Thomas Beaudoin

Thomas Beaudoin Curriculum Vitae

Tom Beaudoin 

Professor of Religion 

Fordham University, Graduate School of Religion 

441 East Fordham Road 

New York, New York 10458-9993, USA 

718.817.5965 | [email protected] 

https://sites.google.com/site/tmbeaudoin 

EDUCATION 

Ph.D., Religion and Education, Boston College, 2001: Dissertation, “Teaching the ‘Subject’ of  Theology, with Continual Reference to Michel Foucault” 

Comprehensive Examinations: With Distinction 

Master of Theological Studies, Harvard Divinity School, 1996 

Bachelor of Arts, History, University of Missouri, 1992 

With honors 

With distinction 

Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education, University of Missouri, 1992 

With honors 

With distinction 

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 

2019-present Professor, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Fordham  University 

2008-2019 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education,  Fordham University 

2004-2008 Assistant Professor, Religious Studies Department, Santa Clara University 

2002-2004 Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry,  Boston College 

WORKS IN PROGRESS 

For All Gods: Why the Pantheon Matters, manuscript in progress 

Theology’s Practices, manuscript in progress

PUBLICATIONS 

Books 

Secular Music and Sacred Theology (editor) (Liturgical Press, 2013) 

Witness to Dispossession: The Vocation of a Postmodern Theologian (Orbis, 2008) 

Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy (Sheed and Ward/Rowman and Littlefield, 2003; revised paperback, 2007) 

Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X (Jossey-Bass/Simon and Schuster,  1998; paperback, 2001) 

Published Lectures 

The Cost of Economic Discipleship: U.S. Christians and Global Capitalism: The Bannan Lecture (Santa Clara  University, 2002) 

Proclaiming the Gospel in a Wired World: The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church and  Culture, co-author Marva Dawn. This includes my edited lectures as chapters: “Celebrity Deathmatch: The Church vs. Capitalism,” and “After Purity: Contesting Theocapitalism”  (Princeton Theological Seminary, 2001) 

Journal Articles 

“Pantheon Research, Practical Theology, and Cathedral Studies,” Journal of Beliefs and Values, Vol.  44, No. 4 (2023), 611-623 

“Faith in Music: Attempting a Free, Public, Online Course in Practical Theology,” Practical Matters  Journal, Summer 2019, no. 12, 1-14 

“De-Konversion und katholische Vielfalt” (co-authored with Patrick Hornbeck), Salzburger  Theologische Zeitschrift 19:1, 2015, 39-51 

“Teaching Theology in an Atmosphere of Deconversion,” Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology  Society 40:2, December 2013, 255-262 

“Une catéchèse virtuelle. La culture populaire comme lieu d’apprentissage de la foi,” Lumen Vitae:  Revue Internationale de Catéchèse et de Pastorale 66:3 (September 2011), 311-321 

“Secular Catholicism and Practical Theology,” International Journal of Practical Theology, Vol. 15:1 (2011), 22-37 

“Engaging Foucault with Rahner: Sketching an Asymptotic Relationship,” Philosophy and Theology 20:1-2, 2009, 307-329

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“Asad on the Secular,” Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 35:2, Fall 2008, 349-354 

“The Theological Anthropology of Thomas Groome,” Religious Education 100:2, Winter 2005, 127- 138 

“Toward Being a Theologian of Postmodern Culture,” Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture 8:1/2  (2004), 137-158 

“Foucault-Teaching-Theology,” Religious Education 98:1, Winter 2003, 25-42 

“I Was Imprisoned By Subjectivity and Jesus Visited Me: Bonhoeffer and Foucault On the Way to a Postmodern Christian Self,” Currents in Theology and Mission, October 2002, 341-361 

“The Church: Defender of Theocapitalism?”, Currents in Theology and Mission, October 2002, 362-387 

Chapters in Edited Books 

“Promoting a New Yes to Life: Reckoning Theologically with Affiliational Diversity in Catholic Heritage Education and Ministry,” in Pavol Bargar and Peter Jonkers (eds.), The Faith and Beliefs of  “Nonbelievers” (Washington, DC: The Council for Research and Values in Philosophy, 2024), 163- 186 

“Cultural Catholicism,” in Margaret McGuinness and Thomas Rzeznik (eds.), The Cambridge  Companion to American Catholicism (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), 325-342 

“Secular Catholic Families: Inheritance and Invention,” in Jason King and Julie Hanlon Rubio (eds.),  Sex, Love, and Families: Catholic Perspectives (Liturgical Press, 2020), 235-245 

“Why Does Practice Matter Theologically?” in Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore  (eds.), Conundrums in Practical Theology (Brill, 2016), 8-32 

“Postmodern Practical Theology,” in Kathleen Cahalan and Gordon Mikoski (eds.), Opening the Field  of Practical Theology: An Introduction (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), 187-202 

“White Practical Theology” (co-authored with Katherine Turpin), in Kathleen Cahalan and Gordon  Mikoski (eds.), Opening the Field of Practical Theology: An Introduction (Rowman and Littlefield,  2014), 251-270 

“Afterword: Reflections from Ecclesiology and Practical Theology” (co-authored with Bradford  Hinze), in Christine Firer Hinze and J. Patrick Hornbeck II (eds.), More Than a Monologue: Sexual  Diversity and the Catholic Church, Volume 1: Voices of Our Times (Fordham University Press, 2014),  179-191 

“Theology of Popular Music as a Theological Exercise,” in Tom Beaudoin (ed.), Secular Music and  Sacred Theology (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013), ix-xxiv

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“Deconversion and Ordinary Theology: A Catholic Study” (with J. Patrick Hornbeck), in Jeff  Astley and Leslie J. Francis (eds.), Exploring Ordinary Theology: Everyday Christian Believing and the  Church (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013), 33-44 

“Everyday Faith in and Beyond Scandalized Religion,” in Gordon Lynch and Jolyon Mitchell with  Anna Strhan (eds.), Religion, Media and Culture: A Reader (Routledge, 2011), 236-243 

“Religion, Pop Culture and Virtual Faith” (with Sylvia Collins-Mayo), in Religion and Youth, edited  by Pink Dandelion and Sylvia Collins-Mayo (Ashgate, 2010), 17-23 

