Dr
Dr. DANIEL LAWRENCE SMITH-CHRISTOPHER
Professor of Theological Studies (Old Testament)
and Director, The Peace Studies Minor
Dept. Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Teaching Fields
- Hebrew Bible (esp. Exilic/Persian Period)
- Old Testament Theology in Christian Context
- Cross Cultural Interpretation of Biblical Texts, Multiculturalism
- Peace and Nonviolence
Education
D.Phil. - Doctor of Philosophy, Sept., 1986.
Oxford University, England: Faculty of Theology.
(Sociological Analysis of the Exile in the Old Testament)
M.Div. - Master of Divinity, May, 1981.
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries (Elkhart, Indiana)
(Biblical Studies and Peace Studies)
B.A. - Bachelor of Arts, May, 1977
George Fox University (Newberg, Oregon).
(Philosophy and Sociology)
Teaching Experience
1989 - Present Professor of Theological Studies (Old Testament)
Director of Peace Studies (from Fall 1993)
Director of Graduate Studies in Theology (from Fall, 2013)
Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
Spring 2013 Jaime 1 University, Castellon, Spain (Religion and Peace Studies)
FULBRIGHT TEACHING AWARD
2003-2004 Professor of Biblical Studies
(One Year Leave) Dept. Religion - Bluffton College of Ohio
1987 - 1989 Assistant Professor of Theology
and Director of Peace Studies
Wilmington College of Ohio
BOOKS AND MAJOR WORKS
2015 Micah: A Commentary
The Old Testament Library
Westminster/John Knox Press
2013 Sacred Scripture: A Catholic Study of God’s Word
Dr. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (Old Testament)
Fr. J. Patrick Mullen (New Testament)
Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN
2009 Battleground: Religion
Encyclopedia of Religion and Social Issues
ed. Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
Greenwood Press, Conn.
2008 Lost Books of the Bible - for Dummies
John Wiley & Co., New York
2007 Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes: Speaking Peace
To Power in the Bible
Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN.
2007 Subverting Hatred
10th Anniversary Edition
(New Introduction Written, New essays included)
2004 Introduction to the Old Testament
Our Invitation to Faith and Justice
Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, IN.
2002 A Biblical Theology of Exile
Overtures to Biblical Theology
Fortress Press: Minneapolis
2001 The Books of Ezra-Nehemiah
The Oxford Bible Commentary,
Oxford University Press (Oxford & London)
Ed. John Barton & John Muddiman: 308-324.
2000 Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Religious
Nonviolence, Edited by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher,
with my essay, "Political Atheism and Radical Faith”
(revised from 1990, Orbis Books, New York)
1996 The Book of Daniel, (with The Additions to Daniel)
The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. VII
(Abingdon Press, Nashville): 19-194.
1995 Text and Experience: Toward a Cultural Exegesis of the
Bible - Edited by Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
(Sheffield University Press, Sheffield: 1995).
1994 Practiced in the Presence (Festschrift for Prof. T. Canby Jones), Ed. D. Neil Snarr and Daniel L. Smith-Christopher (Friends United Press, Richmond IN, 1994), with article:
"The Inward Front: Religion and Peace in the
Middle East": 214-244.
1993 The Citizen Temple Community by Joel Weinberg,
translated from the German by Daniel L.S. Christopher
(Sheffield, 1992)
1989 The Religion of the Landless: A Sociology of the Babylonian Exile, (Meyer-Stone, Bloomington).
ACADEMIC ARTICLES
2015 “Thinking on Islands”, published in
Islands, Islanders, and the Bible
ed. J. Havea, M. Aymer, and S. Davidson
SBL Press: Atlanta: 207-216
2015 “Ezekiel Celebrates Day of the Dead:
(at press) Reading Ezekiel with Jose Guadalupe Posada”
European Ezekiel Project
2015 “Deconstructing Terror: Ezekiel’s Vision of Dry Bones as a
(at press) Response to Trauma”, submitted to European Ezekiel Project
Ed. William Tooman.
(at press)
2015 “Blues Music”; “Folk Music”, and artist profile
on “Colin McCahon” (with Sue Gardner), for
The Oxford Encyclopedia on the Bible and the Arts
Ed. Timothy Beal
Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press:
2014 “Trauma and the Old Testament: Some Problems and
Prospects”, in Trauma and Traumatization in Individual and
Collective Dimensions: Insights from Biblical Studies and Beyond. E. E. Becker, J. Dochhorn and E. K. Holt. SANT 2:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2014: 222-242
2014 “Singing Lamentations and Reading the Blues” for
The Oxford Handbook on Biblical Narrative
Ed. Danna N. Fewall.
Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press:
(at press)
2013 “Political Theology and the Hebrew Bible”,
The Oxford Handbook of Political Theology
ed. Shaun Casey and Michael Kessler.
(at press)
2013 “Reading the Christian Old Testament in the Contemporary
World”, and “Commentary on 1 Esdras”, for
The Fortress Press Commentary on the Bible: 43-66; 1073-1082
2013 “ `…and if not now, when?’ A Sociology of the
Future in Micah 4.1” in
Biblical Interpretation and Method:
Essays in Honour of John Barton
Eds. Katharine J. Dell and Paul M. Joyce
Oxford University Press, UK: 149-162
2013 “Cross Cultural Exegesis of the Bible” for
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation
Ed. Steven L. McKenzie
Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press: 138-150
2013 “A Postcolonial Reading of Apocalyptic Literature: On
Mixing Monsters”, for
The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature
Ed. John J. Collins.
Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press: 180-198
2012 “Reading Exile Then: Reconsidering the Methodological
Debates for Biblical Analysis in Dialogue with Sociological
And Literary Analysis”, in
By the Irrigation Canals of Babylon: Approaches to the
Study of Exile, ed J.J. Ahn & J. Middlemas
London: T&T Clark: 139-157
2011 “Reading War and Trauma: Suggestions Toward
a Social-Psychological Exegesis of Exile
and War in Biblical Texts” in
Interpreting Exile: Interdisciplinary Studies of Displacement and Deportation in Biblical and Modern Contexts
eds. B. Kelle, F. Ritchel Ames, J.Wright
Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature: 253-274
2011 “Daniel, Book of”, major article entry for
Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception (EBR)
De Gruyter, Berlin
(At Press)
2011 “Engendered Warfare and the Ammonites in Amos 1:13” for
Aspects of Amos [FS John Barton], ed. A. Mein and A. Hagedorn
London: T&T Clark: 15-40
2011 “Reading Jeremiah as Frantz Fanon” in
Jeremiah (Dis)Placed: New Directions in
Writing/Reading Jeremiah, ed. by
A.R. Pete Diamond and Louis Stulman
London/New York: T&T Clark: 115-124
2009 “Re-Reading Nelson Graburn” in
‘Caught Reading Again’, ed. R S Sugirtharajah
London, SCM Press, 2009: 90-109
2009 “Teaching Sugirtharajah: A Field Report from Los Angeles” for
Festschrift for R.S. Sugirtharajah, ed. Liu
Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press: 240-255
2009 “On the Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment: Reading Micah 1:6
And 3:12 with Stokely Carmichael”, in
Aesthetics of Biblical Violence
Ed. C. Franke & J.M. O’Brian: 72-87
2009 “Gideon at Thermopylae: Mapping War in Biblical
Narratives”, in Writing and Reading War: Rhetoric, Gender,
and Ethics in Biblical and Modern Contexts,
Brad E Kelle and Frank Ritchel Ames, eds., (SBL: Atlanta).
2008 “Abolitionist Exegesis: A Quaker Proposal for White Liberals”
in Still at the Margins, ed. R.S. Sugirtharajah
London: T&T Clark, 2008: 128-137.
2007 “The Quiet Words of the Wise: Biblical Developments
Toward Nonviolence as a Diaspora Ethic” in
Character Ethics and the Old Testament:
Moral Dimensions Of Scripture
Ed. M. Daniel Carroll R., and Jacqueline E. Lapsley
Westminster/John Knox Press, 2007: 129-151.
2006 “Are the Refashioned Weapons in Micah 4:1-4 a Sign of
Peace or Conquest? Shifting the Contextual Borders of
A Utopian’ Prophetic Motif” in
Utopia and Dystopia in Prophetic Literature,
Ed. Ehud Ben Zvi, Helsinki: Finnish Exegetical Society and
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006: 187-210
2005 “Ezra” and “Nehemiah” – Commentary Articles for
A Theological Bible Commentary
Westminster/John Knox Press (Expected early 2009)
2002 “Ezekiel in Abu Ghraib: ReReading Ezekiel 16:37-39 in
the context of Imperial Conquest”, in
Ezekiel's Hierarchical World: Wrestling with a Tiered Reality
Ed. S. Cook, C. Patton, SBL Symposium Series
Society of Biblical Literature Press, Atlanta: 141-158
2001. “`That was then…’: Textual Defenses of Nonviolence in
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”, in Ethics in the World Religions, ed. J. Runzo and N. M. Martin.
One World Publishers, Oxford, pp. 251-269.
2001 “Prayers and Dreams: Power and Diaspora Identities
In the Social Setting of the Daniel Tales”, in The Book
Of Daniel: Composition and Reception, ed. John J.
Collins and Peter W. Flint., Vetus Testamentum
Supplementum (Leiden: E.J. Brill); Vol 1, 266-290.
1999 “Ezekiel on Fanon’s Couch: A Postcolonist Critique in
Dialogue with David Halperin’s Seeking Ezekiel”
Peace and Justice Shall Embrace (FS Millard Lind)
Telford, PA:Pandora Press: 108-144.
1999 “Returning to the Sources: The Hebrew Bible” article
reprinted in, Contemporary Catholic Theology: A Reader
Ed. Michael Hayes & Liam Gearon
Gracewing:Leominster: 40-61.
1997 "Reassessing the Historical and Sociological Impact of
the Babylonian Exile (597/586 - 539 BCE)", lead article in
James Scott, ed., Exile: Old Testament, Jewish and Christian Conceptions (E.J. Brill, Leiden): 7-36.
1996 "Resistance in a `Culture of Permission'", in Truth's
Bright Embrace Essays and Poems in honor of Arthur O.
Roberts, ed. H. Macy and P. Anderson (George Fox University Press:Newberg, OR): 15-38.
1996 "Between Ezra and Isaiah: Exclusion, Transformation, and
Inclusion of the `Foreigner' in Post-Exilic Biblical
Theology", Ethnicity and the Bible, ed. Mark Brett
(E.J.Brill, Leiden): 117-142.
1994 "The Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 13: A Study of the Sociology of the Postexilic Judean Community", Second Temple Studies, Volume Two: Temple and Community in the Persian Period, ed. Tamara C. Eskenazi and Kent H. Richards, (Sheffield, U.K.)
1994 "Gandhi on Daniel 6 : A Case of Cultural Exegesis",
Biblical Interpretation, Vol 1, No. 3: 321-338.
1993 "Reading the Bible in the Shadows: Captivity and the Meaning of Exile", The Bible Today, September, Vol 31, No. 5, 1993.
1993 "Hebrew Satyagraha: The Politics of Biblical Fasting in the
Post-Exilic Period (Sixth to Second Century B.C.E.)"
Food and Foodways: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Paris/N.Y.) 1993, Vol. 5(3): 269-292.
1992 "On a Theology for Modern Babylonians: The Exile as a Basis for doing "Biblical Theology", Quaker Religious Thought, Fall, 1992 (#79), p. 3-15.
1991 "The Second Israel: Peace in the Middle East and the
Implications of Militant Oriential Jewish Ethnicity",
Dialectical Anthropology, Vol. 16, No. 2.
1991 "The Politics of Ezra: Sociological Indicators of Post-Exilic
(1996) Judaean Society", pp. 73-97, in Second Temple Studies 1.
Persian Period, Ed. Philip R. Davies, Sheffield Academic
Press:Sheffield, England [selected for reprinting in:
Community, Identity, and Ideology: Social Science
Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, ed. Carol Meyers, Charles Carter, Eisenbrauns, 1996: 537-556].
