EDUCATION

Ph.D., Theology; University of Dayton, Ohio, 2003-2007. Dissertation: “Evangelical Catholics and Catholic Biblical Scholarship: An Examination of Scott Hahn’s Canonical, Liturgical, and Covenantal Biblical Exegesis”

 

M.A., Theological Studies; University of Dayton, Ohio, 2001-2003. Thesis: “Matthew 16:17-19 in its Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Context: Implications for Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Dialogue on the Papacy”

 

B.A., Comparative Religion and Classical Greek; Miami University, Ohio, 1997-2001

 

TEACHING

2007- Present: Adjunct Professor, University of Dayton, Department of Religious Studies,

 

Summers 2002-04, 07: Adjunct Faculty, Junior State of America, Princeton University Campus

 

2006-07: Doctoral Fellow, University of Dayton, Department of Religious Studies

 

Summer 2006: Adjunct Faculty, Junior State of America, Northwestern University Campus

 

2002-03, 04-06: Instructor, University of Dayton, Department of Religious Studies

 

2001-02, 03-04: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Dayton, Department of Religious Studies

 

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught

The Pentateuch

Introduction to Religion: Catholic Option: Social Justice Cohort

Introduction to Religion: Catholic Option

Speech Communication

 

 

Teaching Training

2004-06: Teaching Seminars and Group Discussions on teaching effectiveness funded by a $70,000 Wabash grant to the University of Dayton’s Department of Religious Studies

 

2002-03 and 2004-05: Graduate Student weekly teaching training led by the Graduate Advisor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies

 

 

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS 

Journals

“Stanley Hauerwas and Pope John Paul II on Peace, Truth, and Life.” Josephinum Journal of Theology 13, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 2006) : 46-65.

 

“J.R.R. Tolkien as a Christian for our Times.” Evangelical Review of Theology 29, no. 2 (April 2005) : 164-177.

 

“Media Portrayals of American Catholic Concerns About the US War in Iraq.” With Biff Rocha, Global Media Journal 3, no. 5 (Fall 2004) ISSN: 1550-7521.

 

“J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in the Light of Hans Urs von Balthasar.” Renascence 56, no. 3 (Spring 2004) : 181-196.

 

“Papal Primacy in the Early Church: St. Augustine and the Case of Antoninus of Fussala.” Fides Quaerens Intellectum 2, no. 2 (Spring 2003) : 305-326.  

 

 

Reference Works

In The Catholic Encyclopedia of Apologetics and Evangelization, ed. Mark Brumely. San Francisco: Ignatius Press (forthcoming). “Crusades” and “Synod of Dort.”

 

In Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, ed. George Thomas Kurian and James D. Smith III. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson (forthcoming). “Edwin M. Yamauchi,” “Marie-Joseph Lagrange,” “Pope John Paul II,” “Scott Hahn,” “Pope Benedict XVI,” and “Augustin Cardinal Bea.”

 

 

Book Reviews

Review of Ver a Jesús Y Sus Signos, Y Creer en Él, by Fernando Ramos Pérez. Review of Biblical Literature (February 2005)

 

 

Conference Proceedings

“The Political and Evangelical Context of Pope John Paul II’s Outreach to the Marginalized.” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2006) : 100-130.

 

“Revisiting the Seventeenth-Century European ‘Wars of Religion.’” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2005) : 66-80.

 

“Historiographical Conflict Within Biblical Studies: A Case Study of Nuzi and the Patriarchal Narratives in Genesis.” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2004) : 53-65.

 

“The ‘Sign of the Cross’ in the Acts of Paul and Thecla?” Proceedings of the Eastern Great Lakes & Midwest Biblical Societies 23 (2003) : 91-100.

 

“75 Years of Comparative Religion at Miami University.” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2003) : 81-87.

 

“Pope John Paul II and the Theory of Evolution.” Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies : Science and Culture 13 (2002) : 38-44.

 

“The Historicity of Jesus’ Empty Tomb.” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2002) : 43-62.

 

“A Rhetorical Analysis of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.” With Biff Rocha. The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2002) : 63-76.

 

“The Bishop as a ‘Type’ of God the Father in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch.” The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2001) : 119-126.

 

“The Word of God Alone.” With Biff Rocha. The Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers (2001) : 127-132.

 

 

Academic Paper Presentations

“The Political and Evangelical Context of Pope John Paul II’s Outreach to the Marginalized.” Ohio Academy of Religion, April 1, 2006.

 

“Revisiting the Seventeenth-Century European ‘Wars of Religion.’” Ohio Academy of Religion, April 2, 2005.

 

“Tolkien’s Christian Fiction.” Stander Symposium, University of Dayton, April 6, 2005.

 

“Glimpses of Mary in the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.” Mideast Conference on Christianity and Literature, October 23, 2004.

 

“Historiographical Conflict within Biblical Studies: A Case Study of Nuzi and the Patriarchal Narratives in Genesis.” Ohio Academy of Religion, April 17, 2004.

 

“Bar-Jonah: A Sign of Divine Inspiration.” Central States Communication Association, April 2, 2004.

 

“Ecumenical Rhetoric in Fides et Ratio.” Central States Communication Association, April 2, 2004.

 

“J.R.R. Tolkien vis-à-vis Friedrich Max Müller’s Religionswissenschaft.” Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 18, 2004.

 

“The Visual Depiction of Sin in Tolkien.” National Communication Association, November 23, 2003.

 

“J.R.R. Tolkien and Christianity.” Mideast Conference on Christianity and Literature, October 17, 2003.

 

“The ‘Sign of the Cross’ in the Acts of Paul and Thecla?” Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, April 11, 2003.

 

“75 Years of Comparative Religion at Miami.” Ohio Academy of Religion, March 29, 2003.