“The Ethics of Research in Faith and Culture: Scholarship as Fandom?” in Exploring Religion and the  Sacred in a Media Age, edited by Christopher Deacy and Elisabeth Arweck (Ashgate, 2009), 23-41 

“Popular Culture Scholarship as a Spiritual Exercise: Thinking Ethically With(out) Christianity,” in  Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular Culture, edited by Gordon Lynch (I.B.  Tauris, 2007), 94-110 

“From Singular to Plural Domains of Theological Knowledge: Toward a Foucaultian New  Question,” in James Bernauer and Jeremy Carrette (eds.), Michel Foucault and Theology: The Politics  of Religious Experience (Ashgate, 2004), 171-190 

“‘Virtual’ Catechesis: Religious Formation of the Post-Vatican II Generations,” in Thomas Groome and Harold Horell (eds.), Horizons and Hopes: The Future of Religious Education (Paulist Press, 2003), 63-80 

Encyclopedia Essays/Entries 

“Generation X,” in Gary Laderman and Luis León (eds.), Religion and American Cultures: An  Encyclopedia of Traditions, Diversity, and Popular Expressions (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2003),  pp. 414-416; second edition (2014), 474-477 

“Virtual faith,” in Charles Winquist and Victor Taylor (eds.), The Routledge Encyclopedia of  Postmodernism (New York: Routledge, 2000), 418-419 

Book Reviews 

The Church, Authority, and Foucault, by Steven G. Ogden (Routledge, 2017), Modern Believing 62:4  (2021), 419-420 

Mass Exodus: Catholic Disaffiliation in Britain and America since Vatican II, by Stephen Bullivant (Oxford  University Press), American Catholic Studies 131:2 (Summer 2020), 81-83 

Invitation to Practical Theology: Catholic Voices and Visions, edited by Claire Wolfteich (Paulist),  Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society, 42:2 (December 2015), 505-506 

The Politics of Discipleship: Becoming Postmaterial Citizens, by Graham Ward (Baker Academic), 

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Theology Today 68:1 (April 2011), 98-99 

Religion After Postmodernism, by Victor E. Taylor (University of Virginia Press), Theology Today 67:2  (July 2010), 231-232, 234  

Secularity and the Gospel: Being Missionaries to Our Children, edited by Ronald Rolheiser (Crossroad,  2006), Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society 35:2 (Fall 2008), 398-399 

Equality and the Family: A Fundamental, Practical Theology of Children, Mothers, and Fathers in Modern  Societies, by Don S. Browning (Eerdmans, 2007), Horizons 37:2 (Fall 2010), 364-366 

Shaping a Global Theological Mind, Darren C. Marks (ed.), (Ashgate, 2008), in Journal of Contemporary  Religion 26:1 (January 2011), 137-138 

Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church, by Kenda Creasy Dean  (Oxford University Press), America magazine (203:12), 1 November 2010, 14-15 

Reading the Bible with the Damned, by Bob Ekblad (Westminster John Knox Press), Theology Today,  Vol. 63:4 (January 2007), 510, 512 

Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers by Christian Smith, with Melinda Lundquist Denton (Oxford University Press), America, Sept. 19, 2005, 24-25 

Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture by Vincent J. Miller (Continuum), Theological Studies, March 2005, 236-237 

Godtalk: Travels in Spiritual America by Brad Gooch (Knopf), Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality,  Fall 2004, 235-238 

Michel Foucault by Sara Mills (Routledge), Literature and Theology Vol. 18, No. 4, December 2004,  491-492 

The Predicament of Postmodern Theology: Radical Orthodoxy or Nihilist Textualism? by Gavin Hyman  (Westminster John Knox), Princeton Seminary Bulletin, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, 2003, 296-298 

Rediscovering Catholicism by Matthew Kelly (Beacon Publishing, 2002), America, September 1, 2003, 25 

The New Faithful by Colleen Carroll (Loyola Press, 2002), America, November 11, 2002, 35-37 

Religion on Campus: What Religion Really Means to Today’s Undergraduates by Conrad Cherry, Betty  Deberg, and Amanda Porterfield (University of North Carolina Press), Spiritus: A Journal of Christian  Spirituality, 2:2, Fall 2002, 247-249 

Young Adult Catholics: Religion in the Culture of Choice by Dean Hoge, Mary Johnson, William Dinges, 

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Juan Gonzales, Jr. (Notre Dame Press, 2001), National Catholic Reporter, May 11, 2001, 41-42 

Losing Your Religion, Finding Your Faith by Brett C. Hoover (Paulist, 1998), National Catholic Reporter,  September 25, 1998, 18-19 

Reconstructing Catholicism for a New Generation by Robert Ludwig (Crossroad), Critical Review of Books  in Religion 1996 

Selling God by R. Laurence Moore (Oxford), Critical Review of Books in Religion 1995 

Forewords 

“Foreword,” in Gregory Baker, Disaffiliating Ministry: Spiritual Growth, Gender, and Christian Ministry (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019), ix-xi 

“Foreword,” in Clive Marsh and Vaughan S. Roberts, Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our  Souls (Baker Academic, 2013), ix-x 

Public Scholarship 

“Take My Advice: Teaching an Online Course for the First Time,” Inside Higher Ed (insidehighered.com), 15 November 2017 

“Pope Francis Can Help Catholics in US Discover Freedom for a New Mission,” Fox News  Latino (latino.foxnews.com), 17 June 2015 

“Curated Free-Fall: Ignatius of Loyola,” in Catherine Wolff (ed.), Not Less Than Everything: Catholic Writers on Heroes of Conscience, from Joan of Arc to Oscar Romero (New York:  HarperCollins, 2013), 13-26 

“Beyond Religious Illiteracy,” Forum for Theological Exploration blog, 

https://fteleaders.org/blog/beyond-religious-illiteracy, 16 August 2011 

“Spirituality and Practice in Theological Education,” Religious Studies News, American  Academy of Religion, rsnonline.org, 1 April 2010 

“Stairway to Heaven: Can You Be Saved By Rock ’n’ Roll?”, America magazine, October 26, 2009,  19-21 [with Brian Robinette] 

“Paul of Tarsus and Catholicism Today,” Origins, 30 April 2009, Vol. 38, No. 46, 736-738 