1990 "Political Atheism and Radical Faith," essay published in
Towards a Theology of Peace, Ed. Stephen Tunnicliffe
European Nuclear Disarmament, London, England
1989 "Jeremiah as Prophet of Nonviolent Resistance"
(1996) Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
(Sheffield, UK) 43 (1989) 95-107; (selected for
reprint in The Prophets: A Sheffield Reader, pp. 207-218; ed. Philip R. Davies, Sheffield University Press, 1996)
1989 "The Rewards of Allah: Cultural Analysis of Reconciliation"
Journal of Peace Research (Oslo, Norway)
26 (4), 1989: 385-398
ARTICLES FOR ENCYCLOPEDIAS and POPULAR ARTICLES
2015 "Corporations and Religious Liberty:
A Theologian’s Perspective."
American Government. ABC-CLIO. Web.
2015 “Geronimo” (Long entry), and “Spirituals” (Short entry) in
(at press) American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales:
An Encyclopedia of American Folklore
ed. J. Webb, ABO-CLIO.
2013 “Daniel and Apocalyptic”
The Omega Bible
Abingdon Press
2013 “Daniel and Diaspora”; “The River Jordan”; “Foreigners
And Immigrants”, requested short articles for
SBL Bible Odyssey Project
(Online, In Development)
2012 “Exile” in
Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics
Ed. J. Green, (Baker Academic) 291-294
2011 “Tarak Dath Nas” for
Encyclopedia of Asian Americans
EBSCO Publishing (Salem Press)
2011 “Ezra, Book of”, “Nehemiah, Book of”, and “Peace”
Encyclopedia of Early Judaism (Eerdmans)
Ed. John J. Collins (Eerdmans) 621-623; 993-995; 1038-1040
2011 “Religion in Canada in the 1920s”, article written for
Encyclopedia of The 1920s
EBSCO Publishing (Salem Press)
2011 “Ocean Currents”, for the
Encyclopedia of Environmental Issues, Revised Edition
EBSCO Publishing (Salem Press): 911-913
2009 “Ezra and Nehemiah”, Chapter in
The Westminster Theological Commentary on the Bible
Westminster Press, Philadelphia: 154-164
2008 “Nationalism”; “Peace in the Old Testament”
Articles for The New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary
Abingdon Press, Nashville.
2008 “Of Swords and Plowshares: On Peace and the
Hebrew Prophets”, in The Bible Today 46: 154-159.
2008 “Nahum” and “Micah” Introductions for
The People’s Bible Commentary
2007 “Ezra”, “Nehemiah”, and “Peace” for
The Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism
(Leiden: E.J. Brill)
2002 Entries in From Polis to Empire: The Ancient World c.800 B.C.
To A.D. 500: A Biographical Dictionary, ed. A.G. Traver
(Greenwood Press: London, 2002):
“Ptolemy I Soter”; “Artaxerxes I”; “Artaxerxes II”
“Artaxerxes III”; “Ptolemy III”; “Antiochus VII”;
“Croesus”; “Ctesias”; “Darius I”
2001 Articles in The Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Article: "The Exile"; Shorter Entries: "Fasting"; "Peace";
"Dreams"; "Ancient of Days"; "Xerxes"; "Zerubbabel";
"Coele-Syria"; "Sarsechim"; "Sepharad"; "Sharezer"; "Zarius".
1996 Articles written for The Latino Encyclopedia, Ed. Richard
Chabran and Rafael Chabran (Marshall Cavendish/New York, 1996); "Intermarriage" (805-808); "South American Native Communities" (1512-1516); "Mesoamerican Native Communities" (976-982)
1994 Articles written for The Native-American Encyclopedia
include: "The Cree"; "The Salish"; "The Tlingit"; "The
Shaking Tent Ceremony"; "The Maru Cult of the Pomo"; "The Shaker Church"; "The Ghost Dance"; "Black Kettle of the Cheyenne"; "The Fernandeno, Juaneno, and Gabrielino of California"; "The Native-American Influence on American Society"
1993. Articles for The Encyclopedia of Multiculturalism; "Turkish-
Americans", "Greek-Americans", "Arab Women", "Hebrew",
"Yiddish".
Visiting Lectureships and Academic Honors
2013 Fulbright / Senior Lecturer Award
Religion and Peace Studies
Jaume 1 University, Castellon, SPAIN (3 months)
2010 The Biblical Spirituality Lectures
Corpus Christi University Parish
Toledo, OHIO
(Recorded for Public Television)
2009 The CATO Lecture
The Uniting Church of Australia Triennial Meetings
Sydney, Australia
2008 The Annual Todd Lectures
Memphis Theological Seminary
November, 2008
2006 Visiting Graduate Seminar Lecturer
University of Aarhus, Denmark
2004 31st Annual Summer Scripture Seminar
Archdiocese of Chicago
“The Two Ways: The Ideas of War and Peace
in the Later Hebrew Bible”
St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein
2003 Named to Biblical Scholars Consultation
(World Council of Churches)
Bangor, Wales
2003 Guest Lecturer
One Semester
University of Toledo, Dept. Religion and Philosophy
Toledo, Ohio
2003 Program Director
Lilly Endowment Summer Seminar Program:
“Peace and Justice in the Bible and the Quran”
Team taught with Prof. Mustansir Mir, Youngstown State U.
2002 Guest Lecturer in Old Testament (One Term)
St. John’s College
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
1999 The Willson Lectures
Earlham School of Religion
“On Cultural Exegesis of the Bible”
1998 6 City Speaking/Lecture Tour sponsored by the Uniting Church of Australia Dept. of Christian Education.
4 Weeks: Pastors Workshops, Public Lectures, conferences;
Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Tasmania, Ballarat,
& Canberra.
1997 Named to 10-person National Study Group: "Theology and
Community: Recovering the Beloved Community"
The Lilly Endowment, at Loyola College, Baltimore
Summer, 1997 LMU Faculty Research Grant
To complete book on Cultural Exegesis of the Bible
Summer, 1996 Scholar in Residence
The Center for Christian Studies (The Society of Friends)
Portland, Oregon (May-June, 1996)
Fall, 1995 Lecturer in Residence
The Department of Religion
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
1994 LMU Faculty Research Grant - To Assist in writing
commentary for "The New Interpretor's Bible",
"The Book of Daniel"
1992 LMU Faculty Research Grant - For Research in Australia on Aboriginal Interpretation of the Bible.
1991 International Research and Exchanges Board Travel Grant
for scholarly consultation in Latvia on the translation of
Dr. Joel Weinberg's work (see publications list).
