Margaret Rose Pfeil - University of Notre Dame

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Margaret Rose Pfeil

University of Notre Dame Theology Department 130 Malloy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 (574) 287-1854 (h) (574) 631-9378 (w) Mpfeil1@nd.edu

Status: Assistant Professor of Moral Theology/Christian Ethics Faculty Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Adjunct Faculty, Management Department, Mendoza College of Business (Spring 2010)

Employment History:

William K. Warren Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame (2002-2003) Assistant Professor, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia (1999-2002)

Education:

Ph.D. (Moral Theology/Christian Ethics) M.A. (Moral Theology/Christian Ethics) M.T.S. (Moral Theology, with Distinction) B.A. (Government and International Studies, summa cum laude)

2000 University of Notre Dame 1997 University of Notre Dame 1994 Weston Jesuit School of Theology 1987 University of Notre Dame

Innsbrucker Hochschulkurse (Intensive Conversational German) Intensive Spanish

FAA Certification: Private Pilot's License

Ground School Flight Training

Summer, 1996 Universit?t Innsbruck, Austria August-October, 1987 Instituto de Estudios de America Latina, Cuernavaca, Mexico June, 1984 Golden State Aviation, El Cajon, California 1982-83 Aviation Explorer Scouts Ground School, San Diego, California

Dissertation Title:

"Toward an Understanding of the Language of Social Sin in Magisterial Teaching" Director: Dr. Jean Porter

Academic and Other Honors:

2008 Hearts Afire Award (United Religious Community of St. Joseph County, Indiana) Paul F. Fenlon Teaching Award, 2003-2004 (Sorin Residence Hall, University of Notre Dame) Faculty Merit Award for Teaching, 2002 (St. Joseph's University) Induction as Honorary Member, Sigma Delta Pi, National Spanish Honor Society, 2002 (St. Joseph's University) Dissertation Defense Passed with Distinction, March 2000 Dissertation Year Fellowship, 1998-99 (Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame) Finalist, Newcombe Dissertation Fellowship, 1998 University Dissertation Fellowship, 1997-98 (University of Notre Dame) Candidacy Exams Passed with High Honors, 1997 Phi Beta Kappa, 1987 Pi Sigma Alpha, 1987 Notre Dame Scholar - J.A. Hart Leach Scholarship, 1983-1987 (University of Notre Dame)

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Nominee, Truman Scholar, 1985-1986 (University of Notre Dame)

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Areas of Expertise:

Catholic Social Thought; Fundamental Moral Theology; Peace Studies; Spirituality and Environmental Ethics; Liberation Theology; Racial Justice

Language Competency:

Reading Comprehension: French, German, Latin, and Spanish Fluency: Spanish

Publications:

Books:

Sharing Peace: Mennonites and Catholics in Conversation, co-edited with Gerald Schlabach, based on the Mennonite-Catholic Theological Conference, Notre Dame, 2007. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, forthcoming 2012.

Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred: They Shall Be Called Children of God (Annual Volume of the College Theology Society), co-edited with Tobias Winright. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, forthcoming 2012.

Essays in Books:

"Becoming Synergoi: Food, Justice, and Economic Cooperation," in The Almighty and the Dollar: Christian Reflections of Economic Justice, ed. Mark J. Allman. Winona, Minnesota: Anselm Academic, forthcoming 2012.

"The Penitentials As Literature," pp. 128-131 in The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, Vol. 1, ed. George Kurian and James D. Smith. Peabody, Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, 2010.

"Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves: Strategic Appropriation of Catholic Social Teaching," pp. 64-71 in Prophetic Witness: Catholic Women's Strategies for the Church, ed. Colleen Griffith, a volume in the Century 21 Series, ed. James Keenan and Patricia De Leeuw. New York: Crossroad, 2009.

"An Analysis of the Aparecida Document in Terms of Structural Sin," pp.123-136 in Aparecida, Quo Vadis?, ed. Robert Pelton, C.S.C. Scranton: University of Scranton Press, 2008.

"Power and the Option for the Poor," pp. 215-227 in Hope and Solidarity: Jon Sobrino's Challenge to Christian Theology, ed. Stephen Pope. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2008.

"Whose Justice? Which Relationality?" pp. 111-129 in Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative Response to World Violence, ed. Gerald W. Schlabach. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2007.

