CHRISTOPHER P. VOGT Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies St. John s University 8000 Utopia Parkway Queens, New York 11439 (718) 990-5407 E-Mail: vogtc@stjohns.edu EDUCATION Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Ph.D. in Theological Ethics, August 2002 Dissertation: Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well Committee: James F. Keenan, SJ (director), Lisa Sowle Cahill, and Daniel Harrington, SJ The Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Master of Theological Studies, June 1996. Concentration in Christianity and Culture College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts Bachelor of Arts in Religious Studies, Magna Cum Laude, May 1992 Fenwick Scholar, Thesis: Catholic Mission and Identity in an Age of Pluralism HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society, St. John s University, 2007 Research Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society, St. John s University, 2005 7 St. John s University s Nominee, Lilly Fellows in the Humanities Book Award, 2006 Academic Service Learning Course Development Grant, St. John s University, 2003 University Fellowship, Boston College, 1996 2001 Fenwick Scholar, College of the Holy Cross, 1991 1992 Charles Dana Scholar, College of the Holy Cross, 1991 1992 Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society for the Arts and Sciences Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit National Honor Society TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies 2007-Present St. John s University, Queens, New York Courses taught: Catholic Social Teaching (Graduate and Undergraduate Level) Moral Theology of the Marketplace Moral Theology of Healthcare Fundamental Moral Theology (Graduate Level) Christian Marriage Perspectives on Christianity: A Roman Catholic Approach Christian Responsibility (Introduction to Christian Ethics) Moral Problems in a Christian Context (Graduate Level) Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies 2002 2007 Instructor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies 2001 2002 St. John s University, Queens, New York Teaching Assistant, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 1998 1999
Christopher P. Vogt, page 2 PUBLICATIONS Books: Patience, Compassion, Hope, and the Christian Art of Dying Well. Rowman & Littlefield, 2004. Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters: Catholic Social Teaching and Creation, in Green Discipleship, ed. Tobias Winright (Anselm Academic, Forthcoming, 2011). Fostering a Catholic Commitment to the Common Good: An Approach Rooted in Virtue Ethics, Theological Studies 68:2 (June 2007): 394-417. Integrare la guerra giusta e le virtù per promuovere la pace: compassione, rispetto per le persone e misura della proporzionalità ( Integrating Just War and the Virtues of Peacemaking: Compassion, Respect for Persons and the Measurement of Proportionality ) Rassegna di Teologia 47, no. 2 (2006): 195 218. Finding a Place at the Heart of the Church: On the Vocation of a Lay Theologian, in New Wine, New Wineskins: A New Generation in Catholic Moral Theology, ed. William Mattison (Lanham, Md.: Sheed & Ward, 2005), 45 65. Maximizing Human Potential: Capabilities Theory and the Professional Work Environment, Journal of Business Ethics 58 (2005): 111 23. Recognizing the Addict as Neighbor: Christian Hospitality and the Establishment of Safe Injection Facilities in Canada, Theoforum 35, no. 3 (2004): 317 42. Practicing Patience, Compassion, and Hope at the End of Life: Mining the Passion of Jesus in Luke for a Christian Model of Dying Well, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 24, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2004), 135-58. Book Reviews Review of Calling for Justice Throughout the World: Catholic Women Theologians on the HIV/AIDS Pandemic, ed. Iozzio et. al. Theological Studies 71:2 (2010): 486-7. Review of Who Would Jesus Kill? War, Peace, and the Christian Tradition by Mark Allman. Christian Century 127:7 (April 6, 2010): 47-8. Review of Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative Response to World Violence, edited by Gerald Schlabach, and Faith and Force: A Christian Debate About War, by David Clough and Brian Stiltner. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 39 (2010): 221-4. Review of The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology, by Todd Salzman and Michael Lawler. Theological Studies 70, no. 4 (2009): 963 5. Review of Last Rights: A Catholic Perspective on End-of-Life Decisions by Dolores L. Christie. Theological Studies 66, no. 2 (2005): 497. Review of Unsanctifying Human Life by Peter Singer, edited by Helga Kuhse. Theological Studies 64, no. 3 (2003): 668-69. Review of Constance Buchanan, Choosing to Lead: Women and the Crisis of American Values. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1996. In Critical Review of Books in Religion 9 (1996), 397 400.
