Research & Scholarship
The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.
Books:
Bennett, J. M. (2008). Water is Thicker Than Blood: An Augustinian Theology of Marriage and Singleness. New York, NY.
Orji, C. (2008). Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa: An Analysis of Bias and Conversion Based on the Works of Bernard Lonergan. Milwaukee, WI: Marquette University.
Book Chapters:
Barnes, M. H. (2008). "Is Naturalism the Disease?" In Parker, K. L. (Ed.), Tradition and Pluralism: Essays in Honor of William M. Shea. Washington, DC: University Press of America.
Kallenberg, B. J., Smith, E. (2008). "Postmodernisms." In Karkkainen, V., Dyrness, B. (Ed.), The Global Dictionary of Theology (pp. 568-574). Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Portier, W. L. (2008). "Heartfelt Grief and Repentance in Imperial Times." In Schindler, D. L. (Ed.), Love Alone Is Credible: Hans Urs von Balthasar as Interpreter of the Catholic Tradition (pp. 349-374). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Smith, A. B. (2008). "America's Favorite Priest: Going My Way" (1944). In McDannell, C. (Ed.), Catholics in the Movies (pp. 107-126). New York: Oxford University Press.
Yocum Mize, S. (2008). "Anna Hanson Dorsey: Gender and the Discourse of Nineteenth-Century U.S. Catholic Apologetics." In Parker, K. L., Huff, P. A., Pahls, M. J.G. (Ed.), Tradition and Pluralism: Essays in Honor of William M. Shea. Landham, MD: University Press of America.
Book Reviews:
Branick, V. P. (2008). "Review of Á la découverte [recherché?] de la Source: Mots et themes de la double tradition évangélique (Jean-Marc Babut)" (vol. 70, pp. 358-359). Washington DC: Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
Johnson, K. S. (2008). "Review of The Eschatological Economy." Modern Theology (1st ed., vol. 24, pp. 144-146). Oxford.
Portier, W. L. (2008). "Review of The Priority of Christ." Commonweal 135(2).
Grants:
Bunta, S. (Principal). "Research Grant-in-Aid." Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grant, $1,000.
Bunta, S. (Principal). "Summer Research Fellowship." Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grant, $5,000.
Junior, N. "Holy Land and Holy City in Classical Judaism, Christianity, and Islam." Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities. (July 2008 - August 2008).
Junior, N. (Principal). "It Ought to Hurt: Obstetrics, Ethics and Exegesis in Nineteenth-Century United Kingdom and North America." Sponsored by Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, $5,000. (June 10, 2008 - August 25, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. (Principal). "Theological Ethics and Engineering Research." Sponsored by University of Dayton Graduate School & School of Education, $1,000. (May 15, 2008 - August 15, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. (Principal). "Theological Ethics and Engineering Research." Sponsored by Research Council Seed Grant, $4,000. (May 15, 2008 - August 15, 2008).
Orji, C. (Principal). "Catholic Intellectual Life Tradition." Sponsored by University of Dayton, $5,000. (June 1, 2008 - August 30, 2008).
Invited Lectures:
Bennett, J. M. "Singleness: A Vocation and Lifestyle." 4th Annual Undergraduate Conference on Marriage, Family and Dating, St. Louis University, St Louis, MO. (November 14, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "What you love to hate about Paul." Incarnation Parish, Centerville OH. (November 13, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "Paul and His Letters." Diocese of Louisville, KY. (November 8, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "Paul and His Letters." St. John Neuman Catholic Church, Fairfield, OH. (November 2, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "St. Paul's Letter to the Churches of Southwestern Ohio." 33rd Annual Northern Area Congress for Parish Leaders and Catechists, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Sidney, OH. (September 20, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "Paul and His Letters." St. Paul's Catholic Church, Englewood, OH. (September 10, 2008).
Branick, V. P. "Mary as Co-Redemptrix. Where Would Paul Stand?" The Cooperation of the Virgin Mary in Redemption, Mariological Society of America, North Easton, MA. (May 20, 2008).
Bunta, S. "The Jewishness of Emerging Christianity: A 'Christian' Perspective on the Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Dayton Christian-Jewish Dialogue, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (October 12, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Communion Ecclesiology: Criticisms and a Response." Lehrstuehl of Prof. Martin Leiner, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena. (June 11, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Hildegard of Bingen: Her Cosmic Map for a Spiritual Journey." Lehrstuehl of Prof. Johann Hafner, University of Potsdam. (May 19, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Cracking the Hildgard Code." Ken Hamilton Luncheon Forum, Walsh Jesuit University. (April 3, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Church Across Borders: Catholic social teaching and immigration." Theology on Tap, Dayton, OH. (October 2, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Racism as an Ecclesial Vice." Annual Meeting, Ekklesia Project, Chicago, IL. (July 8, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Beggars and Peter Maurin." South Bend Catholic Worker, South Bend, IL. (April 4, 2008).
