Santa Clara University

Fr. Peter B. Ely. S.J. [2008]

Fr Ely is Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, at Seattle University.  His proposed activity is to complete work on a book on the Adamic Myth and its trajectory in Christianity leading to a doctrine of universal sin and forgiveness

The objective of the proposed book is to explore the grounds of the doctrine of forgiveness in the Christian tradition. I see the project as most closely connected with the fourth aspect of the Ignatian tradition as listed above, i.e., the commitment to the faith that does justice. The relation between justice and forgiveness is a key element in my analysis. John Paul II has stated that there is no peace without justice and no justice without forgiveness. I have come to believe that a commitment to justice that does not include forgiveness as an essential component is ultimately doomed to failure.

James B. Nickoloff, Ph.D. [2008]

James Nickoloff is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA (until June 1, 2008). His proposed activity is to complete research and write a scholarly article on:  “Intrinsically Disordered: The Role of the Despised in Establishing the Holiness of the Church” (to be submitted for publication in a significant theological journal)

The project proposed here seeks to address a serious pastoral and theological problem confronting the Catholic Church at the present time—namely, the widespread and painful awareness of what is seen as the Church’s sinfulness qua Church (not simply the sinfulness of its members) and a corresponding confusion about the doctrine of the Church’s holiness. The older doctrine of a “Church of sinners” (ecclesia peccatorum) is, in some quarters, being supplanted by the notion of a grace-filled but also “sinful Church” (ecclesia simul sancta et peccatrix).  “How can a sinful Church also be the bearer of a saving Word and deed?” some ask.  Conceptualizing the Church in a way that is true both to tradition and to experience is difficult for many Catholics today.

The study focuses on an essential dimension of Catholic identity—namely, ecclesial (not simply individual) consciousness and practice.  It is based on the conviction that faith and justice are inextricably linked, as the Society of Jesus has insisted since its Thirty-second General Congregation.  The study aims to contribute to the resolution of a significant contemporary pastoral and theological problem.

Joseph Koterski, S.J. [2008]

It is my intention to work on a monograph on the subject of certain philosophical and theological currents in Dante.  I have already written portions of two chapters and I plan to continue work on these chapters during AY 2006-2007.  During AY 2007-2008 I hope to compose the remaining chapters and to revise the chapters already written, so that the project will be completed by the summer of 2008.

Keith Warner, OFM [2007]

My research investigates the emergence of stewardship and sustainability ethics in scientific and religious institutions, and their implications for policy and society. I use interdisciplinary social science methodologies, especially tools from Science & Technology Studies. My dissertation examined the intersection of environmental policy and agricultural science in the extension of agroecological strategies and practices, and has been published by MIT Press. My subsequent work examines how ethics and values frame risk perception of biological control among diverse stakeholders, and how policy makers understand public interest in light of this framing. As a Franciscan Friar, I am collaborating with a broader effort to retrieve the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition, and my research into the greening of religions contributes to this. I enjoy mentoring undergraduates in the skill and art of interdisciplinary social science research.

Mark McGregor, S.J. [2007]

The Posadas Project: Building an Educated Solidarity with Immigrants through Storytelling, Multimedia Arts and Advocacy - I plan to develop and use multimedia-based education resources that promote immigrant advocacy based on the reality of immigrants today and on Catholic Social teaching. I also plan to complete a scholarly article on contemporary films and their portrayal of immigrants and the immigrant experience in America.

Rachael A.R. Bundang [2006 & 2007]

Proposed Activity: Representation and Incarnation: In search of the Asian/Pacific American Religious Self

This activity will further develop an ongoing effort to articulate an ethics of method for constructive feminist theologies that address Asian/Pacific American (APA) women’s cultural realities and religious experiences. It challenges assumptions about the liberative intent and capacity of feminist theologies and ethnic studies both.

This work has been deemed “groundbreaking” and “foundational” scholarship in feminist religious studies, addressing questions of religious pluralism, theological understanding of the self, and the formation of moral community.

Education

PhD (Dec 2005) Union theological Seminary, New York, NY
M. Phil. (May 2004) Union theological Seminary, New York, NY
M.Div (June 1997) Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
A.B. (June 1990) Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.

From an article in National Catholic Reporter, Sept 26, 2003, "Negotiating Complex Identities... - Rachael Bundang..., by Jane Redmont:

“She sings, plays jazz and gospel piano, and listens to hip-hop, classical and Brazilian music….She speaks English, French, Spanish and Tagalog, a language used in the Philippines. She moves from stage to pulpit to Manhattan street with aplomb. She talks politics, art, culture and religious, peppering her sentences with language taken from urban neighborhoods and halls of academe.

“Bundang is also a leading Asian/Pacific-American Catholic theological ethicist. A ‘1.5 generation’ Filipina-American (born in the Philippines but raised in the United States), she is a leader and former conference chair of Pacific/Asian and North American-Asian Women in Theology and Ministry, served for three years as a co-convener of the American Academy of Religious Women’s Caucus/Religious Studies, and has since 1997 been a delegate to the U.S. Minorities Section of the Ecumenical Association of third World Theologians. She is active in the four-year-old Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative.”

