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Miguel Diaz
Associate Professor of Theology, 2004-; B.A., St. Thomas University, 1988; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1992; Ph.D., 2000. mdiaz@csbsju.edu
Most Recent Publications
“Hispanic Catholics” (U.S.A.) The Modern Catholic Encyclopedia (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2004), 363-366.
“Reading the Signs of the Time: A U.S. Hispanic Perspective on the Future of Theological Education,” New Horizons in Theology, ed. Terrence W. Tilley (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2005), 225-230.
“A Critical Reading, Appreciation and Assessment of Reponses to On Being Human,” Philosophy and Theology 16/1 (2004): 151-162. Note that this volume contains three critical essays by Susan Abraham, Michael H. Barnes, and Conrad T. Gromada that address critically Díaz’s On Being Human.
“Mirroring the Life of God in Medio Luporum: Returning to the Heart of the Franciscan Mission,” The Cord 55/6 (2005): 278-289.
“Reading the Signs of the Time en Conjunto: Com-missioning U.S. Hispanic Protestants and Catholics to Evangelize in the Image of God,” Apuntes 26/1 (2006): 4-14.
“Theological Anthropology,” in Handbook of Latina/o Theologies, ed. Edwin D. Aponte and Miguel A. De La Torre (St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press, 2006), 67-74.
“A Trinitarian Approach to the Community-Building Process of Tradition,” in Futuring Our Past: Explorations in the Theology of Tradition (Maryknoll: Orbis Press, 2006), 157-179.
Presentations
Plenary Address on “The Future of Catholic Theological Education in the U.S.,” The fiftieth Annual meeting of the College Theological Society, June 2004, Washington, D.C..
Plenary Address on “Commissioning U.S. Hispanic Catholics and Protestants on Evangelism and Evangelization,” National Convocation on Evangelism within the Latino Community, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, Dallas, Texas, February, 2005.
Offered a series of five talks at St. Joseph Parish, St. Joseph, Mn. entitled “From Ashes to Easter,” March/April 2005.
Key Note Address at the 40th Anniversary of the Franciscan Federation, San Diego, California, “Mirroring the Life of God in Medio Luporum: Returning to the Heart of the Franciscan Mission,” Summer 2005.
Delivered a series of talks for St. John’s School of Theology Days entitled “In the Trinity: Living the Life of God,” 2005.
Presentation on the theology of God in St. Mary’s Basilica Series “All Things Catholic, “ 2006.
Delivered a talk at Spirituality Center at St. Ben’s entitled “Encountering God in the Eye of the Storm,” 2006.
Delivered a series of talks on the Lenten Gospels for St. Joseph’s Parish, 2006.
Notable ActivitiesInvited by Bro. Dietrich Reinhart, O.S.B., President of St. John’s University to co-chair the president’s Inter-Cultural Directions Council (IDC), 2005-.
Invited to participate as a theological consultant to the Catholic Alliance for the Common Good, Washington, D.C., January, 2006.
Invited to participate in a national conversation on immigration organized by Interfaith Worker Justice, Chicago, IL, March 2006.
Invited to participate at the CTSA annual convention in san Antonio in a discussion of a recently published book entitled Rahner Beyond Rahner, 2006.
Organized the 2006 annual colloquium of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) in conjunction with the Black Catholic Theological Symposium (BCTS).
President of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS), 2006-07.
Member of the Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA).
Member of the Karl Rahner Society (KRS) and a board member of the KRS steering committee.
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