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Philosophy and Theology

Faculty Record 2002-2003

Listed below are the publications and presentations of the faculty members in our department for the academic year. These contributions reflect the faculty's commitment to professional growth and development, as well as the desire to share with others the results of our individual and collective work. It is hoped that this service to the academic community will further the mission of DeSales University to provide a Catholic education in the tradition of Christian Humanism.

Karen Arencibia (Adjunct Instructor - Biblical Theology) 

• "Formation with Lectors" -- workshop presentation for the Office of Worship and the Secretariat for Catholic Life and Evangelization of the diocese of Allentown, St. Anne parish (Bethlehem, PA), on November 4, 2002.

Larry Chapp, Ph.D. (Associate Professor - Systematic Theology)  [on sabbatical leave, Fall 2002]

• Serves as editor of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly
• "The Concept of 'Transposition' in the Theology of C.S. Lewis" -- paper presented as part of the academic conference for the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute, Oxbridge 2002, on Time & Eternity: The Cosmic Odyssey, at Oxford on July 15-18, 2002.
• Television appearances on The O'Reilly Factor
• "Spiritual Exegesis in Balthasar's Theology: A Response to Rodney Howsare" -- published in the Josephinum Journal of Theology, 9/2 (Summer/Fall 2002): 282-296.
• interviewed by the National Catholic Register on Catholic Higher Education (September 15, 2002)
• "Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Revelation" -- forthcoming in the Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar (Cambridge University Press, November 2002).
• Panelist at the "Risk of Education" conference on the thought of Luigi Giussani, at Georgetown University (DC) on April 4-5, 2003.
• Paper on "The Trinitarian Roots of Balthasar's Ecclesiology" accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the College Theology Society (Milwaukee) on May 29 - June 1, 2003.

Rev. Thomas F. Dailey, O.S.F.S., S.T.D. (Professor - Biblical Theology)

• Serves on the editorial board of the Indian Journal of Spirituality
• "John Paul II and the Challenge of Evil in the World" -- under consideration for publication in Fides Quarens Intellectum 
• "Believing in Baseball!  The Religious Character of Our National Pastime"
• In Logos: A Journal of Thought and Culture, 6/3 (2003): 63-83.
• In William M. Simons (ed.), The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002 (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003): pp. 339-356.
• "The Eucharist:  A Catholic Oasis in Contemporary Culture" -- series of sermons for the annual 40 hours devotion at St. Maria Goretti parish (Hatfield, PA) on October 7-9, 2002.
• "Forming Consciences in Our Contemporary Culture" -- presentation to the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Immaculata (PA), October 11, 2002.
• "As the (Salesian) World Turns" -- research paper for the Salesian Scholars' Seminar, held at the De Sales Resource Center in Stella Niagara (NY) on October 24-26, 2002.
• "Knowledge Flourishes in Virtue" -- keynote address at the annual honors convocation at Immaculata University (PA) on November 10, 2002.
• "Religious Life in the 21st Century" -- a series of retreat conferences for the Sisters of the Visitation of Holy Mary in Tyringham (MA) on November 18-21, 2002.
• "Salesian Spirituality for Elders" -- presentation to the transitional care unit at Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown (PA) on December 2, 2002.
• "Another Year Closer to Eternity" -- a series of retreat conferences for the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Bensalem (PA) on December 30-31, 2002.
• poster presentation for "Works of Love, Scientific & Religious Perspectives on Altruism," an international, interfaith, and interdisciplinary conference sponsored by the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science and the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, at Villanova University, May 31 - June 5, 2003.

Op-ed publications:

• On the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1/22/03)
• In an argument against war (2/10/03)
• On skepticism (3/31/03)

Commentaries
("On a Spiritual Note") published in On The Boards, the playbill for the ACT ONE theatre program at DeSales University:

• The Memorandum (October 2002)
• An O. Henry Christmas (December 2002)
• The Foreigner (February-March 2003)
• Dance Ensemble Concert (March 2003)
• Hello, Dolly! (April-May 2003)

presidential essays published in the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly

• "The Catholic Difference" (vol. 25/2)
• "A Year Later ..." (vol. 25/3)

Rodney Howsare, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor - Systematic Theology) [acting department chair, Fall 2002]

