My thirty years at Seton Hill have seen a lot of change to our campus and to student demographics. But what has always endured is our strong sense of community, 既有挑战又有支持, among faculty and staff colleagues and with students as well. This is the special gift of SHU that makes me proud of all our past, confident in our future and grateful every day I arrive on campus. These years have seen a lot of changes in my work too. Most stimulating for me has been development in inter-religious dialogue, especially with Judaism and Islam. I am endlessly fascinated by the varied ways that humanity responds to Divine Mystery and the wonder of our universe. Coming to know other faith traditions has also been a grace-filled journey of deepening faith and joy in my own Catholic tradition. I am pleased to see a similar dynamic occurring for students on our field visits to various worship sites. Truly, “to know only one (religion), is to know none,” as writer Max Mueller has noted. It is in dialogue over the questions at the heart of our living that we become most truly human, 开始认识自己, and become effective citizens of our globe. Religious belief is clearly a strong factor on our globe today. Only by recognizing and reverencing its energy can we build the bridges of respectful challenge and mutual cooperation so sorely needed in our world. Academic research and interfaith friendships over the years have given me the privilege of some international travel. During my sabbatical in spring 2008 I studied the Qur’an in Luxor, 埃及, experiencing that scripture as the living faith of its people. I also visited SHU’s National Catholic Center for Holocaust 教育 in Israel and celebrated Passover dinner with a family in Jerusalem. Interfaith dialogue has been a rich and varied grace for my life.

教育

• 1992 Ph.D. Religious Studies, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• 1982 M.A. Theology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• 1977 B.A. Theology, Loyola University, 芝加哥,

出版物

• “Music and the Arts” in Teaching Islam: A Curriculum Guide for Primary 及中学教育工作者. Nadeem Memon, Mariam Alhashmi, eds. 纽约:劳特利奇(即将出版).
• "Recommended Reading: The Qur'an as a Catholic" U.S. 天主教徒,卷 77, No 8, August 2012, pp 36-38.
• “Rocks or Rainbows: Lessons for Interreligious Dialogue” The Fountain Magazine, 发行83, Sept-Oct 2011. 38-41.
• "In Toyota We Trust" Sightings, Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School. 2010年2月25日
• 《远离马槽.S. 天主教徒,卷. 73, No. 12，十二月2008,pp 35-36.
• “风, 水, 火, and Chocolat" in God's Grandeur: The Arts and Theology in Imagination. 大卫·C. 罗宾逊,艾德. 玛利诺，纽约州:奥比斯图书公司，2007.

奖

• InterReligious Dialogue Award 2015 - Turkish Cultural Center of Pittsburgh
• 2014年人类日奖 匹兹堡伊斯兰中心
• Associated Church Press - First Place Award of Excellence for "Away From the Manger"
• Bridge Building Award - 匹兹堡伊斯兰中心 1998

组织

• Seton Hill representative to CERIS Consortium of 教育al 资源 in Islamic Studies - President 2009-2011 [更多的信息]
• Member CTS College Theology Society - past Board member; Convening the Arts, Literature, and Theology Section currently [更多的信息]
• Member AAR American Academy of Religion [更多的信息]

演讲

• "Teaching Jesus in Film: Evangelization, Catechesis, Theology?" College Theology Society Annual Convention (Omaha, NE) June 2013
• "Thy Wit Be Done" Thirty-fifth Colloquium on Literature and Film, West Virginia University (Morgantown, 2012年9月
• "Founders on Film" College Theology Society Annual Convention (University of Portland, OR) June 2010
• "The Light Shines in the Darkness: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days as a Christ-figure Film" College Theology Society Annual Convention (South Bend, 2009年6月
• "Reversion to the Ummah: Islamic Anthropology and Public Life" College Theology Society Annual Convention (Dayton, 2007年6月
• “风, 水, 火, and Chocolat: Film Images of Pneumatology" College Theology Society Annual Convention (Denver, CO) 2006
• "Reading the Signs of the Times: Gospel and Culture in Dream of the Rood and The Passion of the Christ" College Theology Society Annual Convention (Mobile, 2005年6月
• “他们为什么恨我们?? Muslim and Christian Students Crossing Boundaries" American Academy of Religion Annual Convention (San Antonio, TX) 2004

成就

• Co-Chair of President's Task Force for Setonian Identity and Mission: 2015 to present
• Chair of the Liberal Arts Curriculum: 2011 - 2020
• Sabbatical research on Qur’an and culture, Luxor, 埃及, Spring 2008
• Fulbright Hays four week study tour, 埃及, Summer 2007
• Founding member of CERIS - Consortium of 教育al 资源 in Islamic Studies, 2003
• Wrote proposal and received funding to host Fulbright 访问ing Specialist from the Muslim World, 2005年春季
• Developed internet exchange between SHU students and students of South Valley University in 埃及
• 访问ing Professor, South Valley University, Qena, 埃及, December 2003