1986 The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Dissertation Fellowship.
1983-1986 World Council of Churches
(Full tuition and support for study at Oxford University)
1978-1981 The Fund for Theological Education
(Full tuition for 3 years of Seminary)
BOOK REVIEWS
1991 Thomas Overholt, Channels of Prophecy (1990),
reviewed in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
53:1991, pp. 301-303
1992 Edwin M. Yamauchi, Persia and the Bible (1990)
reviewed in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
54:1992, pp. 138-139
1992 Carlos Mesters, Defenseless Flower (1989)
reviewed in Critical Review of Books in Religion,
1991:482-484
1992 Peggy Day, Ed., Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel
(1989), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
54:1992, pp. 398-399
1992 Robert B. and Mary P. Coote., Power, Politics, and the
Making of the Bible: An Introduction (1990), reviewed in
Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1992: pp. 85-86
1993 Anthony R. Ceresko, Introduction to the Old Testament:
A Liberation Perspective (1992), reviewed in
Critical Review of Books in Religion, 1994: pp. 103-105
1993 Robert B. Coote, In Defense of Revolution: The Elohist
History (1991), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly,
55:1993, pp. 751-753
1993 Ingeborg Gabriel, Friede Ueber Israel: Eine Untersuchung zur Friendenstheologie in Chronik I 10 - II 36
(Ousterreichische Biblische Studien, 10) in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 55, 1993, pp. 756-757
1994 Mervin Breneman, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, The New American Commentary 10; Nashville: Broadman Press (1993), reviewed in Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 57, 1995, pp. 118-120
1995 Victor H. Matthew and Don Benjamin, Social World of Ancient Israel, reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature
114:1995, pp. 490-492.
1996 Klaus Scholtissek, Vollmacht im Alten Testament und
Judentum, (Paderborner Theologische Studien, 24, 1993)
reviewed in Journal of Biblical Literature.
1997 Jon L. Berquist, Judaism in Persia's Shadow: A Social and
Historical Approach (Fortress, 1995), reviewed in:
The Journal of Religion (Chicago) 77:4, 1997, pp. 656- 658.
1997. Moshe Weinfeld, Social Justice in Ancient Israel and in
The Ancient Near East (Magnes/Fortress, 1995), reviewed in
Journal of Biblical Literature 116(4): 721-725.
1997 Georg Steins, Die Chronik als kanonisches Abschlussphaenomen:
Studien zur Entstehung und Theologie von 1/2 Chronik
(Weinheim: Beltz, 1995), reviewed in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 59, 1997, pp. 754-755.
1998 Justo L. Gonzalez, Santa Biblia: The Bible Through Hispanic Eyes (Abingdon:Nashville), reviewed in
The Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, 5:3: 52-56.
1998 Dianne Bergant, Israel’s Wisdom Literature: A Liberation
Critical Reading (Minneapolis:Fortress, 1997), reviewed in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60: 519-521.
1999 John A. Wood, Perspectives on War in the Bible
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 61: 354-355.
1999 Farmer, et.al., eds., The International Bible Commentary
Catholic Biblical Quarterly. 61: 538-540.
1999 Tod Linafelt, Timothy Beal, God in the Fray
Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 1998
Review of Biblical Literature (Online)
2000 Segovia and Tolbert, eds., Teaching the Bible
Minneapolis, Fortress, 1998
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 62: 188-189
2001. Krasovec, Joze, Reward, Punishment, and Forgiveness: The
Thinking and Beliefs of Ancient Israel in the Light of Greek
and Modern Views (E.J. Brill: Leiden)
Review of Biblical Literature (Online)
2001 John R. Levison and Priscilla Pope-Levison
Return to Babel (Westminster-John Knox, Louisville)
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 63: 365-367.
2001. C. Grottanelli, Kings and Prophets (OUP:NY, 1999)
Ancient History Bulletin, 15:4, 188-190
2002 Porten, Bezalel, with J. J. Farber, C. J. Martin, G.
Vittmann, Leslie S. B. MacCoull, Sarah Clackson,
and contributions by Simon Hopkins and Ranon
Katzoff, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three
Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and
Change (Leiden: Brill, 1999)
Review of Biblical Literature, Online Reviews
2002. James Barr, History and Ideology in the Old Testament
Oxford University Press: Oxford
Theological Studies, 63:202-203.
2002 Zerbe, Gordon (ed.), Reclaiming the Old Testament:
Essays in Honour of Waldemar Janzen
(Winnipeg: CMBC Publications, 2001).
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 64: 602-603
2002 Baldwin, Lewis, and Amiri YaSin, Between Cross and
Crescent: Christian and Muslim Perspectives on Malcolm
And Martin (Florida, 2001), in
Studies in Contemporary Islam, 3:79-83
2003 Akbar, M.J., The Shade of Swords: Jihad
and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity
Studies in Contemporary Islam (forthcoming)
2004 Ed. James W. Watts, Persia and Torah: The Theory
Of Imperial Authorization of the Pentateuch
Journal of Semitic Studies Vol. XLIX, No. 2:334-336
2003. Grosby, Stephen, Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient
And Modern
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66:288-289
2004 Crawford and Greenspoon, The Book of Esther in Modern
Research
Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:25-27
2004 Watson, Brenda, Truth and Scripture
Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:19-22
2004 Ward, Keith, The Case for Religion
Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:10-13
2004 Ellens, J. Harold, ed.
The Destructive Power of Religion: Violence in
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4 Volumes)
Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:196-202
2005 Cabezon, Jose Ignacio, and Sheila Greeve Davaney, eds.,
Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion
Reviews in Religion and Theology (UK)
2005 Goldshmidt, H, and Elizabeth McAlister
Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas
Reviews in Religion and Theology (UK)
