MARK CLATTERBUCK Associate Professor of Religion clatterbuckm@mail.montclair.edu Montclair State University Office (973) 655-7414 Department of Religion Cell (610) 233-9919 Education Ph.D. Religion and Culture (2008): The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC M.A. History of Christianity (1998): Wheaton Graduate School, Wheaton, IL B.A. English (1993): Messiah College, Grantham, PA Areas of Specialization Native North American Religions, Native American Christianity Areas of Competence Religious Experience, Christian History & Theology, Pentecostalism, Liberation Theologies, Phenomenology of Religion Books Crow Jesus: First-Person Narratives of Native American Religious Belonging. University of Oklahoma Press. (Forthcoming 2016) Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Native America (1902-1962). Marquette University Press (2009). Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Tribal Alliances: The State of Israel and Native American Christianity. Journal of Ecumenical Studies 49, no. 3 (Summer 2014), pp. 384-404. Healing Hills and Sacred Songs: Crow Pentecostalism, Anti-Traditionalism, and Native Religious Identity. Spiritus 12, no.2 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2012), pp. 248-277. In Native Tongues: Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Montana s Eastern Tribes. U.S. Catholic Historian 27, no.1 (2010), pp. 153-180. Sweet Grass Mass and Pow Wows for Jesus: Catholic and Pentecostal Missions on Rocky Boy s Reservation. U.S. Catholic Historian (Winter 2009), pp. 89-112. Ancient, Postmodern, and Prophetic: How Haight s Symbol Theory (Almost) Does It All. Essay on the postmodern christology of Roger Haight. Horizons (Fall 2007), pp. 265-291. Friars Lurking Behind Burkhart s Nahuas: Conflicting Agendas at Play in the Production of Holy Wednesday. Latin American Indian Literatures Journal (Spring 2006), pp. 1-21. Post-Vatican II Inculturation Among Native North American Catholics: A Study in the Missiology of Carl Starkloff, S.J. Missiology: An International Review (April 2003), pp. 207-222. Other Publications Response to Reviews. Response to three reviews of my first book published in Symposium Reviews of Recent Books in American Catholic History. U.S. Catholic Historian (Spr 2011). A Tradition of Native Advocacy. Two-part article on Catholic political and social advocacy among US tribes. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Newsletter (Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr 2009). Confessions of a Benedictine Oblate. Essay published on Benedictine spirituality in the book Divine Embrace, a historical survey of Christian spirituality by Robert Webber (Fall 2006).
Clatterbuck 2 Video Productions Produced and edited (with Dave Kapferer) a video collection of Crow oral narratives on religious practice. Deposited, Little Big Horn College Archives, Crow Agency, MT (August 2014). Other Writing Projects Final editor for Revealing Religion, a religious studies textbook by Cynthia Eller (West Stockbridge, MA: Thinking Strings, 2014). Academic Conferences (Juried Proposals) American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA), November 2014. Christian Zionism in Comparative Perspective Seminar: Native Christian Zionism: Israel in the Religious Imagination of Native American Pentecostals. American Anthropological Association National Meeting (Chicago, IL), November 2013. Women, Prosperity, and (Anti-)Traditionalism: The Aspirational Impulse of Native American Pentecostalism. Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (Baltimore, Maryland), March 2013. Religious Bodies of Research, and Religious Researchers Bodies: In Defense of an Embodied Phenomenology of Religion. Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion (New Brunswick, NJ), March 2012. Real Indians Love Jesus: Anti-Nativism and the Reinvention of Tribal Identity Among Crow Pentecostals Today. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA), October 2010. Joint session of the Native Traditions of the Americas Group & Religions, Medicine, and Healing Group: Native Charismatic Healing in Big Sky Country. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (San Diego, CA), November 2007. History of Christianity Section: From Savage Demons to Indian Saints: The Quest for a Native Catholic Utopia in America. American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, PA), November 2005. Joint session of the History of Christianity Section and Roman Catholic Studies Group: Tribalism, Nativism, and the Evolution of Catholic Indian Missions. Invited Academic Presentations Lighthouse for the Nations Conference, Crow Agency, MT (August 2014): 3-hr presentation on my forthcoming book Crow Jesus on Christianity s encounter with Crow Traditionalism. Western Regional Conference of the Foursquare Church, Crow Agency, MT (August 2013): Multi-media presentation on the history and legacy of Crow Pentecostalism. Louisville Institute Winter Seminar, Louisville, Kentucky (January 2013): Presentation on my ethnographic fieldwork among Crow (Apsáalooke) Christian communities. Departmental Lecture Series, Montclair State University, Philosophy & Religion (October 2011): Jewish Indians for Jesus? Religious Identity and Crow Pentecostals Today. Departmental Lecture Series, Montclair State University, Philosophy and Religion (April 2011): Selfless Saints or Genocidal Scoundrels? The Troubled Legacy of US Native Missions. Other Relevant Presentations Native North American Mythology in the High School Classroom. World Mythologies Day, Institute for the Humanities, Montclair State University (April 2015). Alumni Gathering, Department of Philosophy & Religion, Montclair State University, NJ. Lecture and slideshow on key issues in contemporary Crow Christianity (October 2013).