“The Best and the Worst: Facing Cancer as a Spiritual Exercise,” America magazine, November 13,  2006, 27-28 

“Free Tuition: A Socioeconomic Sign of Peace,” National Catholic Reporter, November 3, 2006, 10a 11a

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“Saint Ignatius Loyola and ROTC: Report from Santa Clara University,” The Sign of Peace: Journal of  the Catholic Peace Fellowship, Volume 5:1, Spring 2006, 8 

“As Newly Minted Celebrity, ‘Terri’ Makes Ideal Political Icon,” San Jose Mercury News, March 27,  2005 

“Scandal Land Closeted Spirituality,” Providence Journal, February 11, 2005, B5 

“Spirituality and the Challenge of Gift Giving,” Touchstone (National Federation of Priests’  Councils), Vol 20, no. 2, Winter 2005, 12, 26 

“The Iraq War and Imperial Psychology,” America, 192:2, January 17, 2005, 14-16 “The Spirituality of Gift-Giving,” Santa Clara Magazine, 46:3, 2004, 10-13 

“The Talk That Diminishes Faith,” Op-ed, Washington Post, October 22, 2004, A25 “Consuming Faith,” Tikkun, July/August 2004, 13-14 

“In Praise of Young Adult Faith,” Celebration: An Ecumenical Worship Resource, 33:6, 2004 “The Anti-Christian ‘Passion of the Christ’,” National Catholic Reporter, March 19, 2004, 22 

“Bishops’ Haste Produces Un-Catholic Policy,” reprinted in At Issue: Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic  Church (Greenhaven Press, 2003), Louise Gerdes, ed. 

“What Young Theologians Owe Their Elders,” National Catholic Reporter, October 31, 2003, 11a “A Spirituality of Mentoring,” America, July 21, 2003, 14-16 

“Bishops’ Haste Produces Un-Catholic Policy,” National Catholic Reporter, August 2, 2002, 5  “Our Catholic Watergate: Young Adults and the Present Scandal,” America, June 3, 2002, 18-20 “Liturgy in Media Culture,” America, September 24, 2001, 13-19 

“Young Adults, Claim Your Church: Realizing the First Fruits of the Jubilee,” National Catholic  Reporter, October 6, 2000, 6 

“An Ambiguous Liturgy: Rock and Religion,” Books and Culture, Vol. 6 No. 5,  September-October 2000 

“Spiritual Quests Move Online,” Business 2.0 Magazine, September 26, 2000 “Living the Trinity Today,” U.S. Catholic, September 2000, 21-24

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“Kent State and the Next Generation,” America, July 29, 2000, 19-20 

“Tracing Justice Issues in a Cup of Coffee,” National Catholic Reporter, July 14, 2000, 20 “Second Thoughts on School of the Americas,” America, November 6, 1999, 20-22 “Evangelical GenX Ministry: Take It and Leave It,” Re:generation Quarterly, November 1999 “A Peculiar Contortion: A Catholic Response to WWJD?,” America, September 18, 1999, 16-19 

“What Can Businesses Learn from Today’s Young Professionals?” Experience Magazine, September  1999 

“Irreverently Yours: A Message from Generation X,” U.S. Catholic, April 1999, 10-15 “Beginning Afresh: Generation X and Catholicism,” America, November 21, 1998, 10-14 “GenX Spirituality,” Tikkun, September-October 1998, 45, 67 

“Virtual Faith: The Gen-X Quest for Meaning,” Christian Science Monitor, August 6, 1998, 11 “GenX Refuses to Buy Into Others’ Agendas,” National Catholic Reporter, April 24, 1998, 20 “Renting My Religion: A Theological Meditation,” Re:generation Quarterly 3(3), 1997 

Interviews 

Film: The Critical Conversations Project: Spiritual Approaches to the Built Environment, underwritten by  the Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum and the Center of Theological Inquiry, 2023 

“MC Interview: Scholar/Bassist Tom Beaudoin on Rock and Theology,” millennialcatholic.com,  February 2011  

“Catholics and Pop Culture,” edited by Kerry Weber, Catholic Digest, January 2010, 44-52 

“Meaning, Spirit, and Popular Culture: An Interview with Tom Beaudoin,” edited by Gordon  Lynch and Jeremy Nickel, Crucible, Fall 2006, 17-23 

CONFERENCE PAPERS 

“‘Being Both Inside and Outside is Trippy’: Pantheon Research and Responsiveness to the  Anthropocene,” International Academy of Practical Theology Biennial Conference, Seoul, South  Korea, 2023

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“Pantheon Research as Practical Theology,” Association of Practical Theology Biennial Conference,  online, 2022 

“Work in Progress at the Pantheon,” International Academy of Practical Theology Biennial  Conference, online (Leuven, Belgium), 2021 

“Containing Nothing: Practical Theology and the Pantheon in Rome: Work in Progress,”  International Academy of Practical Theology Biennial Conference, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, 2019 

“Theology as a Form of Experience,” Practical Theology Group and Ecclesial Practices Group,  American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2017 

“Paths to Framing Why Practice Matters Theologically,” Association of Practical Theology Session,  American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2016 

“Who Can Afford Practical Theology? On Opening and Closing the Field,” Practical Theology  Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2014 

“Deconversion and Catholic Multiplicity” (co-presented with Dr. Patrick Hornbeck), Practical  Theology Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2013 

“‘Help My Unbelief’: Deconversion in Catholicism,” Catholic Theological Society of America  Annual Convention, Miami, Florida, 2013 

“Teaching Theology in an Atmosphere of Deconversion,” College Theology Society Annual  Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, 2013 

“The ‘Third Largest Religion:’ Catholics Who ‘Deconvert’ by Leaving or Staying” (co-presented  with Dr. Patrick Hornbeck), International Academy of Practical Theology Biennial Conference,  Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2013 

“Roman Catholic Deconversion as Ordinary Ecclesiology” (co-presented with Dr. Patrick  Hornbeck), Ecclesiology and Ethnography Conference, St. John’s College, Durham University,  Durham, UK, 2012 

“Deconversion in Roman Catholicism Today” (co-presented with Dr. Patrick Hornbeck), Biennial  Conference, Association of Practical Theology, Princeton, New Jersey, 2012 

