Anthony Mansueto
Web Page: http://www.seekingwisdom.com
Email [email protected], [email protected]
Ph.D., Religion, Ethics, and Society,
Graduate Theological Union,
M.A., Religion,
B.A., Humanities,
Languages: English (native), Spanish, French, and Italian (excellent
reading, good speaking and fair writing), Biblical Hebrew and Greek (basic
reading), Russian and Chinese (studying)
Research: Conducted cutting edge research, resulting in the publication of four
books, 10 articles in refereed journals, and numerous articles in journals of
public opinion which 1) reground rational metaphysics and
natural law ethics in response to modern and postmodern critiques and in
dialogue with recent developments in the physical, biological, and social
sciences and with humanity’s principal wisdom (philosophical and religious)
traditions and 2) retheorize the role of religion in the public arena
historically and in the present period.
Public Humanities:
v Developed a program of public dialogues in a diverse “global
suburb” aimed at restructuring public discourse to include deliberation around
ends as well as means, and to engage the full range of civilizational
traditions represented in the region.
v Made a branch college in a remote location into a center for
inter-religious and intercultural dialogue and a model for a new kind of public
arena: democratic and pluralistic but also value based and constituted by
dialogue around fundamental questions of meaning and value.
Teaching:
v Developed a faculty seminar which engaged professors from diverse
disciplines in exploring the nature of and competing approaches liberal arts
education in the light of such developments as globalization, fundamentalism,
and other current trends.
v Developed and implemented innovative and effective strategies
centered around the use of civic engagement for making liberal arts education
both more rigorous and more accessible to students from working class and
ethnic minority communities.
v Developed a unique approach to liberal arts education which links
the medieval quaestio method with
explorations of classical and contemporary scholarly texts, analysis of the
social contexts out of which fundamental questions and the answers to them
emerge, and attention to the practical implications of those answers,
v Developed international assessment standards in World Religions for
the International Baccalaureate Organization,
v Developed unique program for training grassroots leaders in methods
of social analysis, social ethics, political strategy, and basic organizing
skills.
Publishing: Built Seeking Wisdom, an award winning international electronic journal
of philosophy, religion, and politics dedicated to combating the nihilism,
despair and injustice of our time and to charting the next steps in the human
civilizational project.
Organizing and
Public Policy: Built sponsoring committee of 50
member congregations for an interfaith organizing effort and raised over
$625,000 to support social justice efforts in a conservative diocese and led
winning citywide issue campaigns on charter reform and metropolitan
participation in statewide campaigns resulting in vote totals 5% above the
(winning) state average.
Administration and Management:
v Served as a Dean, Department Chair, and Program Director, and lead
academic units of 36 full time and roughly 90 adjunct faculty (70 FTE), managed
budgets of roughly $3 million and schedules of 350 courses per semester;
significantly expanded and improved both the academic quality and diversity of
the adjunct faculty pool, and played a major role in deliberation around
liberal arts curricula and in developing new academic programs at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
v Built an independent research, education, and organizing institute
with an international board of senior scholars which publishes an international
electronic journal of philosophy, religion, and politics, develops public
humanities and community based liberal arts and political education programs,
and provides research and leadership development services to nongovernmental
organizations at both the local and international levels.
Regular Administrative
and Faculty Appointments
Dean, Communications and Humanities,
Spring Creek Campus,
Chair, Department of Social Sciences,
Associate Professor, Philosophy,
Religious Studies, and Western Civilization, University of
Assistant Professor, Philosophy,
Religious Studies, and Western Civilization, University of
Academic
Dean,
Profesor (Titular B)
de la Sociología de las religions, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, 1996 - 1997. (Sociología de las religions).
Program Director and Assistant
Professor, Philosophy,
Visiting,
External, and Adjunct Faculty Appointments
Research
Staff Positions
Research Associate, Office of Social
Science Research,
Research Assistant/Lead Interviewer,
Italians in Chicago Oral History Project, Department of History, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1980.
Teaching
Style:
v
I use the quaestio
method, focusing students on fundamental questions, exposing them to
competing theoretical perspectives, and challenging them to take and defend
independent positions in the context of the ongoing debate.
v
I stress the
social contexts out of which philosophical, theological, and sociological ideas
emerge and their practical (political or pastoral) implications.
v
I use classic
texts and contemporary scholarly articles, never textbooks.
v
My courses
are reading, writing, and debate intensive.
v
I use civic
engagement and other forms experiential learning to create a basis in
experience and a context for rigorous training in the liberal arts.