Christopher P. Vogt, page 3 Review of Patrick W. Carey and Earl C. Muller, S.J., eds., Theological Education in the Catholic Tradition. New York: Crossroad, 1997. In Critical Review of Books in Religion 10 (1997), 294 296. Other Publications The Use of Scripture in the Ars Moriendi Tradition. In The Dictionary of Scripture and Ethics (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, Forthcoming in 2011), ed. Joel Green. Art of Dying, The (Ars Moriendi). The Encyclopedia of Death and Human Experience, ed. Clifton D. Bryant and Dennis L. Peck (Los Angeles: Sage, 2009): 70 2. Living and Dying Patiently: A Moral Task for Christians. The Clergy Journal 84:1 (Oct 2008): 3-5. The Family as Cornerstone of the Good Life and the Good Society: Family Life in the Compendium of Catholic Social Thought. Review of Business 27, no. 2 (2006): 13 19. PRESENTATIONS Presentations at Academic Conferences: Spiritual Formation and Social Justice: Toward a Spirituality for Catholic Social Thought, Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Trento, Italy, July 26, 2010. Resisting False Gods and False Hope: On the Formation of Disciples and Fellow Laborers, Annual Meeting, Catholic Theological Society of America, Cleveland, Ohio, June 11, 2010. Forming Disciples in a Christian Vision of Economic Life: Economic Justice for All and the Life of the Local Church, Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, January 8, 2010. Response to Dr. Robert Barron, The Priority of Christ. New Wine, New Wineskins Annual Symposium, University of Notre Dame, August 1, 2008. Response to Dr. Maureen O Connell, The Global Samaritan? Political Compassion as an Axiom for Global Ethics. New Wine, New Wineskins Annual Symposium, University of Notre Dame, July 29, 2006. From Strangers to Neighbors: A Local View of the Global Issue of Human Migration. Presented at the international conference Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Padua, Italy, July 9, 2006. On the Human Cost of War: A Role for Churches and the Moral Imagination in Measuring Proportionality. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the College Theology Society, Regis University, Denver, Colorado, June 3, 2006. Knowing the Cost of War: Prudence, Regard for Strangers and the Measurement of Proportionality. Presented at New Wine, New Wineskins, a national symposium for pre-tenure Catholic moral theologians, University of Notre Dame, July 2005. Laying the Groundwork for a Renewed Commitment to the Common Good. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the College Theology Society, Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, June 2005. Dissecting the Anatomy of Hope. Presented at the Atlantic States Regional Conference of the American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland, March 2004.