“Varieties of Deconversion in Roman Catholicism: Work in Progress,” Louisville Institute, Winter  Seminar, Louisville, Kentucky, 2012 

“Addressing Social and Ecclesial Diseases: Practical Theology’s New Agenda in The Wiley-Blackwell  Companion to Practical Theology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012),” Panel on the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to  Practical Theology, Practical Theology Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San  Francisco, California, 2011

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“The Theologian as the Agent of Dispossession: Theology in the Context of Scandal,” AHRC  Research Conference, “Religion, the Sacred, and the Changing Cultures of Everyday Life” (Center  for Religion and Contemporary Society, University of London, Birkbeck), St. Catherine’s College,  University of Oxford, 2010 

“Spirituality and Theological Education Today,” Theological Education Steering Committee, Special  Topics Forum, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 2009 

“Give it Up/for Jesus: Askeses of Dispossession in Rock and Theology,” Selected Session, Catholic  Theological Society of America Annual Convention, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2009 

“Spiritual-Political Rhetorics in Studies of Media and Religion,” at “Small Screen, Big Picture”  Conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 2008 

“Talal Asad on Secularity: The Importance for Catholic Theology,” College Theology Society  Annual Convention, Newport, RI, 2008 

“The Incitement to Dialogue in Catholic Theology,” Selected Session, Catholic Theological Society  of America Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, 2006 

“Dealing with Ourselves: A Theological View of Pop Culture Scholarship,” Religion and Popular  Culture Group, American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2005 

“Practical Theology as Work on Oneself: Foucault and Intellectual Spiritual Exercises,” Practical  Theology Group, Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO,  2005 

“The Cost of Economic Discipleship: Docetism and the Body of Christ Today,” College Theology  Society Annual Conference, Jamaica, NY, 2002 

“Musicality and Theological Knowing,” Communications Theology Group, Catholic Theological  Society of America Annual Convention, Milwaukee, WI, 2001 

“(Multiple) Intelligence Test: Is There a Primary Theological Knowledge?,” Colloquium, “Michel  Foucault: Religious Explorations,” Loyola University, Chicago IL, 2000 

“Plot Unreadability: A Foucauldian Theological Pedagogy,” Association of Professors and  Researchers in Religious Education Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, 1998 

“Looking for a Savior: A Theological Interpretation of Jesus in Music Video,” American Academy of  Religion Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1997 

“Generation X and the Cyberspatialization of Religion,” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion  Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, 1997

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“In Search of the Christic Mind: Generation X, Religion, and Cyberspace,” Northeast  Popular Culture Association Regional Conference, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, CT,  1996 

INVITED KEYNOTE AND PLENARY ADDRESSES 

“Faith in Music: Making Public Theological Sense of Songs,” Christian Congregational Music  Conference, Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxford, United Kingdom [remote], 2021 

“Faith in Music: Creating a ‘Sacred’ Rhetoric from a ‘Secular’ Playlist,” Sacred Rhetoric: Discourses  on Religion conference, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, Findlay, Ohio, 2017 

“Space and Room to Tend the New Mystery,” Conference of European University Chaplains,  Soesterberg, Netherlands, 2015 

“Facilitating Life: An Ethic for Finding Music Theologically Significant,” “Shaped By Beauty: Art,  Religion and Ethics in Conversation” Conference, Heythrop College, London, England, 2014 

“Realistic Hopes for the New Evangelization,” Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Annual Pastoral  Councils Conference, Queens, NY, 2013 

“Thinking Ethically About the Study of Religion and Popular Culture,” St. Catherine’s College,  Oxford University, Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture, Oxford, England, 2007 

“Frankness and Truth in Catholic Ministry,” Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland Lay Ecclesial  Ministry Conference, San Ramon, CA, 2007 

“Can Catholic Ministry Be Prophetic Today? Catholicism in Consumer Culture,” National  Federation of Priests’ Councils Annual Convention, Portland, OR, 2005 

“Economic Discipleship: Spirituality and Economics in Christian Perspective,” Vancouver School of  Theology and Shaughnessy Heights United Church, “Reach Out” Conference, Vancouver, British  Columbia, Canada, 2005 

Commencement Address, “The Indirect Way,” St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, 2004 

“Many Routes to God and Many Brands to Wear: Signs of the Times Influencing Young  Adult Faith Today,” and “Can You Have Spirituality Without Religion? Responding in  Ministry to the Needs and Questions of Young Adults Today,” Drury University  Conference, “Connecting Young Adults and Congregations,” Springfield, MO, 2003 

“A Spirituality of Mentoring,” Lasallian Convocation, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, 2003 “Spirituality, Ambiguity, and Branding: Understanding Postmodern Culture Theologically,” 

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Presbytery of Baltimore Conference [Presbyterian Church-USA], 2003 

“Young Adults, Spirituality, and Mentoring Today,” Sisters of Charity Catholic Ministry  Conference, Bronx, NY, 2002 

“Spiritual Power: Theological Remarks on Mentoring,” U.S. Army Chaplaincy Conference, Hilton  Head, SC, 2002 

“The Quest for a Livable Spiritual Discipline: Ministry to Young Adults Today,”  Ministry Conference, Institute of Pastoral Studies, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, 2002 

“Ministry to Young Adults in the Context of a Global Economy,” New England Episcopal Clergy  Conference, 2001 

“A Practical Theology of Economic Discipleship From and For Young Adults,” New England  Episcopal Clergy Conference, 2001 

“Young Adults and Spirituality in the United States,” Air Force Chaplains’ Ministry Conference,  Estes Park, CO, 2001 

“A Theology of Young Adult Culture—For Vocations,” Sisters of Divine Providence Vocations  Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2001 

“Liturgy and Media Culture,” Liturgy Conference: “Differing Visions, One Communion”  [sponsored by Liturgical Press], St. John’s School of Theology, Collegeville, MN, 2001 

“The Secular and Spiritual Signs of the Times: Clues for Adult Ministry,” General Board of  Discipleship Conference (United Methodist Church), San Antonio, TX, 2001 

“Get Thee Behind Me, Britney: Popular Culture and Everyday Spiritual Life,” Augustana College,  Rock Island, IL, 2001 

“Generation X Within Postmodern Culture,” Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day  Saints Evangelism Conference, Independence, MO, 2001 