Jeffrey Paul Baerwald, S.J. [2005]

Jeffrey Paul Baerwald, S.J., is a Jesuit priest of the New York Province. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, he graduated from the College of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minnesota) and attended Weston School of Theology (Cambridge, Massachusetts) where he received his Master of Divinity Degree in 1982. He entered the New York Province novitiate at St. Andrew's in Syracuse, New York in 1983. He furthered his studies in philosophy and psychology at Fordham University in Bronx, New York. After his ordination to the priesthood in 1989, Fr. Baerwald attended the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley California receiving his Master of Sacred Theology for his thesis on Object Relations Theory and Continental Theology. Fr. Baerwald pursued a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a specialization in Clinical Neuropsychology, at Fordham University (Bronx, New York). He completed his internship at St.Vincent·s Hospital (New York, New York) and then was a post doctoral fellow in Clinical Neuropsychology at Cornell Medical School. Since completing his studies, Fr. Baerwald has been assigned to Loyola College in Maryland, where he has been founder and Clinical Director of The Loyola Clinical Centers.

Fr. Baerwald’s work at Santa Clara will be on researching the writing of John McMurray, a Scottish philosopher qua psychologist of the mid-20th century, and integrating this work with the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius. McMurray was influential in the shift of scholastic philosophy from the metaphysical to the interpersonal, reflecting on the meaning of life through the concrete reality of lived experience with others. McMurray’s motto, “to think is to do” finds it fullest expression in his understanding of human relations and divine-human intercourse.

Fr. Baerwald’s time at Santa Clara University will be spent in writing Chapters 2 and 3 of his book. He will also teach graduate courses in counseling psychology in the Winter 2005 quarter. Fr. Baerwald has also been invited by the Psychology Department to present a public lecture on Interpersonal Prayer (TBA).

Tom Powers, S.J. [2004]

Project: Theology on the Verge: Women and Theology in Spain

Tom is a Jesuit priest of the California Province. He returned from Spain in August 2004 where he conducted research for his new book project and completed his tertianship, the final formal period of Jesuit formation.

He did his doctorate in systematic theology at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley with an emphasis on Latin American and Feminist theologies. His dissertation evolved into a book published by the State University of New York Press in 2003 entitled The Call of God: Women Doing Theology in Peru.

The fellowship at Santa Clara University will involve the writing of a book on women and contemporary theology in Spain He will also be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Winter and Spring 2005 quarters.

Jermiah Alberg, S.J. [2002]

Proposed project: The Theological Underpinnings of Rousseau's Thought: Reading Him in the Light of the Gospel.

Fr. Alberg is a Jesuit priest of the Japanese Province (originally a member of the Missouri Province). He is associate professor in the Philosophy Department, Faculty of Humanities at Sophia University in Tokyo. He is in his sixth year at the university. His main area of teaching is Philosophical Anthropology.

He did his doctorate under Prof. Robert Spaemann at the University of Munich from 1988-1993. His dissertation was on the theme of original sin in German idealism. It is entitled Die verlorene Einheit: Die Suche nach einer philosophischen Alternative zu der Erbsuendenlehre von Roussear bis Schelling and was published by Peter Lang.

His time at Santa Clara University will be spent primarily completing research in preparation for writing a book length monograph on the philosophy of Rosseau, which he intends to publish in Japanese and English. For the last two years he has been lecturing on the thought of Rosseau (The two Discourses and Emile respectively). "While my concerns are primarily philosophical," Fr. Alberg says, "it would be more accurate to see them as taking place precisely where theology and philosophy intersect." "Not only is this a fruitful area of research in itself," he continues, "it is something that I can do that is of benefit for the Japanese philosophical community, since many of the members are unfamiliar with Christian theology."

He will teach a course in Classical and Medieval Philosophy in the Loyola Learning Community.

Robert Audi [2002]

Robert Audi is professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Education

1954-1959 Bates College, Lewiston, Maine. BA with highest honors in philosophy. Phi Beta Kappa
1959-1962 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Ph.D. 1964 (Philosophy).

Employment

1962-1963 Vanderbilt University. Instructor.
1963-present University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Professor since 1974.

Areas of Specialization

Philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind.

Areas of Competence

Theory of knowledge, ethics, classical logic, set theory, modal logic, philosophy of science, political philosophy, philosophy of religion.

The overall purpose is to bring the best resources of contemporary moral philosophy to bear on some central problems of our age. A plurality of ethical theories will be introduced; a multitude of values will be described. The presentations will be historically informed but not tied to any particular period, culture, or texts; concretely illustrated but not technical; and pertinent to any human society but most often focused on problems and institutions central for American life and for the international role of the U.S. in the current world climate. Each presentation will be about forty-five minutes in length and accompanied by a short outline that facilitates comprehension and discussion. The series will be cumulative in the way appropriate to a large-scale presentation of a comprehensive position, but the second, third, and fourth lectures will have openings that provide enough transition to make comprehension of main points possible independently of any previous lecture.

