NEIL D. ARNER 437 Malloy Hall Notre Dame, IN (574)

Transcription

1 NEIL D. ARNER 437 Malloy Hall Notre Dame, IN (574) ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT University of Notre Dame Department of Theology Assistant Professor of Moral Theology (2013- ) Yale Teaching Center Staff Fellow ( ) Yale University Department of Religious Studies Teaching Fellow ( ) Faith and Globalization Initiative of Yale s Schools of Divinity, Management, and Law Associate Director ( ) Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Mathematics Teaching Assistant ( ) EDUCATION Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Religious Ethics and Philosophy of Religion (2012) Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Religious Ethics and Philosophy of Religion (2011) Master of Arts (M.A.) in Religious Ethics and Philosophy of Religion (2011) Yale Divinity School Master of Sacred Theology (S.T.M.) in Philosophy of Religion (2007) Princeton Theological Seminary Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Theological Ethics (2006) Georgia Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Applied Mathematics and Molecular Biology (2001) HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS Notre Dame Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts Course Development Grant (2013) Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Franke Fellowship ( ) Yale Divinity School Trevor Scholarship (2006-7) Princeton Theological Seminary Seminary Fellowship (2003-6) Omaha Presbyterian Seminary Foundation Apollos Program Scholarship (2003-6) Fund for Theological Education Ministry Fellowship (2005) Georgia Institute of Technology President s Scholarship ( )

2 PAPERS PRESENTED AND FORTHCOMING Early Modern Antecedents of Recent Protestant Interest in the Natural Law. Joint session of the interest groups in Moral Theory and Christian Ethics and Christian Ethics in Historical Context at the annual meeting of The Society of Christian Ethics (Saint Louis: 2015) Calvin on Creation s Moral Order. Reformed Theology and History Group at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion (San Diego: 2014) Morality as Accountability and the Role of a Grand Obligator. Response to Jonathan Marks and panel discussion of The Origin of Religion at the conference on Invisible Aspects of Human Evolution (Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study: 2014). The Loss of Normativity in the Empirical Study of Human Nature. Conference on Human Nature(s): Moving Us Forward (University of Notre Dame: 2014) The Possible Compatibility of Divine Command Theory and Natural Law Theory. Annual meeting of The Society of Christian Ethics (Chicago: 2013) Theological Voluntarism and the Natural Law: The Integrated Moral Theories of John Duns Scotus, John Calvin, and Samuel Pufendorf. Moral Theology Colloquium (University of Notre Dame: 2013) Teaching for a Change. Foundations of Theology Instructors Meeting (University of Notre Dame: 2013) Fundamental Moral Theology in a Protestant Key. Department of Theology (University of Notre Dame: 2012) Moral Theology and the Biologicization of Morality. Religious Ethics Colloquium (Yale University: 2011) The Metaethical Context for Evaluating Stephen Evans s Harmonization of Divine- Command and Human-Nature Theories. Joint session of the Ethics Section and the Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Group at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion (Atlanta: 2010) An Appraisal of Lesslie Newbigin s Missional Appropriation of Michael Polanyi s Epistemology. Annual meeting of the Michael Polanyi Society (Atlanta: 2010) Resources for Addressing the Challenges of Teaching Faith and Globalization. Conference for Tony Blair Faith Foundation University Partners (Yale University: 2009) Religious Pluralism, Publicity, and Politics. Religion and Media Workshop at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion (Montreal: 2009) Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Faith and Globalization. Teaching Religion Section at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion (Montreal: 2009) Finding Room for a Grand Obligator in Stephen Darwall s Second-Person Standpoint. Philosophy of Religion Colloquium (Yale University: 2009) Christian Engagements with Evolutionary Accounts of Morality. Philosophy of Religion Section at the annual meeting of The American Academy of Religion (Chicago: 2008) A Critique of the Connected Criticism of George Orwell. Response to Ronald Thiemann. Religion and Politics Colloquium (Yale University: 2008) The Recent Rise, Division, and Convergence of Natural Law and Divine Command Approaches to Moral Philosophy. Philosophy of Religion Colloquium (Yale University: 2008) The Importance of Theological Particularity in Commending or Contesting the Problem of Evil. Philosophy of Religion Colloquium (Yale University: 2007) The Trojan Horse of Religion: A Critique of John Finnis s Purely Philosophical Natural Law System. Religious Ethics Colloquium (Yale University: 2007) current as of April of 5

