Faculty publications from the Department of Theological Studies at LMU can be found here.

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Works from 2016

L’India, tra sviluppo e attenzione per la Terra, Christopher Key Chapple

Prasenjit Duara. The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future. In Journal of Religion. University of Chicago Press, 2016. Vol. 96, No. 2, pp. 272-273., Christopher Key Chapple

Religion and Nonviolence, Christopher Key Chapple

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Blaming the Stranger: Parishes Must Resist the Myth of the Latino Threat, Brett C. Hoover

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Emerging Adults’ Religiousness and Spirituality: Meaning-Making in an Age of Transition, Brett C. Hoover

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Help My Unbelief, Brett C. Hoover

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How Islam became 'American', Amir Hussain

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Longing and Gender: A Response to Holly Hillgardner and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier, Amir Hussain

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Muslims and the Making of America, Amir Hussain

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Professor Joseph T. O’Connell: A Remembrance, Amir Hussain

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The Future of Islam and Jesuit Universities, Amir Hussain

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Book Review of E. Christian Brugger, Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition, second edition, Matthew R. Petrusek

Book Review: University Ethics: How Colleges Can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics. By James F. Keenan, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Human Capacities and the Problem of Universally Equal Dignity: Two Philosophical Test Cases and a Theistic Response, Matthew R. Petrusek

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The Image of God and Moral Action: Challenging the Practicality of the Imago Dei, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Systematic Theology: A Roman Catholic Approach, Thomas P. Rausch

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Go Into the Streets: the Welcoming Church of Pope Francis, Thomas P. Rausch and Richard R. Gaillardetz

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Comparative Theology at the Intersections of (Multi)Racial and (Multi)Religious Identities, Tracy Tiemeier

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Women’s Virtue, Church Leadership, and the Problem of Gender Complementarity, Tracy Tiemeier

Works from 2015

Andre Padoux. Tantric Mantras: Studies on Mantrasastra. In International Journal of Hindu Studies. Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 505-506. Discovered in 2015., Christopher Key Chapple

“Asian Religions and Ecology” and “Religion and Ecology: Jesuit Contributions.”, Christopher Key Chapple

Ecology in the Mahābhārata and the Bhagavad Gītā, Christopher Key Chapple

Foreword, Christopher Key Chapple

Hinduism, Jainism, and Ecology, Christopher Key Chapple

Interreligiueuze evaring, Christopher Key Chapple

“Introduction," “Ethics and Psychology of the Yogavāsiṣṭha in the Upaśana Prakaraṇa,” “Liberation into Nature: Vasiṣṭha’s Embrace of the Great Elements”, Christopher Key Chapple

Mahābhūta Dhāraṇās in Śubhacandra’s Jñānārṇava and the Practice of Kasiṇas in Buddhaghosa’s Viśuddhimagga, Christopher Key Chapple

Pradip Bhattacharya and Shekhar Kumar Sen, editors and translators. The Jaiminīya Mahābhārata Mairāvaṇacaritam and Sahasramukharāraṇacaritam. A Critical Edition with English Translation from the Grantha Script. Vols. I and II. New Delhi: National Mission for Manuscripts and New Bharatiya Book Corporation, 2017; Alf Hiltebeitel. Freud’s Mahābhārata. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018; Meena Arora Nayak. Evil in the Mahabharata. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2018; Carole Satyamurti. Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company. 2015. International Journal of Hindu Studies., Christopher Key Chapple

Spirituality Today, Christopher Key Chapple

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Survey of Catholic Social Teaching, James L. Fredericks

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Watered Down or Dried Up?, Brett C. Hoover

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Editor’s Note: Adiós, Amir Hussain

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Muslim Traditions, Amir Hussain

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Muslim Traditions, Amir Hussain

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(Re)presenting: Muslims on North American Television, Amir Hussain

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A Concise Introduction to World Religions, Amir Hussain, Willard G. Oxtoby, Roy C. Amore, and Alan F. Segal

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Squaring the City: Between Roman and Rabbinic Urban Geometry, Gil P. Klein

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The Relevance of Karl Rahner’s View of Human Dignity for the Catholic Social Thought Tradition, Matthew R. Petrusek

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Faith, Hope, and Charity: Benedict XVI on the Theological Virtues, Thomas P. Rausch

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Theology’s New Turn: A Survey of Contemporary Movements, Thomas P. Rausch

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Micah: A Commentary, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Thinking on Islands, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Toddlers and Teas: Parenting in a Multireligious World, Tracy Tiemeier

Works from 2014

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About Religion, Roy C. Amore and Amir Hussain

Asian Systems of Knowledge, Christopher Key Chapple

Bioethics in Jainism, Christopher Key Chapple

"Editor. Antonio T. deNicolás: Poet of Eternal Return. Los Angeles: Nalanda International and Ahmedabad: Sriyogi Publications, 2014.", Christopher Key Chapple