Areas of
Specialization:
Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion,
Comparative Metaphysics, Ethical Theory, Social Ethics, Epistemology, Philosophy
of Nature, Philosophy of History
Religious Studies: Religion and Society, Religion and Culture, Religion
and Politics, Religion and Science
Areas of
Competence: I have taught the following courses at
colleges and universities:
Philosophy: Introduction to Philosophy,
Philosophy of Nature/God and the New Cosmology, Philosophy of Religion,
Philosophy of God, Contemporary Philosophy, Ethics, Social Ethics, Bioethics,
Philosophy of Education
Religious Studies: Comparative
Religion, Western Religions, Eastern Religions, Religion and Society/Sociology
of Religion, Religion and Politics, Social Ethics, Roman Catholic Social
Teaching, Religion and Ethnicity, Religion in the
History: World/Western Civilization,
Sociology: Introduction to Sociology,
Social Theory, Sociology of Religion, Research Methods, Social Psychology,
Culture and Values:
Honors Seminars: Ancient Legacy, Medieval Legacy, Silk Roads and Silicon
Superhighways: Religion, Conquest and Trade in the Human Civilizational
Project, Emerging from the Matrix: Responses to Modernity in Philosophy, Social
Theory, and the Arts
I also have
many years experience teaching in community based settings and have developed a
sequence of courses designed to train grassroots leaders in Methods of
Social Analysis, Philosophical and Theological Reflection, Political
Strategy, and Basic Organizing
Skills
Research Interests: My research is centered in the following areas:
v Regrounding rational metaphysics and natural law ethics in the
light of modern and postmodern critiques, and in dialogue with recent
developments in the physical, biological and social sciences and with
humanity’s principal wisdom (philosophical and religious) traditions,
v Theoretical and comparative/comparative historical study of
religion and politics, especially critiques of secularization theory and
studies of the religious legitimation of political authority, and
v Strategic studies directed at understanding the role of religion,
ideology, and culture in political strategy.
Books
Published
Spirituality
and Dialectics Lexington
Press, 2005 (with Maggie Mansueto): a critique of postmodernism showing how, by
undermining the metaphysical foundations for moral judgment, it helps to
legitimate the market order; sketches arguments for epistemological realism,
cosmic teleology, a dialectical metaphysics of Esse, and a radically
historicized natural law ethics, and shows how dialectics forms a necessary preparation
for the spiritual life in a market society.
Knowing God:
Restoring Reason in an Age of Doubt: Ashgate
Publishers, 2002. Reconciles epistemological and metaphysical realism with
recognition of social context in shaping what and how we know, bringing an
Aristotelian theory of knowledge into dialogue with cognitive development
theory and the sociology of knowledge. The book focuses on religious knowledge
and concludes with a “guide for the perplexed” intended to help overcome
nihilism and despair.
Religion and
Dialectics, University Press of America, 2002: An
answer to Marx’s critique of religion, Religion and Dialectics argues
that religion plays a critical leading role in human development and
civilizational project, while specifying the roots of religious alienation
within the Christian tradition.
Towards
Synergism: The Cosmic Significance of the Human Civilizational Project, University Press of
Completed/Under
Review
Knowing God: The Ultimate Meaningfulness of the Universe, answers arguments emerging from mathematical physics which question
the ultimate meaningfulness of the universe. The book mounts a critique of
mathematical physics and makes an argument for a teleological research program
for the sciences, for cosmic teleology and for the existence of God. Under review.
Knowing God:
Doing Justice, argues (on the basis of the
dialectical metaphysics elaborated in earlier works) for a radically
historicized natural law ethics.
God is an
Apricot Tree, a first
novel, written in a broadly magical realist style, wrestles with the
fundamental issue at the heart of modernity –the relationship between knowledge
and power—and with the related question of the struggle for justice and with
the ambiguous effects of that struggle on those who pursue it. Under review.
In Progress
Knowing God:
The Journey of the Dialectic mounts a defense of
the dialectical metaphysics of Esse against postmodernist critiques
which blame it for the ills of modernity, while bringing dialectics into
dialogue with the planet’s other wisdom traditions, both religious and
philosophical. The book joins the new discipline of the sociology of philosophy
with substantive metaphysical argument.
Emerging
from the Matrix: Spirituality and Politics in an Era of Global Crisis mounts a critique of the dominant “end
of history” and “clash of civilization” theses and argues that humanity is
entering a period of civilizational crisis in which people no longer uphold the
modern ideal (understanding how the universe works in order to subject it to
rational human control) but have not yet embraced another. It argues for a
vision of the future grounded in the philosophical system articulated in the Knowing
God series and proposes a strategy for realizing that vision.