“Where is Christ in a Post-Christian Age?” Episcopal Province of New England Conference,  Holyoke, MA, 2000 

“The Spiritual Quest in Contemporary Culture,” Leaven Center Ecumenical Ministry Conference,  Eden Prairie, MN, 2000 

“Spiritual Discipline in a Consumer Society,” Nebraska Synod ELCA Theological Conference,  Omaha, NE, 2000 

“A Practical Theology of American Culture Today,” Nebraska Synod ELCA Theological 

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Conference, Omaha, NE, 2000 

“Being Spiritually Alive in Consumer Society: The Threat to Younger Generations,”  Ministry Conference Sponsored by Cal-Pac Conference of the United Methodist Church, Los Angeles, CA, 2000 

“Believable Hope: Shaping the New Evangelization for Vocations,” National Religious  Vocation Conference, East Rutherford, NJ, 2000 

“Younger Generations, Culture, and Faith,” Air Force Chaplains’ Conference, Estes Park, CO,  2000 

“The Trinity in Faith and Culture,” Symposium on Youth, Culture, and Faith, St. Michael’s  College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2000 

“Spiritual Discipline for a Consumer Society,” Hawaiian Islands Ministries Annual Conference,  Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000 

“Christian Identity in Consumer Society,” Episcopal Evangelism Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2000 

“Gospel and Youth Culture Today,” Annual National Youth Ministry Conference, Lutheran  Church–Missouri Synod, Hilton Head Island, SC, 2000 

“Living the Trinity Today,” National Catholic Student Coalition, Annual Conference,  Albuquerque, NM, 2000 

“Young Adults and Spirituality Today,” Tarrant Area Community of Churches Annual Meeting,  Arlington, TX, November 5, 1999 

“Ministry to Generation X,” Young Pastors Conference of the Presbyterian Church USA, New  York, NY, 1999 

“Key Themes in the Young Adult Spiritual Quest Today,” Young Pastors Conference of the  Presbyterian Church USA, New York, NY, 1999 

“The Crises and Opportunities for Vocations: Generation X, Postmodern Culture, and the Renewal  of ‘Family’,” Benedictine Vocation Directors Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 1999 

“Interpreting the Faithfulness and Faithlessness of ‘Generation X’,” Evangelical Lutheran Church in  America Annual Campus Ministry Conference, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, 1999 

“‘Generation X’ Within Contemporary Culture: A View from Practical Theology,” Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Annual Campus Ministry Conference, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN, 1999

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“Generation X Spirituality,” Northwestern University “Religious Awareness Week” (Sponsored by  Campus Ministry), Evanston, IL, 1999 

“Introducing Generation X Spirituality,” Conference on “Religion in an Age of ‘Whatever:’ Covering Children, Youth, and Young Adults,” Northwestern University (Sponsored by Center for  Religion and the News Media), Chicago, IL, 1998 

“Understanding Young Adult Spirituality,” Conference on “Re-imagining Progressive Campus  Ministry,” Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, 1998 

“‘What Am I Doing for Christ?’ Catholic Discipleship in the 1990s,” Missouri Association of  Catholic College Students Annual Conference, Kansas City, KS, 1997 

INVITED LECTURES AND ADDRESSES 

“Constellating Multiple Forms of Attention: Empirical Research at the Pantheon,”  Neurophenomenology and Sacred Architecture: Toward an Experimental Theological Aesthetics, Catholic  University of America, Washington, DC, 2023 

“Pantheon Research Project,” Salesian Pontifical University Seminar: “Teologia Pratica e Ricerca  Pantheon,” Rome, Italy, 2021 

“The Theological Significance of the Rise of Non-Religiously-Affiliated Persons: A Perspective from  the USA,” Faith and Beliefs of “Nonbelievers” project, Czech Christian Academy, Charles  University, Prague, Czech Republic [remote], 2021 

“Dispossession: Between Personal and Public Significance,” “Beyond Dispossession” Conference,  Windesheim University, Zwolle, Netherlands, 2014 

“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Doors: Music, Culture, and Spiritual Identity,” Mercyhurst University (co sponsored by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie), Erie, PA, 2013 

“When Catholics Change Their Minds About the Faith: Disaffiliation and Deconversion in the  Church Today,” Fairfield University Center for Catholic Studies Lectures, Fairfield, CT, 2013  (with Dr. Patrick Hornbeck) 

“Help My Unbelief: Exploring Decoversion in Catholicism,” Maryknoll Speakers Series, Maryknoll  Mission Center, Ossining, New York, 2012 (with Dr. Patrick Hornbeck) 

“Secular Catholics in the Light of Paul’s Multiplicity: A Response to Cardinal Rodriguez and Fr.  Schreiter,” National Pastoral Life Center 25th Anniversary Celebration, St. Paul the Apostle  Church, New York, 2009 

“Can Catholics Make Sense of Popular Culture?”, Regis University, Denver, CO, 2007

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“Can Christians Make Sense of Popular Culture?”, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2006 

“The Catholic Struggle with Truthful Speech,” Archdiocese of Detroit Jerry Martin Pastoral  Ministry Conference, Detroit, MI, 2006 

“Faith and Personal/Social Apocalypse,” Archdiocese of Detroit Jerry Martin Pastoral Ministry  Conference, Detroit, MI, 2006 

“The Spirituality of Starbucks and the Swoosh: Economic Spirituality in the Light of Vatican II’s  Gaudium et Spes,” University of Dayton Conference, “The Church and World: The Legacy and  Challenges of Vatican II,” Dayton, OH, 2003 

“Seeing Our Economy Scripturally,” Archdiocese of Detroit Jerry Martin Pastoral Ministry  Conference, Detroit, MI, 2003 

“Spiritual Discipline in Our Economy,” Archdiocese of Detroit Jerry Martin Pastoral Ministry  Conference, Detroit, MI, 2003 

“Was Catholic Religious Education After Vatican II a Failure? The Council’s ‘Declaration on  Christian Education’ After 40 Years,” Boston College, Church in the 21st Century Project,  Chestnut Hill, MA, 2003 

“‘No One Comes to the Father Except Through Me(dia)’: Ministry and Media Culture Today in the  Light of Vatican II’s ‘Decree on the Means of Social Communication,’” Boston College, Church in  the 21st Century Project, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2003 