Johnston, W. H. "The Petrine Ministry in the Church." St. Charles Borromeo Church, Kettering, OH. (August 26, 2008).
Johnston, W. H. "Spirituality of Ministry." Dayton Religious Educators Association, Dayton, OH. (March 13, 2008).
Johnston, W. H. "Making Sense of 'The Secret'." St. John's Catholic Church, West Chester, OH. (February 4, 2008).
Junior, N. "Difference(s) Matter(s): Womanist Ways of Reading." Responsible Reader, Responsive Reading, New York Theological Seminary, New York City, NY. (October 2008).
Junior, N. "The Interplay of Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in Genesis 39." Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in the Ancient Near East, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. (March 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "What Christians Can Learn from Technologists." Staley Lectureship Series, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. (February 13, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "Is Technology Good News?" Staley Lectureship Series, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. (February 12, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "Bewitched by Technopoly." Staley Lectureship Series, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. (February 11, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Fundamentalism in the World Religions." Adult education, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Centerville, OH. (September 14 - October 5, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Unholy Alliance? Religions and Politics in the Arab-Israeli Conflict." Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Centerville, OH. (May 25, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Christian Perspectives on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict." Interfaith, Greater Dayton Trialogue, Dayton, OH. (February 24, 2008).
Moore, C. A. "The Sources and Meaning of the Conversion of Claude McKay." Black History Month, St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad, IN.
Orji, C. "Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding." Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, OH. (September 6, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Modernist Crisis." Fr. John Allen's Church History Class, Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH. (November 7, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "The Future of Catholic Theology." Theta Alpha Kappa Induction Dinner, St. Vincent's College, Latrobe, PA. (April 17, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "Should Women Be Ordained Priests?" St. Monica's Church, Santa Monica, CA. (March 19, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "The Holiest Week: Theological Reflection of the Easter Vigil." Incarnation Church, Centerville, OH. (March 13, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "The Holiest Week: Theological Reflections on the Good Friday Liturgy." Incarnation Church, Centerville, OH. (March 12, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "The Holiest Week: Theological Reflection on the Palm Sunday and Holy Thursday Liturgies." Incarnation Church, Centerville, OH. (March 11, 2008).
Journal Articles:
Branick, V. P. (2008). "The Legacy of Paul." Bible Today, 46(4), 209-214.
Junior, N., Schipper, J. (2008). "Mosaic Disability and Identity in Exodus 4:10; 6:12, 30." Biblical Interpretation, 16, 428-441.
Moore, C. A. (2008). "The Sources and Meaning of the Conversion of Claude McKay." Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
Orji, C. (2008). "Incarnation, Self-Transcendence and the Challenge of Inter-religious Dialogue." African Ecclesial Review, 50, 95-114.
Other Intellectual Contributions:
Barnes, M. H. "Teilhard de Chardin." University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
Bunta, S. "N.A." Annual Meeting, The Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, MA. (November 23, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Reflections on the Church of Today." Catholics Come Home, Archdiocese of Cincinnati, St. Helen's Parish, Dayton, OH. (April 13, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Faithful Citizenship." Department of Political Science, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (October 30, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Faith and The Immigration Debate." Gilvary Symposium, Law School, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (February 27, 2008).
Johnston, W. H. "Day of Reflection for Parish Staff." St. Luke Catholic Church, Beavercreek, OH. (September 18, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "Truth as Grammatical." Annual Meeting, Society for the Philosophy of Religion, Hilton Head, SC.
Kallenberg, B. J. National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Region-at-Large, Providence, RI. (May 2008).
Kozar, J. F. "Understanding the Communities of Faith Behind the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament." St. Patrick’s Church, Troy, OH. (January 14, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Understanding the Body: Toward Anthropology of Love." An International Conference to Commemorate the Twentieth Anniversary of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. (November 13, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Virgil Michael and Social Justice." Bible of Literagy Conference, Liturgical Institute at St. Mary of the Lake University, Mundelein, IL. (September 19, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Theology and the Disciplines." St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, Philadelphia, PA. (July 11, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Nouvelle Theologies in the Historical Theology Section." Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Meeting, Miami, FL. (June 6, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Analogia Entis" Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. (April 3, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "The Triumph of Evangelical Catholicism." Panelist with John Allen and David O'Brien, Forum on the Catholic Intellectual Tradition Today, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (March 11, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "Growth in Love: Taking the Time." Toledo Region of Teams of Our Lady, Maria Stein Spirituality Center, Maria Stein, OH. (September 20, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "Discerning God's 'Voice'." Young Adult Faith Sharing Group, St. Monica’s Church, Santa Monica, CA. (August 13, 2008).
Roberts, W. P. "Marriage: It's a God Thing." Live Show. Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 159, New York Archdiocese. (June 18, 2008).
Yocum Mize, S. "Historical Studies." Annual Meeting, Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, FL. (June 6, 2008).