Christopher P. Vogt, page 4 Maximizing Human Potential: Capabilities Theory and the Professional Work Environment. Presented at the Tenth Annual International Conference Promoting Business Ethics, Garden City, New York, October 2003. Practicing Patience, Compassion and Hope at the End of Life: Mining the Passion of Jesus in Luke for a Christian Model of Dying Well. Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Pittsburgh, January 2003. Finding a Place at the Heart of the Church: On the Vocation of the Lay Theologian. Presented at New Wine, New Wineskins, a national symposium for pre-tenure Catholic moral theologians, University of Notre Dame, July 19, 2002. University and Community Presentations: The Crisis of Faith: Spirituality in the Face of Serious Illness. Palliative Care Conference: End of Life Care, Fostering an Interdisciplinary Approach. Molloy College. November 21, 2008. Catholic Social Teaching and the Catholic Moral Tradition. Presentation for Senior Staff, Office of Student Life, St. John s University. July 10, 2008. Engaging Catholic Social Teaching: A Dialogical Approach. Presentation for the Vincentian Mission Institute. April 18, 2008. Catholic Social Teaching and the Cultivation of Virtue. Presentation for alumni of the StJ Acculturation Seminar for International Priests. January 16, 2008. Catholic Moral Teaching and the Catholic University. Presentation for the University s Executive Planning Committee. January 10, 2008. Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Moral Responsibility and Warfare in a Democratic Society. Presentation for the Flushing First Friday Club. November 2, 2008. Democracies: Humanity s Last Best Hope? (Panelist and Speaker) Student/Faculty academic forum, Vincentian Fellows Program, St. John s University, March 31, 2006. Academic Courage: Seeking Truth and Traveling the Path to Justice and Peace, Faculty Research Luncheon, Vincentian Center for Church and Society, St. John s University, January 31, 2006. Religious Perspectives on the Human Person and Criminality (Speaker and Panelist), Dean s Lecture Series, St. John s University. March 31, 2004. Presenter and Panelist. A Discussion of Peace, Just-War, and Pacifism. St. John s University. April 8, 2003. Event Organizer and Respondent. Iraq: The War We Won t See, with Dr. Simon Harak, SJ. St. John s University. March 10, 2003. Toward a Credible Universalism: The Work of Martha Nussbaum and Jacques Maritain. Presented at the annual Boston College, Harvard, and Yale ethics colloquium, 1998.
Christopher P. Vogt, page 5 SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP Service and Leadership in the Academy Editorial Board, Journal of Catholic Moral Theology. 2010 Present. Administrative Team for Catholic Social Thought, Catholic Theological Society of America. Term of Service: 2008 2011. Editorial Board, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. Term of Service, 2007 2010. Board of Directors, New Wine, New Wineskins (an annual national symposium for pretenure Catholic moral theologians held at the University of Notre Dame). Term of service: 2006 2008. Reader/Referee, Journal of Business Ethics, philosophical foundations section, 2005 Present. Service and Leadership at the University Ozanam Scholars Program Academic Advisory Committee, 2009 Present. Personnel and Budget Committee, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, St. John s University, September 2007 Present Graduate Educational Policy Committee, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, St. John s University, September 2006 Present. Chair, St. John s College Academic Program Review Committee (chaired one of the five college-level program review committees). April/May 2010. Liberal Arts Faculty Council, St. John s University, September 2003 2009. LAFC Committee on Admissions & Academic Standing, 2005 2007. Faculty Mentor to the Social Justice Living/Learning Community, St. John s University, 2006 2008. Worked with the Office of Student Life to facilitate lectures, dinners, service projects, and field trips on issues of justice, and promoted interaction between faculty and students in the residential social justice learning community. Retention Task Force, St. John s College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, 2007 2008 Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, St. John s University, February 2003 2006. Service to the Church and Community Ethics Committee, Good Shepherd Hospice, Port Jefferson, New York, 2002 Present. Ongoing Education for Permanent Deacons, Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, Spring 2005. Presented a daylong workshop on Catholic Social Teaching together with Pr. Susan Stabile of St. John s University School of Law. Adult Education Lecturer / Workshop Leader St. Louis de Montfort Parish, Sound Beach, NY: Homosexuality (2006), Political Responsibility (2004), Reproductive Technologies (2003), Finding Peace and Hope at the End of Life (2002) St. Edward the Confessor Parish, Syosset, NY: The Virtues of Peacemaking (2004)
Christopher P. Vogt, page 6 MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Catholic Theological Society of America, College Theology Society, Society of Christian Ethics. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE ACADEME Religious Education Coordinator & Pastoral Visitor Church of the Epiphany/Church of St. Rose of Lima, Sodus, New York, 1992 1994 - Directed parish program for catechizing and initiating new adult members (RCIA) - Acted as parish chaplain to the local community hospital - Coordinated parish s lay ministry initiative - Designed and implemented catechetical and sacramental preparation programs for a parish of approximately 400 families