Hinduism: Many Paths, Many Births, Christopher Key Chapple

Jainism: The Good Life and the Transcendence of Death, Christopher Key Chapple

Life All Around: Soul in Jainism, Christopher Key Chapple

Nonhuman Animals and the Question of Rights from an Asian Perspective, Christopher Key Chapple

Pankaj Jain. Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability. In International Journal of Dharma Studies. 2014. 2:3,, Christopher Key Chapple

ree Will and Voluntarism in Jainism, Christopher Key Chapple

Thomas Berry on Yoga, Buddhism, and Carl Jung, Christopher Key Chapple

“Will: An Exercise in Comparative Theology.” “Guru-Centered Education: Gurāṇi Añjali”, Christopher Key Chapple

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American Innocence: Niebuhr and the Ironies of History, An Exchange, James L. Fredericks

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Confucianism, Catholic Social Teachings, and Human Rights, James L. Fredericks

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Francis's Interreligious Friendships: Soccer and Lunch, Followed by Dialogue, James L. Fredericks

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Best Practices for Multicultural Communities: Great Parishes Shared by Several Ethnicities Discover Ways to Give Each Group What It Needs While Also Forging Unity, Brett C. Hoover

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Best Practices for Shared Parishes, Brett C. Hoover

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Blood and Ink: Ignacio Ellacuría, Jon Sobrino, and the Jesuit Martyrs of the University of Central America, Brett C. Hoover

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Faith from Nowhere: Feminist Ecclesiological Reflections on the ‘Liquid Catholicism’ of New Media, Brett C. Hoover

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Lost and Found: Immigrant Conversion Stories, the New Evangelization, and Parish Life, Brett C. Hoover

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Review of Memory and Honor: Cultural and Generational Ministry with Korean American Communities, Brett C. Hoover

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Review of The Faith of Girls: Children’s Spirituality and Transition to Adulthood, Brett C. Hoover

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The Shared Parish: Latinos, Anglos, and the Future of U.S. Catholicism, Brett C. Hoover

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Editor’s Note: "God bless Elijah / With the feather in his hand", Amir Hussain

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Toward a Muslim Theology of Migration, Amir Hussain

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Current Issues, Amir Hussain and Roy C. Amore

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In Memoriam: Jean Bethke Elshtain (1941–2013), Matthew R. Petrusek

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Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker, Thomas P. Rausch

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This is our Faith: An Introduction to Catholicism, Thomas P. Rausch

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A Postcolonial Reading of Apocalyptic Literature: On Mixing Monsters, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Reading the Christian Old Testament in the Contemporary World, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Singing Lamentations and Reading the Blues, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

Works from 2013

Asian Religions in the United States, Christopher Key Chapple

C. MacKenzie Brown. Hindu Perspectives on Evolution: Darwin, Dharma, and Design. In Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies. Volume 26, 2013., Christopher Key Chapple

Elephants in Religious Consciousness, Christopher Key Chapple

Ethics of Synthetic Life: A Jaina Perspective, Christopher Key Chapple

Foreword, Christopher Key Chapple

Introduction, Christopher Key Chapple

Jain Yoga: Nonviolence for Karmic Purification, Christopher Key Chapple

Reading the Fourth Pāda of the Yoga Sūtra, Christopher Key Chapple

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The Eternal Present: Slow Knowledge and the Renewal of Time, Douglas E. Christie

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The Joy of Feeling Close to God: The Practice of Prayer and the Work of Accompaniment, Douglas E. Christie

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Betrayal of Mission: Union Busting on Catholic Campuses, Anna Harrison

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‘Jesus Wept’: Mourning as Imitation of Christ in Bernard’s Sermon Twenty-Six on the Song of Songs, Anna Harrison

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The Nuns of Helfta, Anna Harrison

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Christian Hospitality and Muslims, Amir Hussain

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Naming God, Amir Hussain

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Religious Diversity and Public Education: The Example of American Muslims, Amir Hussain

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Book Review of Franklin I. Gamwell, Existence and the Good: Metaphysical Necessity in Morals and Politics, Matthew R. Petrusek

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A Humble, Bold Scholar, Thomas P. Rausch

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Termi di Benedetto XVI per Il Prossimo Futuro, Thomas P. Rausch

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A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theology and Trinitarian Theology and Hainsworth and Public Theology for a Global Society: Essays in Honor of Max L. Stackhouse, Jonathan Rothchild

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Childhood without Life, Life without Childhood: Theological and Legal Critiques of Current Juvenile Justice Policies, Jonathan Rothchild

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Daniel and Diaspora, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Immigrants and Foreigners in the Bible, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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The River Jordan in Early African American Spirituals, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

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Asian Participation in Interreligious Dialogue, Tracy Tiemeier