Awards

Robert Geraci, Manhattan College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Scholarship to follow up his book Apocalyptic AI: Visions of Heaven in Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Virtual Reality (Oxford University Press, 2010) with a study of digital technology in the Indian context.

Mark Jordan, Harvard University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Received the 2012 Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction for his latest book Recruiting Young Love: How Christians Talk About Homosexuality (University of Chicago Press, 2011). The announcement is here.

Otto Maduro, Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
This past June 2012, at the annual colloquium of the Academy of Hispanic Catholic Theologians of the United States, Maduro received the 2012 annual Virgilio Elizondo Award "for distinguished achievement in theology, in keeping with the mission of the Academy."

Rebecca Todd Peters, Elon University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award at Elon University. This award is the university’s highest award for excellence in scholarship and comes with a $3,500 award and the delivery of a public lecture in the spring.

Kevin Twain Lowery, Olivet Nazarene University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Awarded the 2012 Samuel L. Mayhugh Award for Scholarly Excellence by the university at its 99th commencement. This honor is given to one faculty member annually and includes special recognition and a cash award.

Phyllis Zagano, Hofstra University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Awarded the Saint Catherine of Siena Distinguished Layperson Award by Voice of the Faithful, a national Catholic activist group based in Boston.

Books and Major Publications

Andrea Acri, National University of Singapore, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dharma Patanjala: A Saiva Scripture from Ancient Java Studied in the Light of Related Old Javanese and Sanskrit Texts. Gonda Indological Studies XVI. Groningen: Egbert Forsten Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 978-9-06980-000-4.

Peter J. Admirand, Dublin City University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology: Searching for a Viable Theodicy. Cascade Books, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61097-306-9.

Edwin David Aponte, Christian Theological Seminary, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
¡Santo! Varieties of Latino/a Spirituality. Orbis Books, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-57075-964-2.

Jon Armajani, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Modern Islamist Movements: History, Religion, and Politics. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-40511-741-8.

Carla Bellamy, Baruch College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Powerful Ephemeral: Everyday Healing in an Ambiguously Islamic Place. University of California Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-52026-280-5.

Deborah L. Berhó, George Fox University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Protestant Hispanic Churches of Oregon. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61097-013-6.

Edward J. Blum, San Diego State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and Krijn Pansters, Tilburg University Franciscan, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Virtue: Spiritual Growth and the Virtues in Franciscan Literature and Instruction of the Thirteenth Century. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 161. Brill Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-9-00422-156-7.

Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Testing Prayer: Science and Healing. Harvard University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-67406-467-6.

Robert Campany, Vanderbilt University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Signs from the Unseen Realm: Buddhist Miracle Tales from Early Medieval China. University of Hawai'i Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-82483-602-3.

Daniel Castelo, Seattle Pacific University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Revisioning Pentecostal Ethics: The Epicletic Community. CPT Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-93593-128-7.

Daniel Castelo, Seattle Pacific University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Theological Theodicy. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-60608-698-8.

Robert B. Chamberlain, Brevard Community College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Life of Christ. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-47755-232-2.

Monica A. Coleman, Claremont School of Theology, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Not Alone: Reflections on Faith and Depression, a 40-Day Devotional. Inner Prizes, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-98514-020-5.

Donald A. Crosby, Colorado State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Reason and Faith: Their Roles in Religious and Secular Life. State University of New York Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-43843-613-5.

Donald A. Crosby, Colorado State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Thou of Nature: Religious Naturalism and Reverence for Sentient Life. State University of New York Press. June 2013 release date.

Nancy Davis, DePauw University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and Robert V. Robinson, Indiana University
Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-253-00238-9.

Dominic F. Doyle, Boston College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Promise of Christian Humanism: Thomas Aquinas on Hope. Crossroad Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-0824524692

S. Kip Elolia, Emmanuel School of Religion, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Religion, Conflict, and Democracy in Modern Africa: The Role of Civil Society in Political Engagement. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-60899-856-2.

Fabrizio M. Ferrari, University of Chester, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Ernesto de Martino on Religion: The Crisis and the Presence. Equinox Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-84553-634-3.

Paul G. Hackett, Columbia University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Theos Bernard, the White Lama: Tibet, Yoga, and American Religious Life. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-231-15886-2.