Knowing God:
Logos and Sophia: a response to linguistic (analytical
and structuralist/poststructuralist) critiques of metaphysics
The Human
Civilizational Project: An interdisciplinary introduction
to global humanities and civilization studies
Knowing God:
The Ways of Wisdom: a world theology
The
Alchemists Kitchen: Religion, Science, and Food in Comparative Historical
Perspective
The Popular
Wisdom Research Project is an in-depth interview
project exploring the ways in which ordinary people approach fundamental
questions of meaning and value, and how these shape and are shaped by the
social context in which they live. Contingent on funding.
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.
Complete/unpublished. Dissertation committee included Robert Bellah, Clare
Fischer, and Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum.
Articles
Published in
Refereed Journals and Books
“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,
"From
Hermeneutical Circle to Dialectical Spiral: Philosophy and Ideological
Criticism," Culture and Power, (
"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: The Contributions of Anthropic Cosmology and Complex Systems
Theory to the Social Sciences," Filosofskie nauki (Philosophical
Sciences),
"The
Current Situation in the European Countries of the Former Soviet Bloc,” in
"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,
"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
“A Question Centered Approach to Liberal Arts Education,” Journal
of Liberal Education, October 2006
“Understanding
“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
“Combat Nihilism and Unite the Forces of
Meaning and Hope, or How We Should Respond to September 11,” a special report
of The Seeking Wisdom Project, August 2002
“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
“The Ways of Wisdom: Towards a World
Theology,” paper presented at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the American
Academy of Religion, Dallas, 4 March, 2007
“Religion, Pluralism, and Democracy: A
Natural Law Approach,” paper presented at at the Southwest Regional Meeting of
the American Academy of Religion, 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 Historical Materialism: Foundations for a Biblical
Sociology," Paper presented to Norman Gottwald's Seminar on Biblical
Sociology, 1983, Berkeley, California, extensively circulated and cited.
My work in the public arena is an
extension of my research and teaching and is aimed at leading the communities I
serve in analyzing their social contexts, reflecting on fundamental questions
of meaning and value, and learning how to act effectively in the public arena. I
have served as an advisor to political and religious leaders and as an
organizer and consultant for community organizations, NGOs, political
organizations, and religious organizations, at the local, state, regional,
national, and international levels.
President, Seeking Wisdom, 1991-present:
Director,
University of New Mexico – Gallup/Seeking Wisdom/KGLP By the People
Dialogue Project, Autumn
2004. Organized a series of public fora leading up to the November 2004
General Election as part of the By the
People Project sponsored by MacNeil-Lehrer Productions. The project was
intended to engage ordinary citizens in dialogue and reflection around the
fundamental questions of meaning and value which stand behind public policy
debates. Questions addressed included values and the economy, the meaning of
democracy, whether or not the United States has a unique mission in the world,
and the state of the world after the election.
Director,
Gallup Inter-Religious Dialogue Project, Gallup, New Mexico, 2002-present. Founded in the wake of the events of 11
September 2001, the Gallup Inter-Religious Dialogue Project has brought
together Diné, A:shiwi, Native American Church, Islamic, Catholic, Protestant,
Bahà’í, Latter Day Saints, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu leaders to engage in
dialogue regarding fundamental questions of meaning and value, their vision for
a just social order, and their reading of the current global situation.
Participation of Native American leaders has begun to attract international
attention, and an effort is underway to fund national and international
expansion of the project. Local leaders have already drawn into the process a
Sufi leader active in the Israel-Arab peace process and the national leader of
one the most important Buddhist lineages. Our aim is to catalyze a series of
public dialogues regarding fundamental questions of meaning and value which
will help to lay the groundwork for a pluralistic, values-based democratic
public arena at the local and global levels. During the Autumn of 2002 I also
taught an eight week course on Islam for the First United Methodist Church.
Advisor, World Forum for Alternatives/World Social Forum,
1998-present. Research
analyzing the impact of globalization on human development and civilizational
progress in the United States, assessing the state of the social movements, and
suggesting strategic directions. Developed the Human Civilization Index measuring
levels of human development across a wider ranger of dimensions than existing
indices (especially cultural factors) and providing a criterion for evaluating
the impact of globalization and of various economic structures and polices. The
World Forum is an international nongovernmental organization composed of
research institutes and popular organizations.
Instructor and Advisor, Center for Human Rights, an immigrant rights organization based in Dallas, Texas, 2001-2001.
Provided training in social analysis, social ethics, political strategy, and
organizing techniques; advised Director regarding strategy and organizational
development.
Consultant, Southwest Community Congress, 2000. Strategic assessment and fundraising.