• "C.S. Lewis and the Case Against Natural Theology" -- paper presented as part of the academic conference for the C.S. Lewis Summer Institute, Oxbridge 2002, on Time & Eternity: The Cosmic Odyssey, at Oxford on July 15-18, 2002.
• "The Eucharist as Sacrifice:  A Marian Dimension" -- published in the Josephinum Journal of Theology, 9/2 (Summer/Fall 2002): 267-281.
• Panelist at the "Risk of Education" conference on the thought of Luigi Giussani, at Georgetown University (DC) on April 4-5, 2003.
• Paper on "Spirit, Institution and Ecumenism: A Balthasarian Approach" accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the College Theology Society (Milwaukee) on May 29 - June 1, 2003.

Brian Kane, Ph.D. (Associate Professor - Moral Theology) 

• "Catholic Ethics of Advance Directives" -- workshop in Tampa (FL) on October 4-6, 2002.
• Participant in a symposium on "Maternal Feminism: Lessons for a 21st Century Motherhood Movement" at Barnard College, Columbia University, on October 29, 2002.
• "Mission and Money: The Vision of American Catholic Healthcare" -- paper accepted for presentation at the Fifth International Symposium on Catholic Social Thought and Management, at the Universidad de Duesto in Bilbao (Spain) on July 15-18, 2003.

Gregory Kerr, Ph.D. (Associate Professor - History of Philosophy)

• Serves on the editorial board for Vera Lex (the International Natural Law Journal)
• "Knowing Our Knowings" -- published in Jacques Maritain and the Many Ways of Knowing, edtied by Douglas A. Ollivant (Catholic University of America Press, 2002).
• "The Sine Qua Non of Love" -- accepted for publication in Truth Matters, edited by John G. Trapani (Catholic University of America Press, 2003).
• "Athens and Jerusalem in America" -- a presentation on religious faith and tolerance for the international meeting of the American Maritain Association on "Jacques Maritain and America" (October 17-20, 2002).
• Book review of W. Norris Clarke, The One and the Many: A Contemporary Thomistic Metaphysics -- published in Vera Lex (Winter 2002)
• Book review of Ruel Foster & Joseph Koterski (eds.). The Two Wings of Catholic Thought: Essays on Fides et Ratio -- forthcoming in the Spring 2003 issue of the Maritain Notebook

Stephen Loughlin, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor - Medieval Philosophy)

• Serves as coordinator of The Aquinas Translation Project
• Serves as an associate editor for Catholicae Veritatis

Rev. Alexander T. Pocetto, O.S.F.S., Ph.D. (Adjunct Professor - Spiritual Theology)

• Serves as President of the International Commission on Salesian Studies and editor of the ICSS Newsletter
• Serves as Regional Director (Philadelphia/Allentown) for the DeSales Spirituality Center
• Serves on the Board of Trustees of Holy Family College
• Edited, wrote "preface" and published a booklet on Leadership in the Salesian Tradition
• "Christian Humanism and the Gentleman Saint" -- two presentations for the faculty in-service at Northeast Catholic High School (Philadelphia, PA), September 5, 2002. 
• "Mary de Sales Chappuis: Apostle of the Salesian Spirit" -- research paper for the Salesian Scholars Seminar, held at the De Sales Resource Center in Stella Niagara (NY) on October 24-26, 2002; submitted for publication in Salesianum
• "Fatherhood and the Holy Name: A Reflection on "Our Father, hallowed be thy name" -- talk at the annual Communion breakfast of the Holy Name Society of St. Ursula's Church in Fountain Hill (PA).
• "What Is a Salesian Gentleman?" -- retreat presentation to the faculties of Northeast Catholic High School (9/24/02) and Father Judge High School (2/5/03) in Philadelphia (PA).
• "From Despair to Hope:  One Student's Struggle with Truth (Francis de Sales, 1567-1622)" -- the fourth annual Newman Lecture at Lehigh University (PA) on April 2, 2003.

Rev. George Winne (Adjunct Instructor - Spiritual Theology) 

• Director of El Instituto del Partir el Pan, a diocesan institute for adult education and leadership development for Hispanics in the diocese of Allentown
• Treasurer of Federacion de Institutos Pastorales, a national federation of institute directors
• Member of the Advisory Board for the Catholic Social Agency of the diocese of Allentown

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