Kevin Mongrain Curriculum Vitae 2015 Duquesne University Cell Phone (210) 273-3582 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 mongraink@duq.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Yale University, 1999 M.A. in Systematic Theology, St. John s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1992 B.A. in Government, St. John s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1989 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Executive Director of the National Institute for Newman Studies, 2011 2015 Associate Professor, Duquesne University, 2011 Present Assistant Professor, Program of Liberal Studies, University of Notre Dame, 2004-2011 Assistant Professor of Theology, St. Mary s University, San Antonio, 1999-2004 Teaching Assistant, Yale Divinity School, 1995-1997 MAJOR HONORS AND AWARDS St. Mary s University School of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Academic Year 2002-2003 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES Member, American Academy of Religion Member, Catholic Theological Society of America BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS (refereed) Already Published The Systematic Thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar: An Irenaean Retrieval. New York: Crossroad- Herder Publishing Company, 2002. Twelve Part Lecture Series (each lecture 10-11 pages, 25 minutes): Back to the Fertile Land: Hans Urs von Balthasar s Vision of an Organic and Holistic Christian Faith. Recorded and distributed by Now You Know Media, Inc., Rockville, Maryland: October 2014. 1
REFEREED, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Published Newman sur les arts libéraux en théologie et réceptivité contemplative. Etudes Newmaniennes No. 30: Fall 2014. Theologians of Spiritual Transformation: A Proposal for Reading René Girard Through the Lenses of Hans Urs von Balthasar and John Cassian, Modern Theology 28:1 (January 2012), pp. 81 111. Reasonable Religion: Intelligent Design as the New Preambula Fidei? Heythrop Journal 52:2 (March 2011), pp.191-210 "John Henry Newman on Liberal Learning and Openness to the Mystery of Creation in The Idea of a University," in Substance, Judgment, and Evaluation: Seeking the Worth of a Liberal Arts, Core Text Education, edited by J. Scott Lee, Patrick Flynn, et. al. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2010, pp. 23-30. Rule-Governed Christian Gnosis: Hans Urs von Balthasar on Valentin Tomberg s Meditations on the Tarot. Modern Theology 25:2 (April 2009), pp. 285-314. The Eyes of Faith: Newman s Critique of Arguments from Design. Newman Studies Journal 6:1 (Spring 2009), pp. 68-86. John Henry Newman on Ecclesial Spiritual Life. Newman Studies Journal. 5.1 (2008), pp. 19-34 Poetics and Doxology: Von Balthasar on Poetic Resistance to Modernity s Turn to the Subject. Pro Ecclesia. 16/4 (Winter 2007), pp. 381-415. Newman on Theology and Contemplative Receptivity in the Liberal Arts. Newman Studies Journal, 4/2 (Fall 2007), pp. 11-21. PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-EDITED VOLUMES Balthasar in The Oxford Handbook of Catholic Theology, edited by Lewis Ayres (forthcoming Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015) Newman and the Spirituality of the Oratory: Embracing the Presence of the Indwelling Spirit in Newman & Life in the Spirit: Theological Reflections on Spirituality for Today, edited by John R. Connolly and Brian W. Hughes (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2014). 2
Von Balthasar s Way from Doxology to Theology Theology Today 64/1 (2007), pp. 58-70. Worship in Spirit and Truth: Louis-Marie Chauvet s Sacramental Reading of John 4:21-24 in The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meaning, eds. Christine Helmer and Lincoln Galloway. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2006, pp. 125-144. REVIEWS Review of Balthasar, a (Very) Critical Introduction by Karen Kilby. Horizons (June 2013, Vol. 40, No.1), pp. 96-100. Review of De Lubac: A Guide for the Perplexed by David Grumett. International Journal of Systematic Theology (October 2010, Vol. 12, No. 4), pp. 492-494. Review of Centering Prayer and the Healing of the Unconscious by Murchadh Ó Madagáin. Spiritus (Fall 2009 Vol. 9, No. 2), pp. 259-261. Review of Gregory of Nyssa, Ancient and (Post)modern by Morwenna Ludlow. Theological Studies 70/2 (June 2009) Review of From Trent to Vatican II: Historical and Theological Investigations edited by Raymond F. Bulman and Frederick J. Parrella. International Journal of Systematic Theology (January 2008, Vol. 10, No. 1), pp. 93-96. Review of Hans Urs von Balthasar s Theological Aesthetics: A Model for Post-Critical Biblical Interpretation by W.T. Dickens. International Journal of Systematic Theology (July 2006, Vol. 8, No. 3) Review of Universal Salvation: Eschatology in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner by Morwenna Ludlow. The Thomist, (January 2004, Vol. 68, No. 1) Review of Erich Przywara, S.J.: His Theology and His World by Thomas F. O Meara, O.P., Theological Studies (December 2003, Vol 64, No. 4) Review of The Power of God: Dunamis in Gregory of Nyssa's Trinitarian Theology by Michel Rene Barnes, Theological Studies (September 2002, Vol. 63, No. 3) Review of Doctrines of the Trinity in Eastern and Western Theology: A Study with Special Reference to K. Barth and V. Lossky by Alar Laats. Theological Studies (March 2001, Vol. 62, No. 1) INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS A Benedictine Reflection on Listening: Being Attuned to the Silent Mystery of God s Trinitarian Love Whispering from Its Secret Dwelling Place in the Innermost Recesses of the 3
