Awards

Paul Nietupski received a “Multi-Country Fellowship” for 2007-2008 from the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.  In summer 2007, Nietupski carried out research on the transmissions of religions in Cambodia and Myanmar.  In summer 2008, he will complete his research in Bangladesh and India.

Department News

Fellowships

Interviews

Doris Donnelly, Interview on Church Giving, Plain Dealer, 3 April 2008.
________. Interviewed by David Briggs for the story on Pope Benedict’s visit to the United States, 4 April 2008.

Lectures and Presentations

Doris Donnelly, Commencement Speaker at the Washington Theological Union, 2 May 2008
________. Keynote Speaker at the National Pastoral Musicians Convention, Cleveland, 8 July 2008.

Joseph Kelly, “Teaching Modern Catholics about the New Testament,” presentation at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Educational Association, Indianapolis, 26 March 2008.

Paul Nietupski, “Buddhism, Therapy, and Art” at the Creative Coping: Art as Sustenance Symposium, Hiram College, 6 February 2008.

Zeki Saritoprak, “Polluting Pristine Religion: A Theological Discussion on Islam and Terrorism,” presentation; and “Monotheistic Prespectives and Solutions on Terrorism, chaired the panel, at the Oklahoma City University Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism and The Institute of Interfaith Dialogue, 4-5 April 2008.

________. “Common Word: How Commentators of the Qur’an Define It,” presentation at The Future of Muslim-Christian Relations: Where Do We Go From Here? Conference, Georgetown University, 13-14 March 2008.

Publications

Sheila E. McGinn, Review of Becoming a High Performance Mentor: A Guide to Reflection and Action,by James B. Rowley (Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 2006) in Teaching Theology and Religion 11.2 (2008): 110–111.

Joseph Kelly, Review of Satan: A Biography by Henry Ansgar Kelly for Journal of Early Christian Studies 16 (2008): 103-104.

________. “St. Paul and Persecution,” Catholic News Service distributed to several diocesan newspapers (18 April 2008).

 ________. “The Press and Pope Benedict VI and Religious Persecution” Catholic News Service distributed to several diocesan newspapers (4 April 2008).

________. “The Saint John's Bible - A Large and Stunning Work of Modern Art,” John Carroll University Magazine 12.1 (Spring 2008): 36.

________. “Pelagius” in Dictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters, ed. Donald McKim (Downers Grove, Ill.:  IVPAcademic Press, 2007), 808-812.

________. “Lay Theologians Create a Whole New Climate,” Conversations on Jesuit Education 33 (Spring 2008): 49-51

________. Review of Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England by Mary Frances Giandrea, Journal of British Studies 47.2 (2008): 393-94.

________. French translation of my book The Origins of Christmas, published as Les Origines de Noel (Solesmes:  Editions de Solesmes, 2007).

Other Activities

Doris Donnelly and Zeki Saritoprak, Invited to meet Pope Benedict XVI, “Peace Our Hope: An Interreligious Gathering with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI,” The Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington DC, 17 April, 2008.

Sheila E. McGinn, Selection committee member of the Regional Scholar Award, Society of Biblical Literature, 2007.

Zeki Saritoprak, Guest editor, Journal of Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations, Special Issue dedicated to Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, forthcoming in January 2008.

________. Attended “Meeting of Muslims Teaching Theology and Religion on Campuses of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the USA Workshop,” Georgetown University, 14-15 March 2008.

Department of Religious Studies
Popular  Presentations, etc.

Sheila E. McGinn, Rejected Books of the Bible Lecture Series, Church of the Resurrection, 15 January 2008.