce,” in Seeking
Wisdom 5
“In support of the candidacy of
Francois Houtart for the Nobel Prize for Peace,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“The Protestant Elite and the Crisis
of Capitalism,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“de Tocqueville in the House of War,”
in Seeking Wisdom 5
“On Perennialism,” in Seeking
Wisdom 5
“Economies of Despair,” in Seeking
Wisdom 5
“The
European Crisis in Civilizational Perspective,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“For
a People’s Aristocracy,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“The
Audacity of Fortitude,” in Seeking
Wisdom 5
“The Real Threat to
Western Civilization,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“Religious Leadership in the
Catholic Tradition,” in Seeking Wisdom 5
“The
Politics of Salvation,” in Commonweal, Volume CXXXV, Number 18.
“The Winter in Which Only
Hope and Virtue can Survive: A Commentary on Barak Obama’s Inaugural Address,” Seeking
Wisdom 4
“The Current Crisis, the
General Election, and Beyond,” A Commentary on Barak Obama’s Inaugural
Address,” Seeking Wisdom 4
“What I Learned from
Conservatives --and What they Seem to Have Forgotten,” Seeking Wisdom 4
“The Meaning of 08/08/08,” Seeking
Wisdom 4
“Middle Kingdoms,” Seeking
Wisdom 4
“Convivencia in the House of
War,” Seeking Wisdom 4
“The Shia You Don’t Hear
About,” Fort Worth Star Telegram, 8 July 2007
“A Question Centered Approach to Liberal Arts Education,” Journal
of Liberal Education, October 2006
“Understanding America,” in Seeking
Wisdom 3, Spring 2006
“Why the New Pope Isn‘t
Catholic –and Why I Still Am,” Tikkun, July-August 2005
“Religion and Political
Strategy in an Era of Civilizational Crisis,” in Seeking Wisdom 2,
May 2005
“Centralizing Higher
Education a Mistake,” in Albuquerque Journal, 15 November 2005
“Seeking Wisdom and Doing
Justice: Restoring the Spiritual Dimension to Dialectical Sociology and
Politics,” Seeking Wisdom 1, May 2003
“The World From Below: A
View from the United States,” a special report on the effects of market-driven
globalization in the United States, prepared for the World Forum for
Alternatives.
“Leadership and Democracy in a
Postmarket Society,” Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society, 14, Autumn 2001
“What Can You Do to Change the
World?” Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 13, Autumn 2000 (with Mary M.
Mansueto)
"In Defense of Metaphysics,"
Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 12, Spring 1999, pp. 13-50
"Against Philosophical
Appeasement," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 11, Winter 1998; pp.
26-42 (with Mary M. Mansueto)
"Organizing for Synergism,"
Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 10, Winter 1997; pp. 16-42
"The Current Crisis in the
Catholic Church," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 9, Winter 1996;
pp. 13-32
"Organizing for Family and
Congregation? A Critique of the Political-Theological Vision and Strategy of
the Industrial Areas Foundation," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 8,
Summer 1995; pp. 27-40
"Psalm," (poem), Dialectic,
Cosmos, and Society 8, Summer 1995; p. 44
"In These Dark Times...," Dialectic,
Cosmos, and Society 7, Winter 1995; pp. 25-48
"Visions of Cosmopolis: The
Religious Dimensions of the UFO Phenomenon," OMNI, October 1994;
pp. 64-69, 110
"The Cosmohistorical Vision of
Ernesto Cardenal," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 2:2, Summer 1994;
pp. 9-15 (also published in Spanish translation in Nuevo Amanecer Cultural,
1 April 1995)
"Towards Synergism: A Personal
Journey," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 2:2, Summer 1994; pp.
32-48
"The Next Steps in the Human
Civilizational Project,” Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 2:1, Winter
1994; 14-46
"The Current Situation in the
European Countries of the Former Soviet Bloc,” in Dialectic, Cosmos, and
Society 1:4; pp 15-38
"The Contributions of Complex
Systems Theory to Ethics," Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference
of the Chaos Network, September 1993; pp. 271-276
“Organizing Complexity,” Proceedings
of the Third Annual Conference of the Chaos Network, September 1993; pp.
98-104
"The Crisis of Neoliberalism and
the Emergence of a Progressive-Institutionalist Bloc," Dialectic,
Cosmos, and Society 1:3, Autumn 1992; pp. 6-41
"Synergism: The Transition to a
Postindustrial, Postmarket Society," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society
1:2, Summer 1992; pp. 11-44
"The Industrial Areas
Foundation: A Preliminary Analysis of its Social Base and Political
Valence," Dialectic, Cosmos, and Society 1:1, Spring 1992; pp.