Strategic planning and leadership development services,
various local congregations and other religious institutions, including the
Diaconate Training Program, Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Campus Ministry, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Emmitsburg, MD; Congregation Nahalat
Shalom, Albuquerque, NM; Resurrection Lutheran Church, Dallas; St. Elizabeth of
Hungary Catholic Church, Baltimore, M;, Ascension Catholic Church, Albuquerque,
NM; St. Ansgar Catholic Church, Hanover Park, IL, 1991-1995.
Interfaith Organizing
Secretary, Strategy Committee, Dallas Area Interfaith, 1988-1991. Played leading role in building a sponsoring committee
of 50 congregations for an interfaith organizing effort.
Raised $625,000 to support social justice efforts,
1988-1991.
Political Action
Dallas County Coordinator, Colonias Infrastructure Referendum. Organized bipartisan and
interfaith support for a referendum which provided millions of dollars in
infrastructure aid to colonias along
the Texas-Mexico Border, resulting in voter support 5% above the state average,
1990.
Secured support of the Catholic Bishop of Dallas for
restructuring of the Dallas City Council to increase ethnic minority
representation. The Bishop’s support tipped the balance and resulted in the
restructuring we requested. 1988-1990.
Advised the Catholic Bishop of Dallas regarding public
policy questions.
Research: Conducted research regarding the economic, political, and
ideological-cultural situation in the diocese, 1988-1991.
Teaching: Developed program to train grassroots leaders in social analysis,
social ethics, and political strategy, 1988-1991.
Service on Boards
Delegate, Diocesan Synod, Catholic Diocese of Dallas, October-November, 1990.
Prepared final document on Multicultural Concerns for diocesan synod.
Member, Racial and Ethnic Justice Task Force, Greater Dallas
Community of Churches, 1988-1991.
Editorial Board, Texas Catholic Newspaper, 1988-1991
Member, Board of Directors, Roundtable, (National Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action
Directors), 1988‑1991
Editorial, Governing, and Advisory Boards: Founding Editor, Seeking Wisdom (2003-present) and Dialectic,
Cosmos, and Society (1991-2002), both international electronic journals of
philosophy, religion, and politics; Member, Board of Directors, Study at Peking
University Summer Study Abroad Program, (2005 – present); Member, International
Advisory Committee, Institute of Philosophy, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003- present;
Editorial Board, Fealsunacht, an Irish Journal of Philosophy, Belfast,
Northern Ireland, 2000– present; Editorial Board, Russia and the West: A Dialogue
of Cultures, Tver State University, 1994-present; International Advisory
Committee, Institute for Strategic Studies and Social Progress, University
"Braca Karic," 1992-present.; Editorial Board, Texas Catholic
Newspaper, 1988-1991; Board of Directors, Roundtable, (National Association of
Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors), 1988‑1991.
Academic
Consulting: Diploma Examiner World Religions, International Baccalaureate Organization,
1998 – present (Senior Examiner in 2003 and 2005; revised assessment criteria
in World Religions, 2004). Consulting services for independent scholars:
reading and evaluating manuscripts on sociology, philosophy, and theology and
helping prepare them for publication, 1997 – present; Consultant, Encyclopaedia
Britannica: revised Religious Studies bibliographies for on-line version of
the encyclopaedia, 1994
Institutional Service: I have served as a Dean, Department Chair, Program Director,
Secretary of the Faculty Senate, Chair of the Faculty Senate Political Affairs
Committee, and member of institutional Curriculum and Assessment, Ethics, and
Strategic Planning committees, and have played a major role in developing new
academic programs and in revising institution-wide liberal arts requirements.
Scholarship
Professor Rosemary Ruether, Carpenter
Professor of Feminist Theology, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave.,
Berkeley, CA 94709. Telephone: 1.800.999.0528. Email: [email protected].
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:
[email protected].
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Administration
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. [email protected].
Mr. Gary
Hodge, Academic Dean, Social Sciences, Spring Creek Campus, Collin County
Community College, 2800 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas 75074.
Telephone 1.972.881.5897. Email: [email protected].
Dr. Cameron
Neal, Academic Dean, Math and Natural Sciences, Spring Creek Campus, Collin
County Community College, 2800 East Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas 75074.
Telephone 1.972.881.5881. Email: [email protected].
Global Connections
Dr. Yi Li, Instructor in History,
Tacoma Community College, 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma, Washington 98466. Telephone: 1.253.566.5396. Email: [email protected]
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: [email protected].
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Mr. James Daly, Senior Lecturer in Scholastic Philosophy, Queens
University Belfast, BT7 1NN. (028 90273624) Email [email protected].