"The Transformative Power of the Periphery: Can a White U.S. Catholic Opt for the Poor?" pp. 127-146 in Interrupting White Privilege: Catholic Theologians Break the Silence, ed. Laurie Cassidy and Alex Mikulich. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2007.

"Social Sin: Social Reconciliation?" pp. 171-189 in Reconciliation, Nations and Churches in Latin America, ed. Iain Maclean. London: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2006.

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"Transparent Mediation: The Vocation of the Theologian as Disciple," pp. 67-76 in New Wine, New Wineskins, ed. William C. Mattison. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005.

Articles in Peer-reviewed Publications: "Romero's Theology of Transfiguration," Theological Studies 72:1(March 2011), 87-115. "Called and Gifted: Charism and Catholic Social Teaching," Horizons 34:2 (Fall 2007), 222-237. "Liturgy and Ethics: The Liturgical Asceticism of Energy Conservation," Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 27:2 (Fall/Winter 2007), 127-149. "True Peace: The Power of Solidarity," New Theology Review (February 2007), 61-70. "The Interpretive Task of Moral Theology: Cultural and Epistemological Considerations," Josephinum Journal of Theology Vol. 10, No.2 (Summer/Fall 2003), 261-270. "Active Nonviolence in Times of War: The Witness of Dorothy Day," Journal for Peace & Justice Studies Vol.13, No. 1 (2003), 19-30. "Doctrinal Implications of Magisterial Use of the Language of Social Sin," Louvain Studies 27 (2002), 132-52. "Correlating Social Sin and Social Reconciliation: Racism as a Test Case," Journal for Peace & Justice Studies Vol. 12, No. 1 (2002), 95-113. "John Howard Yoder's Pedagogical Approach: A Just War Tradition with Teeth and a Hermeneutic of Peace," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 76:2 (April 2002). "Sin Revealed in Death: Romero's Contribution to Magisterial Discourse on Social Sin," Living Light (Summer 2001), 65-71. "Experiential Learning in Service of a Living Tradition," pp. 245-260 in Theology and the New Histories (Annual Volume of the College Theology Society), ed. Gary Macy. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1999.

Publications in Conference Proceedings: "Theology's Prophetic Commitment to the Urban Church," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2010, Vol. 65, ed. Jonathan Y. Tan. Cincinnati: CTSA, 2010. "Catholic Social Teaching Continuing Group Report," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2004, Vol. 59, ed. Richard C. Sparks. Berkeley: CTSA, 2004, 118-119. "Catholic Social Teaching Continuing Group Report," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2002, Vol. 57, ed. Richard C. Sparks. Berkeley: CTSA, 2002, 159-160. "Catholic Social Teaching Continuing Group Report," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2001, Vol. 56, ed. Richard C. Sparks. Berkeley: CTSA, 2001, 172-173. "Exploring the Application of Just War Thinking to Post-Cold War Humanitarian Intervention," pp.155-173 in Religion, War, and Peace: Proceedings of the Conference at Ripon College, Wisconsin, November 1-2, 1996. Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, 1997.

Other Publications:

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"Archbishop Oscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching," in Archbishop Romero and Catholic Social Teaching, ed. Robert Pelton, C.S.C. Notre Dame: The Kellogg Institute for International Studies, 2009, 1-7. "The Good," America Magazine 196:11 (March 26, 2007), 9-12. Response to Roberto Goizueta's Address, the Eighth Annual Lecture sponsored by the Catholic Common Ground Initiative, (New York: National Pastoral Life Council, 2006). "Liturgical Asceticism: Where Grace and Discipleship Meet." Response to Tom Finger, "Sacramentality," for the Mennonite-Catholic Theological Colloquium, available at . "Hope of Redemption and Coronation of Glory." Translation of Archbishop Oscar Romero's Homily, 6 August 1978, Assembly 32:1 (January 2006). "Gloria Dei, Vivens Pauper: Romero's Theology of Transfiguration," The Sign of Peace 4:2 (Spring 2005), 6-9. "The Witness of Dorothy Day," Catholic Peace Fellowship Newsletter, Philadelphia Chapter of Pax Christi, U.S.A. (July 2002), 2. "How Can We Ritually Respond to Social Sin?" Assembly 27 (Spring 2001), 4-5, 8.