Beverley Haddad, University of KwaZulu-Natal, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Religion and HIV and AIDS: Charting the Terrain. Edited by Beverley Haddad. University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-86914-207-0.

Mohammad Khalil, Michigan State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Islam and the Fate of Others: The Salvation Question. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN13: 978-0-19979-666-3.

Paul W. Harvey, University of Colorado, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-80783-572-2.

James Kraft, Huston-Tillotson University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Epistemology of Religious Disagreement. Palgrave/Macmillan, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-230-11190-5

Robert N. McCauley, Emory University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not. Oxford University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-19-982726-8.

Robert James McKim, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
On Religious Diversity. Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-19977-402-9.

A. Charles Muller, University of Tokyo, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and Cuong T. Nguyen, Falls Church, VA, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Wonhyo’s Philosophy of Mind. Edited by Charles Muller and Cuong T. Nguyen. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-82483-573-6.

Sheila J. Nayar, Greensboro College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film. Continuum Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-44115-871-0.

Eric Newberg, Oral Roberts University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Pentecostal Mission in Palestine: The Legacy of Pentecostal Zionism. Wipf and Stock Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61097-553-7.

John C. Reeves, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Prolegomena to a History of Islamicate Manichaeism. Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2011. ISBN: 978-1-90476-852-4.

James T. Richardson, University of Nevada, Reno, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Saints Under Seige: The Texas Raid on the Latter Day Saints Community. Co-authored with Stuart Wright. New York University Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-81479-528-6.

Robert A. Robinson, Laidlaw College, New Zealand, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jesus and the Religions: Retrieving a Neglected Example for a Multicultural World. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61097-598-8.

Susan A. Ross, Loyola University, Chicago, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Anthropology: Seeking Light and Beauty. Liturgical Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-81465-994-6.

Karen G. Ruffle, University of Toronto, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian Shi'ism. University of North Carolina Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-80783-475-6.

David A. Salomon, Sage Colleges, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
An Introduction to the Glossa Ordinaria as Medieval Hypertext. Cardiff, Wales: University of Wales Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-70832-494-3.

Tom Schwanda, Wheaton College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Soul Recreation: The Contemplative–Mystical Piety of Puritanism. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61097-455-4

Christopher Shaw, University of Oxford, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
On Exceeding Determination and the Ideal of Reason: Immanuel Kant, William Desmond, and the Noumenological Principle. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-44383-748-4.

Michael D. Swartz, Ohio State University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
The Signifying Creator: Nontextual Sources of Meaning in Ancient Judaism. New York University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-81474-093-4.

Deanna A. Thompson, Hamline University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Hoping for More: On Having Cancer, Talking Faith, and Accepting Grace. Cascade Books, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-61097-981-8.

Mary VanderGoot, Grand Rapids, MI, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
After Freedom: How Boomers Pursued Freedom, Questioned Virtue, and Still Search for Meaning. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-62032-198-0.

Jeff Wilson, University of Waterloo, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South. University of North Carolina Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-80783-545-6.

Tobias Winright, Saint Louis University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Green Discipleship: Catholic Theological Ethics and the Environment. Edited by Tobias Winright. Anselm Academic Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-59982-024-8.

Tobias Winright, Saint Louis University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Violence, Transformation, and the Sacred: "They Shall Be Called Children of God." Coedited with Margaret Pfeil. Orbis Books, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-57075-969-7.

Phyllis Zagano, Hofstra University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Women Deacons: Past, Present, Future. Coauthored with Gary Macy and William T. Ditewig. Paulist Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-80914-743-4.

Phyllis Zagano, Hofstra University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Women in Ministry: Emerging Questions about the Diaconate. Paulist Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-80914-756-4.

Career Transitions

Edwin David Aponte, Christian Theological Seminary, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Appointed Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Christianity and Culture at Christian Theological Seminary,  Indianapolis.

Susan Henking, Shimer College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Appointed President of Shimer College, July 1, 2014.

Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Appointed to the Wallace M. Alston Chair in Bible and Religion at Agnes Scott College.

Susan A. Ross, Loyola University, Chicago, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Became President of the Catholic Theological Society of America for 2012–2013.

J. Jayakiran Sebastian, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Assumed duties as the Dean of the Seminary at the beginning of July.