Visiting Scholars
Rev. Anthony Mancuso, chaplain of St. Francis High School, will spend the 2009-10 academic year as a visiting scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Mancuso is working on a on a 21st century reinterpretation of “The Imitation of Christ,” a manual of devotion by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471). Mancuso’s book will provide the original text alongside Mancuso’s own reinterpretation using contemporary theology and inclusive language. Mancuso has served as pastor at Five Wounds Portuguese National Church in San Jose and St. Simon Church in Los Altos. He has also been chair of the Committee on On-going Formation of the Clergy for the Diocese of San Jose.
Nicholas Santos, S.J., who recently received an interdisciplinary Ph.D. from Marquette University, joins the Ethics Center as a visiting scholar this fall. A native of India, Santos is particularly interested in marketing strategy for impoverished market segments and in business ethics. He is the co-author of “’Just’ Markets from the Perspective of Catholic Social Teaching,” in the Journal of Business Ethics among other articles. Santos was a lecturer at St. Vincent’s College of Commerce, Pune, India, and an accountant for Prashant Udyog & Gaurav Associates, wholesale dealers and transporters in chemicals. |