“Corporate Branding and Spiritual Discipline,” Assumption University, Windsor, Ontario, Canada,  2003 

“A Believable Church,” Archdiocese of Detroit Jerry Martin Pastoral Ministry Conference, Detroit,  MI, 2002 

“Spiritual Exercises for Postmodern Christians,” Glastonbury Abbey, Hingham, MA, 2002 “A Theology of Economic Discipleship,” Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA, 2002 

“A Theology of Consumer Capitalism: Postmodern Spiritual Discipline?”, LaSalle University,  Philadelphia, PA, 2001 

“Toward a Theology of Consumer Capitalism,” Our Lady of Holy Cross College, New Orleans,  LA, 2001 

“Living Fidelity with Young Adults in Ministry,” Diocese of Worcester, Department of Religious  Education Conference, 2001

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“The Spirituality of Generation X,” Loyola Colloquium Series, University of Connecticut, Storrs,  CT, 1999 

“Spiritual But Not Religious: Faith, Justice, and ‘Generation X’,” Yale University (Sponsored by  Dwight Hall), New Haven, CT, 1999 

“Generation X Spirituality,” Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, 1999 

“The Spiritual Quest of Generation X,” Boston College Jesuit Institute, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1999 “Spiritual Identity in Contemporary Youth Cultures,” Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1999 

INVITED SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS 

“Feeling Connected to Everything: The Pantheon in Rome as a More-than-Christian Church,”  Public Lecture Sponsored by the Department of Languages and Cultures, Fordham University, 2024 

“Theological Research in the Pantheon: Thinking About Architectural Design and Visitor  Experience,” Contemplative Design class (Professor Sarika Bajoria), Parsons School for Design, The New School, New York City, 2023 

“Participating in ‘Nothing’? Learning with the Pantheon”, Critical Conversations Webinar: Justice  and Participation, Sponsored by the Center for Theological Inquiry (Princeton University) and the  Architecture, Culture, and Spirituality Forum, 2021 

“Religious ‘Nones’ and Religious ‘Somes’: Intersections Between the Affiliated and Unaffiliated,”  Religion Communicators Council Convention, New York City, 2016 

“Popular Music as Popular Spirituality: Implications for Spiritual Identities Today,” Conference of  European University Chaplains, Soesterberg, Netherlands, 2015 

“‘But the Other Nine, Where Are They?’: Declining Church Affiliation Among Teenagers,” Roman  Catholic Archdiocese of New York Summer Seminar, New York City, New York, 2014 

“The Task of the Practical Theologian Today,” Tilburg University, School of Catholic Theology (co sponsored by the Protestant Theological University, Gröningen), Utrecht, Netherlands, 2014 

“Empty Pews: Deconversion in the Catholic Church,” Mercyhurst University (co-sponsored by the  Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie), Erie, Pennsylvania, 2013 

“Spiritual Experience Through Secular Music,” on the panel “‘Into the Mystic: Secular Music as a  Quest for More,” South By Southwest music festival, Austin, Texas, 2013

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“The Challenge of Retaining Active Catholics: ‘Deconversion’ in Roman Catholicism Today,” at  “Reclaiming and Celebrating Vatican II” conference, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, New  Jersey, 2012 

“Making Faith Sense of Popular Culture: A Complicated Conversation,” Festival of Faith and Music,  Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2011 

“Recent Theologies of Ministry -- For Pastoral Workers,” Religious Education Congress  [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2011 

“Catholic Identity 2010: Young Adults Speak,” Convener and chair of panel discussion, Religious  Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2010 

“Lesbian and Gay Catholics: Church Teaching and Pastoral Approaches,” Convener and chair of  panel discussion, Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2010 

“Ignatian Spirituality and University Life,” Campus Ministry, Fordham University, West Harrison,  NY, 2010 

“Spirituality and the Parenting of Lesbian and Gay Catholics,” Convener and chair of panel  discussion, Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2009 

“Are Lay Catholics ‘Secular’?” Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles],  Anaheim, CA, 2009 

“Ignatian Spirituality and Sexuality in College Life Today,” Campus Ministry, Fordham University,  New York City, NY, 2008 

“God, Sex, and the Church: Can We Talk?”, University of California—Santa Cruz Newman  Center, Santa Cruz, CA, 2008 

“Spirituality and Sexuality in College Student Life,” Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of  Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2008 

“The Spirituality of Being an ‘Ally’ for Lesbian and Gay Catholics,” Religious Education Congress  [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2008 

“Courage for Truth in the Catholic Church Today,” Annual Diocesan Conference, Diocese of Reno,  Sparks, NV, 2008 

“Christian Spirituality and Economic Choices,” Annual Diocesan Conference, Diocese of Reno,  Sparks, NV, 2008 

“Ministry with LGBTQ Catholics: Insights from Gay and Lesbian Theologies,” Faith Formation 

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Conference [Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of San Jose, Monterey, Oakland, and  Stockton], Santa Clara, CA, 2007 

“Post-Vatican II Generations and the New United States Catholic Catechism: Connections and  Disconnections,” Faith Formation Conference [Archdiocese of San Francisco and the Dioceses of  San Jose, Monterey, Oakland, and Stockton], Santa Clara, CA, 2007 

“Theology and Cultural Studies Converging on Popular Culture: The Significance of the Academic  Conversations for Ministry Today,” Hendrix College, Conway, AR, 2007 

“The New United States Catholic Catechism for Adults and Today’s Young Adults,” Religious Education  Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2007 

“Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Catholics: Insights for the Whole Church,” Convener and chair of  panel discussion, Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2007 

“The Struggle to Tell the Truth: Early Christianity and the Contemporary Church,” Religious  Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2006 

Panel Moderator, “Homosexuality, Celibacy, and the Priesthood: Continuing the Conversation,”  Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2006 

“Young Catholics and Spirituality: A Theological Interpretation of Social Science Data,” Catholic  Book Publishers Association Conference, Anaheim, CA, 2006 

Panel Co-moderator, “Religions in the Valley: A Conversation with Hans Küng,” Sponsored by  Local Religions Project and National Conference for Community and Justice, Santa Clara  University, Santa Clara, CA, 2005 

Panel Moderator, “Homosexuality, Celibacy, and the Priesthood: Opening Up the Conversation,”  Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2005 