Clatterbuck 3 Bible 101. A four-week adult lecture series on methods of biblical interpretation. Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Lancaster, PA (April-May 2013). Matter as Spirit s Shadow: A Native American Perspective. Religions of the World Day, Institute for the Humanities, Montclair State University (December 2012). Native America and Christianity Today: A Thanksgiving Reflection, An Invited Community Lecture, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Lancaster, PA (November 2012). Ethics @ MSU, 3rd Annual Student Conference (April 2012): Panel presentation on the ethics of prostitution, Un/Holy Harlots: Condemnation and Redemption in the Biblical Tradition. Old Religions in New Contexts: Crow Pentecostalism Today. Humanities in the Schools Day, Institute for the Humanities, Montclair State University (December 2011). Christianity and Native America: Can Our Past Be Redeemed? Trinity Episcopal Church, Adult Forum Series, Two-Part Lecture, Bethlehem, PA (April 2011). Red Rights = White Wrongs: The US Gov t, Native America, and Conflicting Ideas of the Good. Humanities in the Schools Day, Institute for the Humanities, MSU (December 2010). Franklin & Marshall College, Barnes and Noble Campus Bookstore, Lancaster, PA (April 2010): Invited lecture and author reading from Demons, Saints, & Patriots. Siddhartha Gautama and the Gospel of Jesus. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Adult Lecture Series, Lancaster, PA (April 2010). Fantasy, Taoism, and the Moral Imagination of Ursula LeGuin. Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (October 2009). Evangelism, Colonialism, and Native America. Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Lancaster, PA (February 2009). Religious Traditions of the Chippewa-Cree at Rocky Boy, Montana. Spring Run Cultural Center Series, Willow Valley, PA (August 2008). Jesus on Peace or, What s So Christian About Pacifism? St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Adult Forum Series, York, PA (May 2008). The Native-Christian Encounter: What Went Wrong? St. James Episcopal Church, Adult Forum Series, Lancaster, PA (January 2008). Undergraduate Teaching Experience Montclair State University, NJ, Associate Professor of Religion (Fall 2010-Present) RELG 101: Introduction to Religion RELG 221: Interreligious Encounters RELG 254: Native American Religions RELG 352: Religious Texts in America: The Native-European Encounter (1500-1700) RELG 357: Religious Experience RELG 465/355: Jesus and Liberation: A Survey of Christian Liberationist Theologies York College of Pennsylvania (January 2007-May 2008) Native American Religions and Literature Introduction to World Religions Traditions and Cultures of Christianity Analytical Reading and Writing Academic Writing The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC (2000-03) Conscience and Community: Catholic Moral Theology Survey of Christian History and Thought Stone Child Tribal College, Rocky Boy s Reservation (Chippewa/Cree), MT (Spring 1997)
Clatterbuck 4 US History: Pre-Colonial to Civil War Graduate Teaching Experience Lancaster Theological Seminary, Lancaster, PA (Summer 2015) TH221/621: Christian Liberation Theologies Other Teaching Experience Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, PA (2008-10) Humanities Instructor (History, Religion, Literature) Moravian Academy, Bethlehem, PA (2003-06) Ethics Religious Themes in World Literature (AP Course) World Religions Trinity Academy, Wichita, KS (1998-2000) World Religions History of Christianity American Literature Other Educational Experience Director, The Hague International Model United Nations program at Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, PA/The Hague, The Netherlands (2008-10) Interreligious Chaplain, Moravian Academy (2003-06) Co-Director & Program Coordinator, Native American Youth Camp, Montana (Summers 1992-98) Academic Service Associate Editor, Journal of the American Academy of Religion (Upcoming: Jan 2016 ) Reader for article submissions, U.S. Catholic Historian (2012 Present) Reader for article submissions, Journal of Ecumenical Studies (2014 ) Religion Major Advisor, Dept. of Religion, MSU (Spring 2015 Present) Recruitment Coordinator for New Religion Majors & Minors, MSU (Fall 2011 Present) Council Member, Center for Faith & Spirituality, MSU (Fall 2011 Present) Environmental & Community Rights Activism Co-founder of Martic SOUL, Inc. (Save Our Unspoiled Land), Pennsylvania (2014 ) Founding member of Lancaster Against Pipelines, Pennsylvania (2014 ) Home Rule Government Study Commission Candidate, seeking community rights-based charter prohibiting unsustainable energy infrastructure projects in Martic Twp, PA (2015) Frequent op-ed contributor to Lancaster Newspaper, PA (LNP) Memberships American Academy of Religion (1994-Present) American Anthropological Association (2013-Present) Society for the Anthropology of Religion (2013-Present) Tekakwitha Conference, National Native Catholic Association (2005-Present) Land Steward for the Lancaster County Nature Conservancy (2006-Present) Oblate, Order of St. Benedict (1995-Present) Grants & Awards Student Faculty Research Grant ($1,620), Montclair State University, Latin American Immigrant Approaches to Healing at St. Francis Parish, NJ (2015-2016) SBR Grant ($3,500), Montclair State University, Crow Christianity Video Project (2013-14) Louisville Institute Project Grant for Researchers ($25,000), Jesus at Crow: Case Studies in Native Religious Identity (2012-13)
Clatterbuck 5 SBR Grant ($3,330), MSU, Crow Pentecostalism: An Oral History (2011-12) Faculty research grant ($2,000), Religions of Eastern Montana Tribes, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, PA (2009) Dissertation defense with distinction, Catholic University of America (2007) Recipient, Dissertation Grant ($5,000), Catholic Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico (2003) Full academic scholarship, Catholic University of America (2000-2002) Graduate teaching assistantship, Catholic University of America (2000-2002) National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Institute & Scholarship, Arizona State University, Converging Cultures: Native America, Europe, and the Encounter (2000)