Book Reviews: Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing in Us, by Tom?s Hal?k. New York: Doubleday, 2009. Horizons, Annual Book Review Symposium (Spring 2011). What's Wrong with Sin? Sin in Individual and Social Perspective from Schleiermacher to Theologies of Liberation, by Derek Nelson. New York: T&T Clark International, 2009. Theological Studies (December 2010). The Catholic Worker after Dorothy Day, by Dan McKanan. Spiritus (Spring 2009), 120-122. Justice Education: From Service to Solidarity, by Suzanne C. Toton. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2006. Horizons 34:1 (Spring 2007), 136-137. Sexing the Church: Gender, Power, and Ethics in Contemporary Catholicism, by Aline Kalbian. American Catholic Studies Review 117:3 (Fall 2006), 79-80. Gender Development and Globalization, by Lourdes Bener?a, and Globalization and Human Rights, ed. Alison Brysk. Journal of Catholic Social Thought 2:1 (2005), 265-268. The Moral Vision of C?sar Ch?vez, by Frederick John Dalton, Journal of Hispanic/Latino Theology, published online at . Sin, by Hugh Connolly, Theological Studies 65 (March 2004), 233. Good Lord, Deliver Us: The Praise of God and the Problem of Evil, by Rowan Crews, Notre Dame Center for Pastoral Liturgy Bulletin (Fall 2003). Conscience and Prayer. The Spirit of Catholic Moral Theology, by Dennis J. Billy and James F. Keating, Horizons Vol. 30, No.1 (Spring 2003), 167-168. Morality. The Catholic View, by Servais Pinckaers, Living Light 38:3 (Spring 2002), 80-81.

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Academic Work in Progress:

Refereed Paper, "Terrible Luminosity: Social Sin, Systemic Reconciliation, and the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, January 2012, Washington, D.C.

"The Askesis of Eating Locally," requested article for America Magazine (Lenten issue, 2012).

"Love and Poverty," invited article for the inaugural volume of the Journal of Moral Theology (2012).

The Scandal of White Complicity in U.S. Hyper-incarceration: A Nonviolent Spirituality of White Resistance, a manuscript co-authored with Laurie Cassidy and Alex Mikulich. Under contract with Palgrave Press, Content and Context in Theological Ethics, Series Editor Mary Jo Iozzio. (Forthcoming 2013).

White Privilege, a volume co-edited with Margaret Eletta Guider, OSF, based on the conference, "White Privilege: Implications for the Catholic University, the Church, and Theology," Notre Dame, March 2006.

Social Sin: Social Reconciliation? (book manuscript).

Academic Papers, Presentations, and Panel Participation at Professional Gatherings:

"Community-based Research: The Case of the Monroe Park Grocery Co-op and Regional Food Security Coalition," presentation with Mary Beckman and Naomi Penney, International Association of Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement, 2-4 November 2011, Chicago, Illinois.

"Liturgy Forms Us for Life in This World ? Diakonia," invited plenary address, "Formed for the Liturgy, Reformed by the Liturgy" Conference, 20-22 June 2011, University of Notre Dame.

"Becoming Synergoi: Food Cooperatives and the Idea of a Local Economy," invited presentation to the "Economic Justice for All: Twenty-five Years Later" Interest Group, Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, 9-12 June, San Jose, California.

"Becoming a Peacebuilding Church," invited panel discussion with Scott Appleby, Gerard Powers, John Paul Lederach, and John Katunga, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 29 March 2011.

"Environment and Race," invited panel presentation, "Dear Brothers and Sisters" Conference, University of Notre Dame, 26 March 2011.

"Examining the Ethical Dimensions of a World without Nuclear Weapons," invited symposium presentation, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 4 February 2011.

Moderator, "The Church and Urban Poverty," Invited Session, Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, 10-13 June 2010.

"Theory and Practice: Teaching Sustainability through Community-based Learning," invited paper for the conference, "Renewing the Campus: Sustainability and the Catholic University," University of Notre Dame, 9 October 2009.

National Faith, Justice, and Civic Learning Conference, "Theology, Sustainability, and the Academy: Exploring and Integrating a Spiritual Approach to University and Program Sustainability," presentation with Rachel Novick (Office of Sustainability) and Cynthia Toms-Smedley (Center for Social Concerns), Chicago, 25-27 June 2009.

College Theology Society Annual Meeting, Special Forum, "Race and Diversity in the Classroom," convened by Laurie Cassidy and co-moderated with Alex Mikulich, Notre Dame, Indiana, 30 May 2009.

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