2005 Oded Borowski
Daily Life in Biblical Times
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67:108-109
2005 Daniel Friedmann
To Kill and Take Possession: Law, Morality, and Society
In Biblical Stories
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67:114-116
2005 Robert Pope, ed.
Honouring the Past and Shaping the Future: Religious and
Biblical Studies in Wales. In Honour of Gareth Lloyd Jones
Reviews in Religion and Theology 12:232-235
2005 James K.A. Smith, Henry Isaac Venema, eds.
The Hermeneutics of Charity: Interpretation, Selfhood, and
Postmodern Faith: In honor of James Olthuis
Reviews in Religion and Theology
2007 Jerome M. Segal
Joseph’s Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God
And Mankind in the Bible
Reviewed in National Catholic Reporter, Nov. 16, 2007
2008 Uriah Kim
Decolonizing Josiah (with Author’s Response)
Reviewed in Conversations in Religion
And Theology 6:1: 6-12
2008 Rollins and Kille, eds.
Psychological Insight into the Bible: Text and Readings
Reviewed in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70: 869-871
2009 Bernat and Klawans, ed.
Religion and Violence: The Biblical Heritage
Reviewed in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71: 915-917
2009 Rocca, Samuel
The Forts of Judaea 168 BC – AD 73
Reviewed in
Ancient Warfare
2009 E. Qureshi and M.A. Sells, eds.
Crusades: Constructing the Muslim Enemy
Reviewed in
Studies in Contemporary Islam 10 (2008) 139-142
2009 Lawrence Schiffman and Joel B. Wolowelsky, eds.
War and Peace in the Jewish Tradition
Reviewed in
Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)
2009 Miguel A. De La Torre
Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethic of Reconciliation
Reviewed in
Conrad Grebel Review, Fall 2009: 91-94
2010 Elisabeth Shuessler Fiorenza
Democratizing Biblical Studies
Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)
2011 Philip Peter Jenson, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah:
A Theological Commentary
Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, Online)
2011 John Rogerson, A Theology of the Old Testament
Reviewed in
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 73: 841-843
2013 Matthew Coomber, ed., The Bible and Justice:
Ancient Texts, Modern Challenges
Biblical Interpretation 21: 550-552
2013 Michael S. Moore, Wealth Watch: A Study of Socioeconomic
Conflict in the Bible
Catholic Biblical Quarterly (expected summer 2013)
2015 Crouch, C.L., and Jonathan Stokl, eds.
In the Name of God: The Bible in the
Colonial Discourse of Empire.
Review of Biblical Literature (SBL, online)
2015 Boer, R., and F.F. Segovia, eds.
The Future of the Biblical Past:
Envisioning Biblical Studies on a Global Key
Review for Biblical Interpretation journal.
2015 Boer, Roland, ed.,
Postcolonialism and the Hebrew Bible: The Next Step
Review for Biblical Interpretation journal
2015 M. Zehnder and H. Hagelia, eds.
Encountering Violence in the Bible
Review for Biblical Interpretation journal
2015 Omer, Appleby, and Little
The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding
Review for Peace Review Journal
Professional Society Memberships
SBL - The Society of Biblical Literature (USA)
SOTS - The Society for Old Testament Study (UK)
Selected Academic Presentations and Papers
August “The Difficult Texts”, Lecture given for
2015 Summer Scripture Seminar
Loyola Marymount University
November “Sleeping with the Enemy? Esther, Judith, and Comfort Women”
2014 Paper for Exile Group, Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meetings, San Diego
March “Singing Daniel: The Spirituals as Interpretation of the
2014 Book of Daniel” , and “Reading Jesus with the Prophets”
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim
November “Singing Daniel: African-American Spirituals as Biblical
2013 Interpretation”, Paper for African-American Exegesis section
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meetings
Baltimore, MD.
February “Were the Writers of the Bible Traumatized?”
2013 Popular Presentation
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress
Anaheim
June “Traumata and Old Testament Analysis”
2012 International Conference on Trauma and Scripture
Univ. Aarhus, Denmark
March Lamentations and the Blues: A Postcolonial Analysis
2012 Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York
February “Isaiah and Micah”
2011 Annual Historical Lecture
Congregation Ner Tamid
Palos Verdes, CA
November “Hebrew Machismo as Biblical Resistance Literature
2009 in Micah 4-5”
Paper read for
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, New Orleans
September Annual First Year Convocation Speaker
2009 (Selected by Chief Academic Officer of LMU)
Loyola Marymount University
July Two Bible Studies on Nehemiah
2009 The Aboriginal and Torres Islander Christian Congress
Perth, Australia
July “Wisdom’s Feast” (2 Lectures on Isaiah and Justice)
2009 The Uniting Church of Australia
Melbourne, Australia
November Displaced Texts: Can We Speak of a Social
2008 Psychology of the Exile?
Paper for War in Ancient Israel Section
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meetings, Boston
November Reading Exile: Sociological and Literary Agendas
2008 Paper for Exile (Forced Migration) in Biblical Literature Section
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meetings, Boston
November Jeremiah as Frantz Fanon
2007 Paper for Writing/Reading Jeremiah Section
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, San Diego
November Theology and the Study of Trauma in the Bible
2007 Paper for Theology of Hebrew Scriptures Section
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, San Diego
November Micah 1-2: On the Pleasures of Prophetic Judgment
2006 Paper for Prophetic Texts Group
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, Washington DC
November The Militarization of Miracle in Ancient Israel
2005 Paper read for War in Ancient Israel Group
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
November Reading Thoughtfully: Getting Students to
2005 Read in Class
Center for Teaching Excellence: LMU
October Response to Dr. Deepak Chopra
2005 BridgeBuilder Forum, LMU
Formal Comments at Honorary Dinner
November Chair, In The Name of Religion
2004 Bellarmine Forum, on “Violence”
Session with Academic Colleagues.