“Two Approaches to Catholic Identity: Modern and Postmodern,” Religious Education Congress  [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2005 

“Being Interrupted by God: A Theology of Adult Faith,” for the “Vespers and Vino” program, Holy  Names Center, Diocese of San Jose, Los Gatos, CA, 2005 

“Holiday Gifts and Spiritual Giftedness,” address to annual meeting of the Interfaith Coalition for  Race, Religion, Economic, and Social Justice, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, 2004 

“Consuming Faith: Christian Spirituality and Corporate Branding Today,” Boisi Center for Religion  and American Public Life, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 2004 

“Virtual Faith: Popular Culture and Spirituality,” and “Consuming Faith: Economics and 

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Spirituality,” Interfaith Roundtable Conference, Phillips Andover Academy, Andover,  MA, 2004 

“Faith Formation and Today’s Young Adults: A Catholic Perspective,” Nazareth College,  Rochester, NY, 2004 

“Economic Spirituality in the New Testament and Today,” St. Thomas More Catholic Center, Yale  University, New Haven, CT, 2004 

“Consuming Faith: Integrating Spirituality and Economic Decisions Today,” Religious Education  Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2004 

“Making Theological Sense of Pop Culture: An Introduction,” Religious Education Congress  [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2004 

“Pluralism and Ambiguity in Culture and Church Today,” Pastoral Summit Conference, San  Antonio, TX, 2003 

“Economic Discipleship Today,” Pastoral Summit Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2003 

“Does Progressive Catholicism Have a Future? Young Progressive Catholics Claiming Their  Church,” Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2003 

“The Sexual Abuse Scandal and Young Adult Catholics: Where Do We Go From Here?” Religious  Education Congress [Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2003 

“Virtual Faith: Spirituality and Popular Culture,” Tufts University Campus Ministry, Somerville,  MA, 2003 

“Mentoring for Excellence in Religious Education,” Army Directors of Religious Education Annual  Conference, North Palm Beach, FL, 2002 

“Spiritual Discipline in Consumer Society,” Lutheran Education, Association Conference,  Minneapolis, MN, 2002 

“Jamming the Consumer Society—Through Ministry,” Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese  of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2002 

“A Theology of Consumer Society—For Ministry,” Religious Education Congress [Archdiocese of  Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2002 

“Economics and Spirituality,” MIT Episcopal Chaplaincy Event: “What Part of You is Not for Sale?”,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2002 

“Catholic Identity: Generational Issues,” Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Faculty Seminar, New 

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Orleans, LA, 2001 

“Young Adult Ministry: Theory and Theology,” Diocese of Charleston, Charleston, WV, 2001 “Young Adult Ministry: Theory and Theology,” Diocese of Wheeling, Wheeling, WV, 2001 

“Practical Theology of Culture: Critical Signs of the Times,” Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod  Conference, Rockford, IL, 2001 

“Generation X, Popular Culture, and Religion,” Mid-Hudson Region Episcopal Conference,  Wappingers Falls, NY, 2001 

“Young Adults, Postmodern Culture, and Religious Vocations: A Four-Part Workshop,”  Conference of Roman Catholic Abbots, CA, 2001 

“Next Wave Church: Ministry Among Postmoderns,” Religious Education Congress [Sponsored by  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA, 2001 

“Post-Vatican II Generations and the Tasks for Catechesis and Religious Education,” Religious  Education Congress [Sponsored by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles], Anaheim, CA,  2001 

“The Spiritual Quest of Young Adults: U.S. Lessons,” Kings College, London, England, 2000 “The Challenge of Popular Culture to Theologians,” Kings College, London, England, 2000 

“Post-Vatican II Generations and the Tasks for Catechesis and Religious Education,”  Boston College, National Symposium on the Future of Catechesis and Religious Education Chestnut Hill, MA, 2000 

“Welcoming Generation X,” Boston University School of Theology, Advanced Studies  Program in Congregational Development, Boston, MA, 2000 

“A Practical Theology of Capitalism,” Pennsylvania ELCA Bishop’s Convocation, Lancaster, PA,  2000 

“Young Adult Ministry Today,” Pennsylvania ELCA Bishop’s Convocation, Lancaster, PA, 2000 

“The Young Adult Spiritual Quest: Signs of the Times,” Chief Administrators of Catholic Education  Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2000 

“What Catechesis Can Learn from Young Adult Ministry,” Chief Administrators of Catholic  Education Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2000 

“Top Ten Challenges for Teenage Ministry Today,” Hawaiian Islands Ministries Annual Conference, 

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Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000 

“How to Minister to Generation X,” Hawaiian Islands Ministries Annual Conference, Honolulu,  Hawaii, 2000 

“Generation X and Spirituality,” Unitarian Universalist Association Headquarters, Boston, MA,  2000 

“Young Adults, Spirituality, and Social Justice,” Jesuit Volunteer Corps Directors Annual Meeting,  Philadelphia, PA, 2000 

“Gospel, Culture, and Music,” National Council of Churches’ 50th Anniversary Celebration, Rock  and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH, 1999 

“Generation X: Spirituality and Ministry,” U.S. Army Directors of Religious Education Annual  Meeting, North Little Rock, AK, 1999 

“Understanding Generation X,” “Contemporary Ministry to Young Adults,” “Generational Insights  for Liturgy,” Generation X Episcopal Clergy Conference, Washington, DC, 1999 

“Spirituality and Popular Culture,” University of Notre Dame (Sponsored by Campus Ministry),  South Bend, IN, 1999 

“‘Spirituality’ Vs. ‘Religion’ on Campus,” Five Colleges Committee on Religious Life, Smith  College, Northampton, MA, 1999 

“‘Can’t Buy Me God’: A Practical Theology of Stewardship for the Post-Boomer Generations,”  Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Division for Congregational Ministries Conference,  Chicago, IL, 1998 

“Overturning the Tables? Ministry to Generation X,” Heartland Catholic Ministry Conference,  Kansas City, MO, 1998 

“American Conversations: Popular Culture” Forum, Sponsored by American Studies Department,  Boston University, Boston, MA, 1998 

“Spirituality and Pop Culture,” Depaul University (sponsored by Campus Ministry), Chicago, IL,  1998 