Francis X. McAloon, S.J. [2001]

Francis X. McAloon, S.J., is a Jesuit priest of the Maryland Province. A native of Miami, Florida, he graduated from Stetson University (DeLand, Florida) and attended Stetson College of Law (St. Petersburg, Florida). He received a licentiate in philosophy at St. Michael's Institute, Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington) and pursued his theological degrees at the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (California). Following ordination in 1992, Fr. McAloon pursued a Ph.D. in theology, with a specialization in Christian Spirituality, at the Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, California).

Fr. McAloon's research and writing focuses upon the critical existential interpretation of poetic prayer within the Christian tradition. His dissertation, under the direction of Sandra Schneiders, is entitled "Poetry and Prayer: Reading for Transformation Through The Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins." In his work, Fr. McAloon proposes and employs an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of poetic prayer texts through the investigative tools of interpretation theory (Paul Ricoeur), theo-poetic aesthetics (Hopkins), and literary criticism (new historicism).

His time at Santa Clara University will be spent in beginning the process of bringing to publication his dissertation. In addition, at the special invitation of the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, Fr. McAloon will present a paper and co-direct a session at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion entitled "Reading Poetry as Christian Spiritual Text." He will also teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Christian Spirituality starting in the Winter 2002 quarter.

Stephen Schloesser, S.J. [2000]

Proposed Project: Sacramental Modernism: Parisian Catholic Revival, 1920-1930.

Fr. Schloesser is a Jesuit Priest in the Wisconsin Province. He is assistant professor in the History Department at Boston College and adjunct professor in the Department of Church History at the Weston Jesuit School of Theology. He received his PhD in History and Humanities from Stanford University in 1999. His dissertation title was "Mystic Realists: Sacramental Modernism in French Catholic Revival, 1918-1928."

His time at Santa Clara University will be spent primarily in working to bring to publication his work on Sacramental Modernism: Parisian Catholic Revival, 1920-1930." In addition he expects to work closely with the Loyola Learning Community in interacting with students, faculty and staff. He proposes teaching a course linking Philosophy, Religious Studies and History. In addition, The Bannan Institute will schedule periodic venues for Fr. Schloesser to present the state of his research.

Gregory Sharkey, S.J [1998]

Gregory Sharkey, S.J., is a specialist in Asian religions who has lived and worked in India for much of the past two decades. A Pennsylvania native, he joined the New England Province of the Jesuits in 1978 after undergraduate studies at Dartmouth. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1988. Father Sharkey studied at Oxford University, where he earned an M.A. in Sanskrit and a Ph.D. in Oriental Studies. While at Oxford, he was the Coulson Research Scholar in Indology.

In 1995, he returned to Nepal to help with the founding of St. Xavier's College and to continue his research in the Tantric Buddhist community of Kathmandu. His findings will be published later this year in a book entitled Buddhist Daily Ritual. While in Nepal, he was also the historical consultant for the Samkha Mul Temple Documentation Project, funded by the Fulbright Foundation.

Father Sharkey recently returned from a six-month trip living among the Bontoc tribesmen in China and Japan. He enjoys trekking in the Himalayas, kayaking, and cooking, and he claims to be happiest when living in Asian villages.

Gerard J. Hughes, S.J. [1997]

"The main benefit of the fellowship from my own point of view was the opportunity it gave me to make a serious start on a book I hope to publish ... Without that semester at Santa Clara, I simply could not have got started with it at all. The warm welcome, congenial surroundings, and the chance to talk over bits of it with members of the philosophy department together enabled me to get a lot donewithout any sense of strain."

William J. Wood, S.J. [1996]

"This year has convinced me more than ever of the urgent need for deep thinking and dialogue, particularly between science and thedogy and among people of all religions. I hope that the opportunity afforded me by the Bannan funding .... will allow me to make some valuable contribution to the necessary dialogue about the important role of the Jesuit, Catholic university in the world."

Thomas E. Buckley, S.J. [1995]

"I enjoyed very much the opportunities to interact with Jesuit and lay faculty members, particularly in the History department, and to teach some excellent upper-division students in a course on the history of church-state relations in the United States."

James Bernauer, S.J. [1994]

"I feel particularly privileged to have been able to work with such interesting and able students as I have."

John A. Coleman, S.J. [1990]

"Looking back at the enormous productivity of that year, I am very grateful indeed for the benefits I received."

John M. Staudenmaier, S.J. [1986]

"More than anything else, time at Santa Clara gave me perspective about my professional world, about the Church, about Jesuit higher education in the United States, and about my own thinking.The Bannan Fellowship gave me time to write and speak, to find the voice that was in me at that time in my life."