Yocum Mize, S. (2008). "Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne," "Mathews, Ann Teresa," "Presentation Sisters," "Regan, Agnes Gertrude," "Rogers, Elizabeth Flynn," "Russell, Mother Mary Baptist," "Starr, Eiza Allen," "Warde, Mary Frances Xavier." In Hill Lindley, S., Stebner, E. J. (Ed.), The Westminister Dictionary of Women in America Religious History. Westminster: John Knox Press.
Papers:
Bennett, J. M. "Being Single in a Married Church." Annual Meeting, Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, FL. (June 6, 2008).
Bunta, S. "The Cursing of the Fig Tree: Adamic Traditions in Mt and Mk 11:12-14." Annual Meeting, Society of Biblical Literature, Boston, MA. (November 23, 2008).
Bunta, S. "Dreamy Angels and Demonic Giants: Watcher Traditions and the Specialization and Internalization of the Holy Fight in Early Christian Demonology." Annual Meeting, Catholic Biblical Association of America, Fordham University, Bronx, NY. (August 3, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Belief: A Conversation." Sears Hall, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (November 19, 2008).
Doyle, D. M. "Eucharistic Hospitality as an Ecumenical Sticking Point." Annual Conference, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL. (November 1, 2008).
Johnson, K. S. "Gendered Identities, Christian Households." Annual Meeting, Society of Christian Ethics, Atlanta, GA. (January 4, 2008).
Johnston, W. H. "Lay Ecclesial Ministry in Theological and Relational Context: A Study of Ministry Formation Documents." Annual Convention, College Theology Society, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. (May 31, 2008).
Junior, N. "More than Sex: Gender, Ethnicity, and Class in Potiphar’s House (Genesis 39)." Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, SBL, Boston, MA. (November 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "Ethics by Design." Baptist Ethicists, Society for Christian Ethics, Chicago, IL.
Kallenberg, B. J. "Wittgenstein: Ars mechanica sunt, non leguntur." Ad Hoc faculty seminar, Department of Theology, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH. (October 20, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J. "Technology, Theology and Virtue Ethics." Baptist Ethicists, Society for Christian Ethics, Atlanta, GA. (January 3, 2008).
Kozar, J. F. "Running Naked and Sitting Pretty: The Figure of a Young Man as a Cipher and Witness to the Fate of Jesus and His Disciples (Mark 15:50-52; 15:46; 16:5-7)." Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society, Society of Biblical Literature, Perrysville, OH. (April 3, 2008).
Moore, C. A. "Living with Jim Crow: Black and White Catholic Experiences of Racial Segregation in Virginia and North Carolina." American Catholic Historical Association Meeting, Washington, DC.
Orji, C. "Tridentine Liturgy, Catholicity and Mission: What Hope for New Generation of African Christians?" Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami, FL. (July 1, 2008).
Orji, C. "The Mystical Elements in Lonergan's Method." College Theology Society, Salve Regina University, RI. (June 30, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "Rising to the Evangelical Moment." Annual Meeting, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC.
Yocum Mize, S. "Catholics Engaging Liberalism: Theological Education as Socio-political Strategy." Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL. (November 3, 2008).
Yocum Mize, S. "William Shea's Contributions to the College Theology Society." Annual Meeting, College Theology Society, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI. (May 30, 2008).
Yocum Mize, S. "Liturgy as a Lens on American History." Annual Meeting, American Society of Church History, Washington, DC. (January 5, 2008).
Workshops:
Johnston, W. H. "Making Theological Reflection a Key Element of a Worship Renewal Grant: Sharing ideas and Experiences." Worship Renewal Grants Colloquium, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. (June 25, 2008).
Kallenberg, B. J., Murray, A. P. "A 4-hour Clinic in Ethics-as-Design." Ethics Clinic for the Electro-Optics Graduate Students , University of Dayton Chapter of SPEI and Electro-Optics Program, Bergamo Center, Kettering, OH. (September 19, 2008).
Kozar, J. F. "The Role of Blessed Chaminade in Marianist Life." Annual Meeting of Marianist Brothers in the Region of India, Province of the United States of the Society of Mary, Gutawhati, Assam, India. (May 30, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Understanding Islam." Professional Development Day for Teachers and Staff, Huber Heights City Schools, Huber Heights, OH. (November 3 & 10, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Understanding Islam." In-service Development Day for Social Workers, Catholic Health System, Buffalo, NY. (June 26, 2008).
Martin, J. G. "Understanding Islam." Professional Development Day for Teachers and Staff, Centerville City Schools, Centerville, OH. (February 25, 2008).
Orji, C. "Exploring the use of communal practices of Communicative Theology in the development of local/ contextual theologies." Communicative Theology, Fordham University and Boston College, Bronx, NY. (February 28, 2008).
Portier, W. L. "How to teach my book, Tradition and Incarnation." Theology Department Wabash Seminar, Mount Saint Mary's University, Emmitsburg, MD. (September 26, 2008).