 

“A Test Case in Authority: The Bishop of Rome in the Case of Antoninus of Fussala.” Eastern International Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 21, 2003.

 

“Matthew 16:16-19 and the Papacy in Light of Volf.” University of Dayton’s Department of Religious Studies Colloquium, November 6, 2002.

 

“Tolkien and Lewis in the Light of Von Balthasar.” Mideast Conference on Christianity and Literature, October 19, 2002.

 

“Pope John Paul II and the Theory of Evolution.” Institute for Liberal Studies’ Interdisciplinary Conference on Science and Culture, April 4, 2002.

 

“The Historicity of Jesus’ Empty Tomb.” Ohio Academy of Religion, March 23, 2002.

 

“Things Are Not Always As They Appear: The Dissonance Between the Physical and the Spiritual in Tolkien.” Mideast Conference on Christianity and Literature, October 20, 2001.

 

“Bishop as ‘Type’ in Ignatius of Antioch.” Ohio Academy of Religion, March 24, 2001.

 

 

Joint Paper Presentations of Co-Authored Works

Co-authored paper (with Biff Rocha), “A Rhetorical Analysis of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification,” presented by Biff Rocha at the Ohio Academy of Religion, March 23, 2002.

 

Co-authored paper (with Biff Rocha), “The Word of God Alone,” presented by Biff Rocha at the Ohio Academy of Religion, March 24, 2001.

 

 

Invited Lectures and Speaking Engagements

“For Forgiveness Sake: Understanding the Sacrament of Reconciliation Part I: The Biblical Basis for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.” Ite Missa Est, the Adult Education Program at Immaculate Conception Parish, Dayton, Ohio, February 15, 2007.

 

“The Historical Reliability of the Bible.” Christian Legal Society, Law School, University of Dayton, February 1, 2007.

 

“My Word: How to Read, Understand, and Pray the Bible.” Ite Missa Est, the Adult Education Program at Immaculate Conception Parish, Dayton, Ohio, October 11, 2006.

 

“Testimony.” Defending the Faith Conference. Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, Ohio, July 30, 2006.  

 

“Dominus Iesus.” Catholic Life, University of Dayton, October 23, 2003.

 

“Trust in the Lord.” Campus Crusade for Christ, University of Dayton, December 5, 2001.

 

 

Popular Periodicals

“Jesus in History.” The Catholic Answer (May/June 2003) : 32-35.

 

“‘Son of Jonah’ and Papal Infallibility.” The Catholic Answer (September/October 2002) : 38-39, 41.

 

“The Song of Mary.” The Catholic Answer (May/June 2002) : 32-34.

 

“Our Daily Bread.” The Catholic Answer (January/February 2002) : 8-10.

 

“Finding Faith.” Worldwide Challenge (March/April 2001) : 25-27.

 

“To Remain in Christ.” The Catholic Answer (March/April 2001) : 37-39.

 

“In the Crosshairs of the Canon.” This Rock (November 2000) : 22-27.

 

“A Spiritual Journey from Jerusalem to Rome.” New Oxford Review (September 2000) : 27-30, 32-33.

 

 

GRANTS, FINANCIAL AWARDS, ASSISTANTSHIPS & HONORS

Augt 2006-May 07: Competitive Doctoral Fellowship, funded by the University of Dayton’s Department of Religious Studies to work on doctoral dissertation and teach undergraduate courses

 

Summer 2006: University of Dayton Summer Student Fellowship Grant, $2,000 for the research project entitled, “Evangelical Catholics and Biblical Hermeneutics: A Test Case of Scott Hahn’s Method of Biblical Interpretation”

 

Summer 2005: Invited as Visiting Research Scholar for the Summer Scholars’ Program at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem

 

Summer 2005: University of Dayton Summer Student Fellowship Grant, $2,000 for the research project entitled, “Baruch Spinoza and the Founding of Modern Biblical Criticism”

 

Summer 2004: University of Dayton Summer Student Fellowship Grant, $1,500 for the research project entitled, “Media Analysis and the War with Iraq”

 

Aug 2003-May 06: University of Dayton, Religious Studies Department, Assistantships to pursue a Ph.D. in Theology

 

Summer 2003: University of Dayton Summer Student Fellowship Grant, $1,500 for the research project entitled, “J.R.R. Tolkien Vis-à-vis Friedrich Max Müller’s Religionswissenschaft”

 

Summer 2002: University of Dayton Summer Student Fellowship Grant, $1,500 for the research project entitled, “The Relationship Between Nuzi Customs and the Patriarchal Narratives in Genesis”

 

Aug 2001-May 03: University of Dayton, Religious Studies Department, Assistantships to pursue an M.A. in Theological Studies

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Senior Fellow, St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology

 

2005-06: Editor, Ohio Academy of Religion Scholarly Papers

 

2005-06: Vice President, Ohio Academy of Religion

 

2005-06: Conference Organizer, Ohio Academy of Religion

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of Religion, Society of Biblical Literature, College Theology Society, Ohio Academy of Religion

 

 

LANGUAGES

French (basic reading)

German (basic reading)

Greek (Attic, Ionic, Koine, basic reading)

Hebrew (Biblical, basic reading)

Italian (basic reading)

Ladino (Semitic Script, basic reading; Transliteration, intermediate reading)

Latin (Ecclesiastical, basic reading)

Portuguese (intermediate reading)

Spanish (high competence reading, intermediate competence speaking, intermediate competence writing)

 

 

TRAVEL, MISSION, SERVICE & STUDY ABROAD

Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Grand Cayman Islands, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Palestine, Puerto Rico, Spain, Vatican City

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: October 5, 1978 in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Married to: Maria C. (Feilmeyer) Morrow

Hobby: Martial Arts