One of the biggest parts of my life's journey so far was spending a decade living and working in Camden, NJ. I moved there as part of a small Christian community, under the conviction that in our poor, polluted, and rusting world, we must "find our own Calcutta," as Saint Teresa of Calcutta urged. In Camden, I became a husband, a father of two kids, a theologian, Catholic, author, speaker, carpenter, reclaimed wood-worker, and potter.
My passion in teaching and research lead me to earn a PhD in Theology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at The University of Notre Dame. My research interests are in political theology, human evolution and role of religious sacrifice in containing violence, the problems of racism, militarism, materialism, and the global ecological crisis, and the continuity and discontinuity of Christianity with other religions.
Besides my academic book on monotheism and politics, my other two books have been written in a popular format, reflecting on peacemaking as citizens amidst our decadent and destructive society while cultivating practical and poetic hope amidst despair. My academic journal articles have 1) compared the latest research on human evolution with the religio-evolutionary theory of René Girard, 2) related the theory of natural selection and mimetic theory to theological notions of human emergence, and 3) applied the political theory of Chantal Mouffe to questions of debate and pluralism in academia.
Below are some video-interviews.
My passion in teaching and research lead me to earn a PhD in Theology and Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at The University of Notre Dame. My research interests are in political theology, human evolution and role of religious sacrifice in containing violence, the problems of racism, militarism, materialism, and the global ecological crisis, and the continuity and discontinuity of Christianity with other religions.
Besides my academic book on monotheism and politics, my other two books have been written in a popular format, reflecting on peacemaking as citizens amidst our decadent and destructive society while cultivating practical and poetic hope amidst despair. My academic journal articles have 1) compared the latest research on human evolution with the religio-evolutionary theory of René Girard, 2) related the theory of natural selection and mimetic theory to theological notions of human emergence, and 3) applied the political theory of Chantal Mouffe to questions of debate and pluralism in academia.
Below are some video-interviews.