November Swords Into Plowshares:
2004 A Study of Isa. 2:2-4 / Micah 4:1-3
The Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meeting, San Antonio
July Presentation:
2004 Peace and Justice from Within Religious Tradition
A Meditation on Jacob and Esau
The Parliament of World Religions
Barcelona, SPAIN
November Panelist
2003 Religion and War
Global Ethics Forum, SBL-AAR Meetings
Atlanta, GA
November “Ethics of Diaspora in Exile”
2003 Bible and Ethics Section
The Society of Biblical Literature
Atlanta, GA
June “Theft and Reconciliation:
2003 Genesis 32-33 and the Politics of Jacob”
World Council of Churches Consultation on
Ethnic Identity, National Identity, and the Unity of the Church
Bangor, Wales
April “Indigenous Traditions of Peacemaking”
2003 W/Rev. Don Tamihare (New Zealand)
War and Reconciliation: Perspectives of World Religions
California State University, Northridge
March “A Quaker Reads the Ninth Commandment”
2002 Seminar on the Ten Commandments
The Jewish Studies Dept., UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
November “Prophet in the Camp: Ezekiel and Refugee Studies”
2001. Paper read with respondents (Marvin Sweeney and
J.J.M. Roberts) at Society of Biblical Literature
Annual Meetings, Denver: Theological Perspectives
On the Book of Ezekiel Seminar.
April “The Challenge of Christian Nonviolence”
2001. War and Peace in the World Religions
California Lutheran University
November Invited Respondent to Three Papers Presented in the
2000. “Asian and Asian American Biblical Exegesis Group”
Annual Meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature
Nashville, TN.
March, 2000 “`That was then…’: Textual Defenses of Nonviolence in
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam”. Paper presented to
Ethics and Religion for a Global Twenty-First Century
Chapman University, Orange, California
November, 1999 Chaired Section of Literature and History of Persian Period
The Society of Biblical Literature (Boston)
“Advising the Conqueror: Legend and Literature”
November, 1999 “An Anthropology of Exile: Debating Stereotypes”
The Society of Biblical Literature
Hebrew Bible, History, and Archaeology Section
(Boston, Annual Meeting)
November, 1996 "Ezekiel on Fanon's Couch: A Postcolonial critique of
Psychological Approaches to Ezekiel"
The Society of Biblical Literature (New Orleans)
July, 1995 "Lakota (Sioux) Readings of Daniel: A Report on `Field Work' in Critical Biblical Studies". Paper read before
The Society of Old Testament Study (UK) Summer
Meetings, The University of Wales, Bangor.
November, 1993 "The Culture of Permission: A Sociological Reading of the
Correspondence with Persian Authorities in Ezra 1-8".
The Society of Biblical Literature
(Washington D.C., Annual Meeting)
July, 1992 "The Mixed Marriage Crisis in Ezra and Nehemiah: A
Sociological Critique". The Society of Biblical Literature
(European Section-Special Meetings in Melbourne,
Australia)
August, 1990 "Fasting and Warfare in the Hebrew Bible: An Experiment Using Anthropological Data in Biblical Analysis"
The Society of Biblical Literature
(European Section, Vienna)
November, 1989 "Hebrew Satyagraha: Fasting and Warfare in Post-Exilic
Theology" The Society for Biblical Literature
(Anaheim, CA, Annual Meeting)
November, 1988 "The Politics of Ezra: Sociological Indicators of Post-Exilic
Society" The Society for Biblical Literature
(Chicago, Annual Meeting)
November, 1987 "Towards a Theology of Peace"
International Theology of Peace Conference,
Budapest, Hungary
November, 1983 "Jeremiah and the Theology of Peace"
International Theology of Peace Conference,
Budapest, Hungary
March, 1981 "Deutero-Isaiah and the Isaianic Additions"
The Society for Biblical Literature, Mid-West Region
March, 1980 "Wisdom and Resistance in the Book of Daniel"
The Society for Biblical Literature, Mid-West Region
Television and Multi-Media Consultation
2013 Filmed Interview for DVD “Extra Features” on
DVD Reissue of “The Robe”, Feature Film.
2011 July, Australian Public Radio
“The Bible and the Blues”
Interview with John Cleary, “Sunday Night”
2011 Script Consultant / Media Consultant
(Project Confidential until Release)
Los Angeles Based Motion Picture Studio (Name confidential)
2009 Recorded Adult Study Lecture Series for
“Now You Know Media” (Wash. DC)
Genesis; Bible and Social Justice
2008 Feature Film Script Consultant
The Aquarian Gospel
2006 Consultant, TMC Entertainment, Inc.
“The Routes of Christianity”
2005 Consultant, TMC Entertainment, Inc.
“Walking the New Testament”
2003 Consultant, FilmROOS
“In Search of Easter” (National Geographic Network)
“Banned from the Bible” (History Channel)
2001. Biblical Consultant
Sante Fe Communications (Milwaukie, WI)
Animated Bible Project
2000. Script Consultation, On-Camera Interviews, Research
“Disasters of the Bible”
The History Channel
2000. On-Camera scholarly Comment, “The Holy Family”
PAX Television Special (Christmas, 2000)
1992-1999 Scholarly Consultant to "Mysteries of the Bible"
(A&E Television, A FilmROOS Production, Los Angeles)
1995 Authored "Teachers Study Guide" for 25-Part Animated
Series based on the Old Testament, produced by
Tezuka Productions (Japan) and Released in the USA by
CCC of America (Irving, Texas)
1993-95 Academic Advisor for the Arts and Entertainment Network
Television series, "Mysteries of the Bible"
(Arts and Entertainment Television, FilmROOS Productions) Critical Review of Scripts; Extended On- Camara Commentary on Old Testament texts; Consultation with Series Writers
1995 Television series, "Biography"
(Arts and Entertainment Network, FilmROOS Productions) Script Consultation; On-Camara Commentary, episodes: "Samson", "David", "Moses", "The Second Temple".
1995-96 Critical Commentary to accompany CD-ROM/Multi- Media Program: Hypertext and Printed Formats. The Psalms (Dove Audio:Beverly Hills, CA, 1996)
Read by Michael York
University Courses Taught
At Loyola Marymount University (1989 – Present):
Introduction to the Old Testament
War, Peace, and Nonviolence in the Bible
Prophecy and Social Justice
Graduate and Undergraduate levels
Faith and Ethnicity in Los Angeles (Cultural Studies)
Reconciliation Across Cultures
Ancient Futures: Wisdom and Apocalyptic
in the Bible and Film
Theology of the Old Testament
Graduate
The Exile
Genesis: Story and Culture
Bible, Gospel, and Blues:
The Bible in African-American Gospel
Society and Its Discontents
Honors Course
Mysteries of the Bible
Distance Education Course
Graduate Pro-Seminar
Introduction to Systematic Theology
At Wilmington College (1987-1989):
Moses, Messiah, and Marx: Introduction to
Radical Christianity.