3 COURSES TAUGHT AND FORTHCOMING: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Historical and Contemporary Comparisons of Natural Law and Divine Command Theories (THEO 83652) Spring 2014 God, Science, and Morality (THEO 40628/60640 & STV 40328) Fall 2013 History of Moral Theology II: (THEO 6xxxx/8xxxx) Spring 2015 The Possibilities for an Ecumenical Ethics (THEO 40635/60644) Fall 2014 Foundations of Theology University Seminar (THEO 13183) Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT University of Notre Dame. Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning (2013- ) Association for Theological Schools. Roundtable Seminar for Newly Appointed Faculty (2013) Yale University. Yale Teaching Center ( ) Princeton University. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning (2003-6) UNIVERSITY SERVICE: UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Moral Theology Area of the Department of Theology presenter at (2013) and participant in (2013- ) Moral Theology Colloquium host of (2014) and participant in (2013- ) Vocational Discernment Group Collegiate Committee of the Department of Theology member (2013- ) participant in Foundations of Theology instructors group (2013- ) Ph.D. Committee of the Department of Theology interviewer of doctoral student applicants in Moral Theology (2013- ) respondent to practice job talk by Paul Scherz (2014) interviewer for practice job interviews with Marco Emerson Hernandez (2013), James DeFrancis (2013), and Angela Carpenter (2014) supervisor of graduate assistant Sean Myers (2013) Master of Theology Studies Committee of the Department of Theology final examiner for Craig Iffland (2013) and Elizabeth Lawton (2014) Human Nature(s) Working Group participant ( ) Institute for Advanced Study respondent to colloquium presentations by Bharat Ranganathan (2013) and Robert Audi (2013) Digital Humanities Working Group participant (2013) UNIVERSITY SERVICE: YALE UNIVERSITY Religious Ethics Colloquium organizer ( ) and participant ( ) Philosophy of Religion Colloquium organizer (2007-9) and participant ( ) current as of April of 5

4 Religion and Politics Colloquium respondent (2008) and participant ( ) Teaching Forum co-organizer (2009) and participant ( ) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE American Academy of Religion presenter at (2008, 2009, 2010, 2014) and participant in (2004- ) annual meetings Society of Christian Ethics presenter at (2013, 2015) and participant in (2010- ) annual meetings co-convener of Moral Theory Interest Group session on Comparative Religious Ethics and Natural Law (2014) organizer of Notre Dame alumni reunion (2014) Society of Christian Philosophers member of Planning Committee for sessions at the American Academy of Religion (2014- ) University of Chicago/University of Notre Dame Graduate Student Conference panel chair for session on Eschatological Responsibility (Chicago: 2014) Why Is There Anything?: Cosmos, Logos, and the Why of the Universe Conference (Yale Divinity School and Departments of Astronomy and Philosophy) member of Planning Committee ( ) and participant (2011) Northeast Ethics Colloquium co-organizer of ( ) and participant in ( ) annual meetings Michael Polanyi Society organizer of (2010) and participant in ( ) annual meetings Faith and Globalization Initiative University Partners Conference (Yale University) co-organizer (2009) ECCLESIAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (Holston Presbytery: ; Wabash Valley Presbytery: ) Minister of Word and Sacrament/Teacher Elder (2012- ) and member (1992- ) Sunnyside Presbyterian Church (South Bend, IN) instructor for adult education and participant (2014- ) St. John s Episcopal Church (New Haven, CT) member of Vestry ( ) and participant ( ) First Presbyterian Church (Greenwich, CT) instructor for adult education and participant ( ) Nassau Presbyterian Church (Princeton, NJ) teaching intern for adult education (2004-5) and participant (2003-6) Mountain Home Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Johnson City, TN) chaplain intern for Clinical Pastoral Education (2004) Every Student s Club (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina) director of campus ministry (2001-3) Church of Koševo Hill (Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina: ) pulpit supply and participant North Avenue Presbyterian Church (Atlanta, GA) instructor for adult education (2000-1) and homeless ministry volunteer ( ) current as of April of 5

5 MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1994- ) American Academy of Religion (2004- ) Michael Polanyi Society ( ) Society of Christian Ethics (2010- ) Society of Christian Philosophers (2014- ) REFERENCES Jennifer Herdt, Stark Professor of Christian Ethics and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. Yale Divinity School ( or jennifer.herdt@yale.edu) Gerald McKenny, Walter Professor of Theology. University of Notre Dame ( or gerald.p.mckenny.4@nd.edu) John Hare, Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology. Yale Divinity School ( or john.hare@yale.edu) Stephen Darwall, Orrick Professor of Philosophy. Yale University ( or stephen.darwall@yale.edu) William Rando, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Associate Dean of the College. University of Chicago ( or williamrando@uchicago.edu) current as of April of 5