Heart presented to the Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Annual Meeting, Gethsemani Abbey, Kentucky, September 25, 2010. Mary in Catholic in Doctrine: A Study in the Unity of Spirituality and Theology presented at the Annual Meeting of Bridgefolk: Mennonite-Catholic Dialogue, Collegeville, Minnesota, July 28, 2008. Idolatry Critique in the Gospel of John presented to the Crossroad Authors Group session at the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, St. Louis, June 10, 2005. CONFERENCE PAPERS (abstracts refereed) Newman and the Spirituality of the Oratory: Embracing the Presence of the Indwelling Spirit presented at the Catholic Theology Society of America Annual Meeting, Miami, June 2013. The Politics of Glory: Hans Urs von Balthasar s Theology as Source of Resistance A Response to G. Agamben presented at the Catholic Theological Society of America s Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO on June 9, 2012 Reading René Girard and Hans Urs von Balthasar as Theologians of Spiritual Transformation: Setting the Table for a Mutually Illuminating Dialogue at The Annual Meeting of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R), University of Notre Dame, July 3, 2010 Valentin Tomberg on the Distinctive Character of Christian Spirituality at The Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion s Christian Spirituality Group, November 5, 2009. Newman s Ideal of Sanctified Reason at the Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Philosophical Association, New Orleans, November 13, 2009. The Eyes of Faith: John Henry Newman's Critique of Arguments from Design at The Venerable John Henry Newman Association 2009 Annual National Conference, The University of Notre Dame, August 14, 2009. Anxiety or Equanimity: Christoph Schönborn and Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Relationship of Science and Christian Truth, at the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of American in Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 5, 2009. Balthasar, Rahner, and Secularism, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion s Roman Catholic Theology Group, November 1, 2008. [accepted and scheduled but not read at conference] Newman on Physical Theology, at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion s Nineteenth Century Theology Group, November 2, 2008. [accepted and scheduled and read aloud in full by moderator of the session] 4
Newman on Ecclesial Spiritual Life, at the 2007 Annual National Conference of the Venerable John Henry Newman Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 10, 2007. Machine or Gift? A Christian Theological Critique of Intelligence Design, at the American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, Chicago, March 31, 2007 Redemptive Violence and the Creation of Nonviolent Mimetic Desire: Hans Urs von Balthasar and Rene Girard on Sacrifice, at the American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, Chicago, April 1, 2006 Newman on Liberal Learning and Openness to the Mystery of Creation at the Twelfth Annual Conference of The Association for Core Texts and Courses, Chicago, April 7, 2006. Daniel M. Bell Jr. and Louis-Marie Chauvet on Ritual and Forgiveness: Inscribing God s Forgiveness on the Human Body of Christ at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion s Christian Spirituality Group, Atlanta, November 23, 2003. Aesthetics and Metanarrative: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Providence at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion s Christian Systematic Theology Group, November 18, 2000. GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SPONSORED PROGRAMS Recipient of a Summer Research Fellowship at the National Institute of Newman Studies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Summer 2007. MISC. PUBLICATIONS Instructor's Manual for Religions of the World (8 th Edition) by Lewis M. Hopfe and Mark R. Woodward. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2003. Instructor's Manual for Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions (9 th Edition) by Robert S. Ellwood and Barbara A. McGraw. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2005. Instructor's Manual for The Sacred Paths: Understanding the Religions of the World (4 th Edition) by Theodore M. Ludwig. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2005. Instructor's Manual for Religions of the World (10 th Edition) by Lewis M. Hopfe and Mark R. Woodward. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2006. Instructor's Manual for Religions of the World (11 th Edition) by Lewis M. Hopfe and Mark R. Woodward. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2008. Instructor's Manual for Many Peoples, Many Faiths: Women and Men in the World Religions (10 th Edition) by Robert S. Ellwood and Barbara A. McGraw. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2008. 5