Quakerism, and the Radical Reformation
Christian Belief
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to the Bible
At Bluffton College (2003-2004):
Introduction to the Bible
Prophecy and Social Justice
At University of Toledo (2003-2004)
Monotheistic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Introduction to the Old Testament Scriptures
Popular Lectures / Church Consultations
March 2015 “Sleeping with the Enemy? Esther and Judith”
“Women and the Old Testament”
“Reading Ezekiel as Jose Posada”
Three Scripture Workshops at
Religious Education Congress, Anaheim
March, 2015 “Swords into Plowshares: History of a Passage”
The University
Catholic Education in the Valley
March, 2015 “When Prophets Disagree?”
Dive-In, Lent Education Programs
South Bay Catholic Education Program
March 2013 “Does the Bible Endorse Science?”
The University (Catholic Adult Ed. Series, Ca.)
February 2013 “Inviting Teens to Think about the Old Testament”
Religious Education Congress, Anaheim
2012 Consultant on Television Series (Details Confidential)
March 2012 “Nonviolence and the Biblical Witness
IHM Lenten Retreat
Santa Barbara, Le Casa de Maria
April 2011 Religion and the Middle East
Three Adult Education Seminars
Chadwick School Parents Sessions
Jan – May The Catholic Bible Institute
2011 San Bernardino Diocese
March 2011 “The Bible and the Blues”, and “Micah”
Religious Education Congress Workshops
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
April 2011 “Bible and the Blues”
The University (Catholic Lent Series)
Adult Education Program
Summer, 2009 Scripture Seminar
Tasmania, Australia
2008 The Catholic Bible Institute
Diocese of San Bernardino
Year Long Old Testament Survey
One Saturday/Month for 9 Months
2008 The University 2008 (Catholic Lent Series)
Two Biblical Seminars (Feb 7, 27)
“Farms Not Arms (Micah)”
“Amos and Hosea”
2008 Religious Education Congress Anaheim
(Archdiocese of Los Angeles)
Two Biblical Seminars
“Farms Not Arms (On Micah)”
“Prophets and Jesus”
2008 St. Joseph of Orange Retreat Center
“The Exile: Theirs and Ours”
2007 Annual Jewish History Lecture
“The Babylonian Exile”
Congregation Ner Tamid
Palos Verdes, CA.
Jan 2006 – Dec 2007 Scripture Overview (3 sessions/Month)
American Martyrs Catholic Church
Manhattan Beach, CA
March, 2007 Two Scripture Workshops
“The University”
Lenten Series, SF Valley Parishes
March, 2007 Two Scripture Workshops
Religious Education Congress of Los Angeles
“Teaching Teens the Bible”, and
“Jonah, Jesus, and Other Good Coyotes”
March, 2006 Two Scripture Workshops
Religious Education Congress of Los Angeles
“Reading Anger in the Bible”, and
“The Book of Daniel”
November, 2005 Six Scripture Workshop Sessions
“Word and Life” (Holy Cross Parish), Santa Barbara
October, 2005 Saturday All-Day Workshop
Women of the Old Testament
Mary and Joseph Retreat Center
Palos Verdes, CA
September, 2005 Two Scripture Workshops
Religious Education Congress
San Fernando Pastoral Region
February, 2005 Two Scripture Workshops
“Revelation”, and “Beating Swords to Plowshares”
The Religious Education Congress
Anaheim, CA
Fall, 2004 “Forming Old Testament Theology”
The Bible Institute
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Fall, 2004 “Introduction to the Old Testament”
The Dawn Unity Group (Interfaith Study Group)
Palos Verdes, CA
Summer, 2004 “Biblical Studies and Cultural Diversity”
Mt. St. Mary’s College
Building Inclusive Communities
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Spring, 2004 Catholic High School Teachers Seminar
Fordham University
“Teaching the Old Testament”
Fall, 2004 Lay Mission Helpers, Archdiocese of LA
Scripture Lectures
February, 2004 Three Scripture Workshops
Religious Education Congress
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Anaheim, CA
January, 2004 “Introduction to the Bible”
Catholic Bible Institute (All Day Seminar)
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles
January, 2004 Special Lecture
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
50th Anniversary Lecture Series
Burbank, CA
February, 2003 Two Bible Workshop
The Religious Education Congress
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Anaheim)
February, 2003 Keynote Address
The Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship
Bluffton College, Ohio
July, 2002 Workshops offered for
The Diocese of Salt Lake City
March 2002 Keynote Address for
President’s Day
Loyola Marymount University
March 2002 Lent Bible Study
El Segundo United Methodist Church
March, 2002 Lent Bible Study
Westchester United Methodist Church
February, 2002 The Religious Education Congress: Two Workshops
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
Anaheim, CA
August, 2001 Reedwood Friends Church
Two Sundays on
Christianity and Islam
(shared pulpit with Dr. Mustansir Mir, Quran scholar)
June, 2001 Three Biblical Workshops: “Introduction to the OT”
The Diocese of Salt Lake City
Cedar City, Vernal, and Salt Lake City
January Guest Lecture “Biblical Views of the Middle East”
2000 United Methodist Men
Westchester United Methodist Church
2000. Two Workshops on Old Testament
Religious Education Congress of
The Diocese of Salt Lake City
2000. Old Testament Lectures
The Lay Mission Program
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Catholic Church
2000. Lent Lecture Series
El Segundo United Methodist Church
El Segundo, California
2000. Two Old Testament Workshops
The Religious Education Congress of the Archdiocese
Of Los Angeles
Anaheim Convention Center
1999. Understanding and Hope
Valley Beth Shalom
“Historical Framework for Christian/Jewish Tensions”
1999. Old Testament Workshops
Religious Education Congress
Diocese of Salt Lake City
1999. Old Testament Workshops
Religious Education Congress
The Diocese of Las Vegas
1999. Convocation Speaker
Bluffton College of Ohio
1999. Summer Series
“Native Americans and Christianity”
Reedwood Friends Church, Portland Oregon
(Organized entire month series of sessions)
1999. “The Historic Context of Jewish-Christian Relations”
Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
Temple Beth Shalom
1999. Old Testament Workshops on “Jubilee”
Religious Education Congress
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah
1999 Lay Mission Helpers Program
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
1999 Lent Lectures
“Prayer in the Old Testament”
El Segundo United Methodist Church
1999 Two Scripture Workshops
Religious Education Congress
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
1998 Adult Workshop Leader
Silver Penny Farm (Archdiocese San Francisco)
ElderHostel Program
1998 Main Speaker, All Church Retreat
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
1998 Southern Los Angeles United Methodist Clergy Retreat
1998 The Cook Lectures
Redondo Beach United Methodist Church
1998 Two Bible Workshops Presented at
The Religious Education Congress (Anaheim, CA)
1998 Lay Mission Helpers Training Program
(Archdiocese of Los Angeles) Bible Instruction
1997 Adult Workshop Leader, ElderHostel
Silver Penny Farm (Archdiocese of San Francisco)
Christian-Jewish Dialogue
1997 Lay Mission Helpers
(Archdiocese of Los Angeles) Bible Lecturer
1997 The Uniting Church of Australia Youth Convention
One of 8 Convention Bible Teachers.
