STM Faculty News
Daniel J. Daly, associate professor of moral theology, published The Structures of Virtue and Vice last month in the Georgetown University Press Moral Traditions series. His chapter, “Virtue Ethics,” was also published in January 2021 in the T&T Clark Companion to Christian Ethics, edited by Tobias Winright. In October 2020, he presented the paper “A Principlist Approach to Multiple Valve Replacements for Patients with Intravenous Drug Use-Induced Endocarditis” at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities annual conference.
Angela Kim Harkins, associate professor of New Testament, co-edited Selected Studies on Deuterocanonical Prayers (Peeters Press, 2021) and co-authored an essay, “Early Jewish Prayer,” published by SBL Press. She also presented a paper, “Paul’s Grief in 2 Cor in the Context of Second Temple Prayers,” at the virtual Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting held in December 2020.
Franklin T. Harkins, associate professor of Historical Theology and professor ordinarius, recently published two books and one scholarly essay. His monograph, Thomas Aquinas: The Basics, appeared with Routledge earlier this year. In collaboration with Irven M. Resnick, Harkins also produced the first English translation of St. Albert the Great’s On Resurrection, published by Catholic University of America Press (Fathers of the Church Mediaeval Continuation series) last fall. He also published the essay “Defusing Theological Dynamite: Predestination and Divine Love in the Summa Halensis” in The Summa Halensis: Doctrines and Debates, edited by Lydia Schumacher (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020).
Rafael Luciani, associate professor of the practice, continues to advise CELAM (the Latin American Bishops’ Council) on the process of its reform and to serve as a senior advisor to the Latin American Religious Confederation (CLAR). He edited two collective academic works on synodality and Church reforms, and published a chapter in each: “La reforma como conversión pastoral y sinodal. Eclesiogénesis de una recepción conciliar” in Reforma de estructuras y conversión de mentalidades.Retos y desafíos para una Iglesia Sinodal (Madrid: KHAF, 2020, 173–202); and “Reforma, conversión pastoral y sinodalidad. Un nuevo modo eclesial de proceder” in La sinodalidad en la vida de la Iglesia. Reflexiones para contribuir a la reforma eclesial (Madrid: San Pablo, 2020, 41–66).
In addition, he published three new academic papers: “From Collegiality to Synodality in Latin America,” Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology 14 (2020) 151–166; “La renovación en la jerarquía eclesial por sí misma no genera la transformación. Situar la colegialidad al interno de la sinodalidad,” Sal Terrae 108 (2020) 597-616; and “De Iquitos a Roma. Una nueva estructura eclesial en clave sinodal,” Revista CLAR 3 (2020) 32–40.
In November 2020, Christopher R. Matthews, editor, and David W. Jorgensen, assistant editor, published the second issue of volume 64 of New Testament Abstracts. This issue includes 400 article abstracts and 141 book notices.
Catherine Mooney, associate professor of Church history, has published “Clare of Assisi and the Song of Songs” in “Non enim fuerat Evangelii surdus auditor …” (1 Celano 22): Essays in Honor of Michael W. Blastic, O.F.M. on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, eds. Michael F. Cusato and Steven J. McMichael (Boston: Brill, 2020). She contributed commentaries to the University of Buenos Aires’s series on Ethics, Human Rights and Film in the Context of a Pandemic: “Black Robe: Conflicto cultural y cuestiones éticas,” and the co-authored, “Wit: Death Is a Comma.” As president of the Hagiography Society, she recently directed its annual book Prize competition, the revision of its constitutions, and changes to its book series editorial board.
Theresa O’Keefe, associate professor of the practice of youth and young adult faith, and STM doctoral degree candidate Emily Jendzejec published an article, “A New Lens for Seeing: A Suggestion for Analyzing Religious Belief and Belonging among Emerging Adults through a Constructive-Developmental Lens,” in Religions, a peer-reviewed open-access journal. "The article can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/11/573/htm.
O’Keefe was also invited by STM graduate Jacob DeRusha, MATM ’19, to be part of “The Spirit Is Lit,” a podcast series for St. Patrick Catholic Community in Scottsdale, AZ. The episode was on youth ministry and aired in early December 2020. It can be found here: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ztq4k-f47807.
Hosffman Ospino, associate professor of Hispanic ministry and religious education, was awarded a $425,000 grant from an anonymous donor to advance a two-year study of Catholic organizations supporting Hispanic youth. He also was awarded a second grant of $25,000 from an anonymous donor to study how Catholic parishes with Hispanic ministry are responding to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. He gave presentations at ministerial meetings organized by the Archdioceses of Newark and Cincinnati, and the Diocese of Austin. He also gave keynotes at events organized by the following organizations: National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (Washington, D.C.), Asociación de Educación Teológica Hispana (Atlanta), Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology (Lafayette, IN), Iskali (Chicago), the Mexican American Catholic College (San Antonio), and the Southeast Pastoral Institute (Miami).
Thomas D. Stegman S.J., dean and professor of New Testament, presented a paper on “Justification in Galatians” to the Forschungseminar of the Catholic Private University of Linz via Zoom on December 15. Theology faculty members from Linz and biblical scholars from nearby Austrian and German universities participated in the seminar, which was chaired by Professor Christophe Niemand, a New Testament scholar and dean of UK Linz.
On November 9, Fr. Stegman conducted a Q&A session with Ignatian Legacy Fellows via Zoom on his chapter on John’s Gospel in his book Opening the Doors of Faith.
Andrea Vicini, S.J., professor of moral theology, the Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics, and an affiliate member of the ecclesiastical faculty, published the article “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Bioethical Challenges and Approaches” in Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology as well as the chapter “Christian Ethics: Past, Present, and Future” in the T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics. Online, he published “Fratelli Tutti: For a Better Kind of Politics” in the collection of contributions on the Berkley Forum titled Fratelli Tutti and the Future of the Catholic Church, of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University; and “Denying Sacraments to Those Planning Euthanasia May Cause Scandal: The Good Samaritan, the Priest and the Levite–Grace in New Vatican Document” in the National Catholic Reporter. He also reviewed the book L’Euthanasie: Du Débat Social à la Réflexion Théologique et Pastorale by Aduel Joachin in Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology. He contributed to two podcasts: “The Spirit Is Lit: Ignatian Spirituality,” for St. Patrick Catholic Community in Scottsdale, AZ; and “Using Genetic Editing for Human Enhancement,” for the website Brave New Us. At the virtual annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, he lectured on “The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ethical Challenges in Global Public Health,” and participated in a panel presentation, exhibited in the poster session, and facilitated a session. He was also appointed a member of the International Scholarly Relations Committee of the Society of Christian Ethics (2021–2024).