11-32
"The Role of Religion in the
Socialist Transition,” North Star Review 3, Spring 1990
Book Review
Hertzke, Allen. Echoes of
Discontent: Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson, and the Resurgence of Populism.
Washington DC, Congressional Quarterly Press; review in Review of Religious
Research
Papers Presented to Scholarly
Organizations
Invited Papers and Public Lectures
“Only Metaphysics Can Save Theology,”
invited lecture at the University of Dallas, planned for 11 April 2007.
“Regrounding Ethics: Aquinas, Marx
and our Tasks in the Present Period,” a five-day long Invited Lecture and
Seminar, Department of Scholastic Philosophy, Queens University Belfast, June
2000.
"Spirituality and
Dialectics," Academic Convocation Lecture, St. Joseph Seminary, Chicago,
September 1999
"Towards a Synergistic Sociology
of Development," Paper presented to the Department of Sociology, New
Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, and November 1992
Contributed Papers
“Towards a
Theology of Academic Administration: An Interfaith Approach,” paper accepted
for presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion,
November 2011.
“Enclosing
the Sacred: A Critique of John Milbank’s Geopolitical Theology, paper presented
at the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, March 2008.
“For
Sapiential Literacy: The Role of Religion in Public Colleges and Universities,”
paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion,
San Diego, November 2007.
“The Magisterium
Cathedrae Magistralis: Philosophical and Theological Foundations of the
Principle of Academic Freedom,” paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the
American Academy of Religion, San Diego, November 2007.
“Dialectics
in Practice: Oral History, Individual Relational Meetings, Liberal Arts
Education, and Public Deliberation around Fundamental Questions of Meaning and
Value,” paper presented to the Oral History Association, 26 October 2007
“Convivencia
in the House of War,” paper presented to Going Global: An International
Conference on the Future of Liberation Theology,” Baylor University,
October 2007
“Dialectics
in Practice: Linking Scholarship, the Liberal Arts, Public Humanities, and
Civic Engagement,” poster presentation, Imagining America Conference,
Syracuse University, 7 September 2007
“The Ways of
Wisdom: Towards a World Theology,” paper presented to the Southwest
Commission on Religious Studies, Dallas, 4 March, 2007
“Religion,
Pluralism, and Democracy: A Natural Law Approach,” paper presented to the Southwest
Commission on Religious Studies, Dallas, 4 March, 2007
“Civilizations,
Mode of Production, and World System: The Significance of Macrosociological
Categories for our Understanding of the Current Situation,” paper presented at
the International Symposium on Civilizations and World Orders, Istanbul,
Turkey, May 2006.
“Religion in
an Age of Civilizational Crisis,” paper presented to the Conference on Unity
and Diversity in Religion and Culture sponsored by the UNESCO Chair on
Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, Seattle, January 2005
“The Art of
Politics: Teaching Students to Build and Exercise Power in Service to the
Common Good,” workshop organized at the Campus Compact National Center for
Community College's 12th National Conference, Reaching the Summit for Civic
Commitment, Phoenix, Arizona, May 2003
“Cosmic Teleology and the Existence
of God,” Paper presented at the International Interdisciplinary Conference
on Science and Religion, sponsored by the Society for Indian Philosophy
and Religion and Dominican University, San Rafael, California, October 2002
“The Liberal Arts Mission of
Community College,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the New Mexico
Association of Community Colleges,” Taos, New Mexico, May 2002
“Why the Mind’s Road to God Must Pass
Through Cosmology,” Paper presented to the Gifford Bequest International
Conference on “Natural Theology: Problems and Prospects,” Aberdeen
Scotland, May 2000
"Intellectual Formation for
Pastoral Leadership in the Present Period," Paper presented to the faculty
of St. Joseph Seminary, Chicago, August 1999
"Journey of the Dialectic,"
Paper presented to the XX World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August
1998
"Cosmic Teleology and the Crisis
of the Sciences," Paper presented to the XX World Congress of
Philosophy, Boston, August 1998
"Dialectic, Cosmos, and
Society," Paper presented to the Symposium on the Evolution of Complexity,
held as part of the interdisciplinary conference "Einstein Meets
Magritte" at the Vrije Universitet Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, May
1995
"Organization, Teleology, and
Value,” Paper presented to the International Society for Universalism,
Boston, Massachusetts, December 1994
"The Contributions of Complex
Systems Theory to Ethics," Paper presented to the Chaos Network
Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 1993
"Organizing Complexity: Towards
a Dialectical Theory of Organization," Paper presented to the Chaos
Network Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, September 1993
"Beyond Postmodernism: The Contributions