Launceston, Tasmania (Australia)
1996 (weekly) Adult Bible Study
to present St. Lawrence Martyr Parish
Redondo Beach, CA
December Advent Biblical Seminar
1996 La Tijera United Methodist Church
Los Angeles (Half-Day seminar)
November Advanced Catechetical Ministries
1996 "Cultural Diversity and Faith"
Archdiocese of Los Angeles / All Day Seminar
November Adult Enrichment Series
1996 "Preparing the Church for the 21st Century"
St. Monica's Parish, Santa Monica
July Guest Bible Teacher at:
1995 New York Yearly Meeting of Friends
(300th Anniversay Meetings of New York Yearly Meeting)
Silver Bay, New York
April Lenten Series: American Martyr's Parish
1995 Manhattan Beach, CA
April Lenten Series: El Segundo United Methodist Church
1995 El Segundo, CA
October St. Jerome Parish, L.A.: Little Rock Bible Studies
1994 (Isaiah; 4 lectures)
November, 1994 Catholic Bible Institute - (Once a month, all day Saturday): Session ONE: Introduction to the Old Testament, and Session
TWELVE: The Book of Isaiah
October Biblical Studies Lecturer, Lay Mission Helpers Formation
Program
November, 1994 Pontifical Mission Aid Societies in the Archdiocese
October, 1994 Lecturer, Master Catechesis Formation, The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Office of Religious Education: "Multiculturalism and the Biblical Witness".
April, 1994 Workshop, "On Christian Nonviolence", Catholic Youth Congress, Pasadena, California.
April, 1994 Respondent to Paper, "Religion and Healing" conference
sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Religion, UCLA, Los Angeles.
October, 1993 Biblical Studies Lecturer, Lay Mission Helpers Formation
Program Pontifical Mission Aid Societies in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles,
1993 Guest Lecturer, "The Exile", Aboriginal Christian Leadership Seminar, Uniting Church of Australia (Institute for Mission) Sydney, Australia
University and Community Activities
2013 (Fall) Named Director of Graduate Education
Dept. Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
2008-2009 Member, The Committee on Teaching Excellence
Loyola Marymount University
2004 Appointed by Cardinal Roger Mahoney as
Permanent Consultant (Scripture)
The Theological Commission of the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles
2001 Director
The Bellarmine Forum 2001
International Forum on World Genocide
(“A Conspiracy for Co-Existence”)
Loyola Marymount University
2000. Director,
The Office of Nontraditional Education
Loyola Marymount University
1999. Faculty for New Program
“First Year Institute”
1991 - 97 Faculty Advisor for
Minors in Theology
1990-91 Faculty Supervisor
Student Peace Group (w/ Campus Ministry)
1992 Chair, The Casassa Conference, LMU
“Text and Experience: Toward a
Cultural Exegesis of the Bible
1993 Chair, The Casassa Conference, LMU
“The Persistence of Hatred”
1993 University Committee on Multiculturalism
1995-6 University Representative
La Tijera United Methodist Pre-School
1996-97 University Committee:
The “Dreamworks Committee” - Exploring possible
relations between LMU and Dreamworks SKG.
1994 The Dean's Committee on Distance Education
Co-wrote successful study grant awarded by the
U.S. Department of Commerce to study Distance Learning
Technology and Programs at Loyola Marymount University
1994-97 Presentation of “Sample Lecture” representing
College of Liberal Arts
Presidential Scholars Preview Day at LMU
1994 Vice President, The Citizen's Advisory Board
KCET Channel 28, Public Broadcasting System
Los Angeles and Southern California.
1995 Co-Founded Loyola Marymount Universities' first
Gospel Choir, "The Voices of Joy". Administration/
liaison with hired Director, Dr. Margaret Douroux,
coordinate finances, etc.
1996-98 Dean's Committee on Technology in the Classroom
1998 Developed University's first Online/Distance Course
"Mysteries of the Bible"
References and Advisers
Doctoral Advisor: Dr. John Barton,
Professor of Scripture (Old Testament)
Oxford University
Oxford, England
Prof. William Schniedewind
Dept. Near East Languages and Cultures
University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Prof. John J. Collins
The Divinity School
The University of Chicago
1025 East 58th Street
Chicago IL 6063
Prof. Walter Brueggemann
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur, GA 30030
Office of Religious Education
Sr. Edith Prendergast
c/o The Archdiocese of Los Angeles
3424 Wilshire Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90010
On file at Loyola Marymount University
references written by:
Rabbi Prof. Steven Schwarzschild (d. Nov, 1989)
Washington University, St. Louis
Prof. John Howard Yoder (d. December, 1997)
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Bryan Wilson (d. 2005)
All Souls College, Oxford
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