“Who’s Afraid of GenX Popular Culture? Toward a Teaching and Learning Church and Culture,”  Leadership Network Ministry Conference, Mount Hermon, CA, 1997

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PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS 

MoTiv, Campus Ministry at the Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, 2012-2018 

Catholic Education in a World of Changing Religious and Nonreligious Affiliations, Brothers of the  Christian Schools, General Councilor for Lasallian Region of North America, 2017 

Directorate of Ministry Initiatives, Spirituality in Contemporary Culture, U.S. Army Chief of  Chaplains, Washington, DC, 2000-2002 

Consultation on Liturgy and Technology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2002 “Young Adult Catholics,” Catholic Common Ground Initiative, Mundelein, IL, 2001 

“Playing the Jewish Futures: Scenarios on Religion, Ethnicity, and Civic Engagement in the Year  2015,” National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, New York, NY, 2001 

Center for Christian Life, Postmodern Theologies and Cultural Practices, Auburn Seminary,  Atlanta, GA, 2000 

“Youth and Practices,” Valparaiso University (Sponsored by Valparaiso Project on the Education  and Formation of People in Faith), Valparaiso, IN, 1999 

HONORS AND AWARDS 

Honorary Doctoral Degree 

LL.D., St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 2004 

Fellowships 

Fellow, American Psychoanalytic Association, 2006-2007 

Teaching Fellow, Theology Department, Boston College, 2001-2002 

William Robertson Coe Fellowship in American Studies, SUNY Stony Brook, NY, 1993 

External Grants 

Art Seeking Understanding Project Grant, Templeton Religion Trust ($191,860), “The Art of the  Pantheon: Learning from Visitors,” 2021-2023  

Louisville Institute, Project Grant for Researchers ($25,000), co-authored with Patrick Hornbeck  of Fordham University Theology Department, for the project “Varieties of Deconversion in Roman  Catholicism,” Fordham University, 2011 

Honorary Lectures 

Center for Practical Theology 16th Annual Lecture, Boston University School of Theology,  “Practical Theology in the Pantheon: Reckoning with a More-than-Christian Church,” 2023

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Sixth Annual School of Theology and Ministry Religious Education Lecture, Boston College,  “Promoting a New Yes to Life: Religious Education Amidst the Decline in Religious Affiliation,”  2021 

Blueprints Lectures, Alberta Catholic Schools Trustees’ Association Annual Conference, six  lectures on the theme “Dynamic Catholic Leaders in a Secular World: Be Not Afraid”: “Being  Secular: Recent Research,” “Being Secular: Recent Catholic Teaching and Theology,” “Making  Theological Sense of Popular Culture,” “Ordinary Catholicisms,” “Can Faith Identity Be  Measured?”, “Secular Catholicism?”, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, 2010 

Lilly Visiting Scholar Lecture, Hendrix College, “The Critical Place of Vocation in American  Higher Education Today,” Conway, AR, 2007 

Koch Chair in Catholic Studies Lecture, Saint John’s University and College of Saint Benedict, “Is  Your Spirituality Violent?”, Saint Joseph, MN, 2006 

William H. Shannon Chair Lecture, Nazareth College, “Spirituality, Starbucks, and the Swoosh:  Economic Spirituality and Catholic Theology,” Rochester, NY, 2004 

The Santa Clara Lecture, Santa Clara University, “The Cost of Economic Discipleship: U.S.  Christians and Global Capitalism,” Santa Clara, CA, 2001 

The Paul S. Allen Lectures, McCormick Theological Seminary, “The Commodified Body of Christ?  Global Capitalism and Everyday Christianity,” and “The Cost of Economic Discipleship in Ministry  Today,” Chicago, IL, 2001 

The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary, “Celebrity Deathmatch? The Church vs. Theocapitalism”, and “After Purity: Contesting Theocapitalism in Ministry,” Princeton, NJ, 2001 

The Hein-Fry Lectures, Seminaries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, “Toward Being a Theologian of Postmodern Culture”, “Bonhoeffer and Foucault:  Toward a Postmodern Christian Self”, and “A Theology of Consumer Capitalism,”  Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburgh, PA; Lutheran Theological Seminary,  Philadelphia, PA; Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, CA; Lutheran Theological  Seminary, Chicago, IL, 2001 

The Ritz Lectures, Winebrenner Theological Seminary, “Is There a Generation X?”, “The  GenX Spiritual Quest”, and “Living Fidelity: An Agenda for GenX Ministry,” Findlay,  OH, 2000

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Research/Writing 

First Place, Theology: Association of Catholic Publishers (2021): Sex, Love and Families: Catholic  Perspectives (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2020), edited by Jason King and Julie Hanlon Rubio. This  book includes my chapter, “Secular Catholic Families: Inheritance and Invention” 

First Place, Marriage and Family Living: Catholic Media Association (2021): Sex, Love and Families:  Catholic Perspectives (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2020), edited by Jason King and Julie Hanlon  Rubio. This book includes my chapter, “Secular Catholic Families: Inheritance and Invention” 

Essay, “Second Thoughts on School of the Americas” (originally for America magazine), published in  Best Christian Writing 2000, ed. John Wilson (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000) 

Teaching Awards 

Outstanding Beginning Teacher Award, Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education,  1994 

Sallie Mae First Year Teacher Award (Top 100 New Teachers in the United States), 1993 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 

1996-present American Academy of Religion 

1998-2013 Catholic Theological Society of America 

2004-present Association of Practical Theology 

2008-present International Academy of Practical Theology 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY SERVICE 

2023-2025 Secretary, International Academy of Practical Theology 

2008-2018 Executive Committee, Association of Practical Theology 

Member-at-Large, 2008-2012 

President-Elect, 2012-2014 

President, 2014-2016 

Past-President, 2016-2018  

2007-2011 Practical Theology Group, American Academy of Religion 

Steering Committee, 2007-2011 

Co-Chair, 2008-2010 

2006-2010 Practical Theology Group, Catholic Theological Society of America Chair, 2006-2007, 2009-2010 

Steering Committee, 2007-2010

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2003-2006 Foucault Consultation, American Academy of Religion Founder and Chair, 2003-2006 

EDITORIAL BOARD 

Editorial Board: Theology in Practice (Brill), 2014-present

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