of Anthropic Cosmology and Complex Systems Theory to the Social Sciences,"
Paper presented to the American Sociological Association, Miami,
Florida, August 1993
"Christian Antisemitism and
Otherworldliness," Paper presented to the Institute for Christian
Jewish Studies, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1992
"The Industrial Areas
Foundation: A Preliminary Analysis of its Social Base and Political
Valence," Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion/Religious Research Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
November, 1991
"The Crisis of Liberation
Theology and the Rise of the New Catholic Right," Paper presented to the Association
for the Sociology of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1991
"Religion and the Crisis of
Marxism," Paper presented to conference on the Role of Religion in
Newly Pluralistic Societies, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary,
May 1991
"Religion, Communism and the
Dialectic," Paper presented to the American Academy of Religion,
New Orleans, Louisiana, November 1990
"Christianity, Antisemitism, and
Empire," Paper presented to the American Academy of Religion,
Anaheim, California, November 1989
"Interfaith Dialogue in Action:
Congregation Based Community Organizations," Paper presented to the Religious
Research Association/Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt
Lake City, Utah, October, 1989
"Unity and Struggle in the
Rainbow Coalition," Paper presented to the Religious Research
Association/Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City,
Utah, October 1989
"Religion, Socialism, and
Secularization," Paper presented to the Association for the Sociology
of Religion, San Francisco, California, August 1989
"Religion and Socialism in the
Third World," Paper presented to the Religion and Social Sciences Section
of the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois, November 1988
"Political Dimensions of Marian
Devotion," Panel Presentation to the Liberation Theology Working Group of
the American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois, November, 1988
"Class, Gender, and Ethnicity:
Shaping American Catholicism," Panel presentation to the American
Studies Association, Miami, Florida, October, 1988
"Religion and Politics in Global
Perspective,” Paper presented to the Eastern International Division of the American
Academy of Religion, Siena, New York, April 1988
"Blessed Are the Meek...:
Religion and Socialism in the Italian American Community," Paper presented
to the American Italian Historical Association, Providence, Rhode
Island, 1985.
"From Historical Criticism to
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REFERENCES
Scholarship
Dr. Francois
Houtart, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Université Catholique de Louvain,
Ave. Sainte Gertrude 5, B-1348, Louvain-la Neuve, Belgique. Telephone: 32.010.45.08.22. Email: francoishoutart@yahoo.fr.
Professor
Rosemary Ruether, Visiting Professor of Feminist Theology, Claremont School of
Theology, Claremont School of Theology, 1325 North College Ave., Claremont, CA
91711. Email: rreuther@cst.edu.
Dr. Richard Wood, Associate Professor
of Sociology and Director, Religious Studies Program, Hokona-Zuni Room 364,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1151, Telephone: 1.505.
277.4009; Email: rlwood@unm.edu.
Teaching and
Public Humanities
Mr. Ken Roberts, Professor of Art and
Art History, University of New Mexico – Gallup, 200 College Road, Gallup, New
Mexico 87301. Telephone: 1.505.863.7619. Email: kroberts@gallup.unm.edu
Mr. Robert Hoffman, Chair, Department
of Arts and Letters, University of New Mexico – Gallup, 200 College Road,
Gallup, New Mexico 87301. Telephone: 1.505.863.7616. Email: rhoffman@gallup.unm.edu
Administration/Public
Humanities
Dr. Thomas Chesney, Associate
Provost, University of Texas at Dallas, 800 West Campbell Road, Richardson,
Texas 75080. Telephone: 1. 972.883.5482. Email: tchesney@utdallas.edu.
Mr. Gary Hodge, Academic Dean, Social
Sciences, Spring Creek Campus, Collin College, 2800 East Spring Creek Parkway,
Plano, Texas 75074. Telephone 1.972.881.5897. Email: ghodge@ccccd.edu.
Dr. Helen Zongolowicz, former Dean of
Instruction, University of New Mexico – Gallup, 200 College Road, Gallup, New
Mexico 87301. Telephone 1.505.863.7541. Email. hzons@gallup.unm.edu.
Global Connections
Dr. Yi Li, Instructor in History, Tacoma Community College, 6501
South 19th Street, Tacoma, Washington 98466. Telephone:
1.253.566.5396. Email: yli@tacomacc.edu
Dr. Rodolfo Rincones,
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Texas at El
Paso, El Paso, Texas and Profesor/Investigador,
Instituto de Ciencias Sociales y de Administración Universidad Autónoma de
Ciudad Juárez, Telephone: 1.915.747.5300. Email: rrincones@utep.edu
Dr. Boris Gubman, Professor of Philosophy and Head of the
Department of the Theory and History of Culture, Tver State University,
Zhelyabova St. 33, Tver 170000, Russian Federation, (08222/3-78-89). Email: Boris.Gubman@tversu.ru
Mr. James Daly, Senior Lecturer in Scholastic Philosophy, Queens
University Belfast, BT7 1NN. (028 90273624) Email james.irldaly@ntlworld.com.