Kimberly Belcher

Assistant Professor of Theology, 2009 - Current

B.A., University of Florida, 2001; M.T.S., University of Notre Dame, 2003; Ph.D., 2009.

kbelcher@csbsju.edu

Recent courses taught:

Trinity, Faith, and Revelation (Fall 2010)

Sacraments and Worship (Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009)

Eucharistic Liturgy and Theology (Summer 2010)

Rites for the Sick (Spring 2010)

Rites of Burial (Spring 2010)

Publications:

Book Review: "RCIA: Real Stories of Christian Initiation," D. Yamane et al., NDCL Bulletin, Fall
2006.

Presentations:

"Sacred Space, Festal Time, and the Construction of Identity at Mar Thoma Diocese in
Chicago," presented in the Religion and the Social Sciences section of the American
Academy of Religion 2008, Chicago, Illinois.

"Mar Thoma Chicago: The Syro‐Malabar Rite for an English‐Speaking Generation," presented in the Ritual Transfer panel at Ritual Dynamics 2008, Heidelberg, Germany.

"Into Deep Waters" (a presentation for lay Catholic parishioners on the ritual of baptism as an entrance into the trinitarian life), presented at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Chapel Hill, NC, on January 19, 2008. A similar presentation is to take place at St. Sylvester Catholic Church in Chicago on a date to be determined.