Daniel A. Rober, Ph.D. Sacred Heart University Department of Catholic Studies 5151 Park Avenue HC221L Fairfield, CT 06825 516-318-6765 (m) roberd@sacredheart.edu Employment Fall 2016-Present Lecturer, Sacred Heart University Department of Catholic Studies Spring 2015 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sacred Heart University Department of Catholic Studies 2014-2015 Adjunct Assistant Professor, St. John s University Department of Theology and Religious Studies 2013-2016 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fordham University Department of Theology and Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education 2013-2014 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Manhattan College Department of Religious Studies Education Ph.D. 2013 Fordham University (Systematic Theology) Dissertation: Recognizing the Gift: Towards a Renewed Theology of Nature and Grace Director: Bradford Hinze Readers: Jeannine Hill Fletcher and Aristotle Papanikolaou M.Phil. 2009 Fordham University (Systematic Theology) M.A. 2007 University of Chicago Divinity School (Theology) B.A. 2005 University of Notre Dame (Program of Liberal Studies and Theology) Books Recognizing the Gift: Toward a Renewed Theology of Nature and Grace (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016) Articles Under Review Grace and the Secular: Reading Charles Taylor through Henri de Lubac. Under consideration by Philosophy and Theology. Scholarly Articles and Reviews Review of Catholicism by Gerald O Collins, SJ and Mario Farrugia, SJ. Horizons 43 (1), June 2016. Review of Between Apocalypse and Eschaton: History and Eternity in Henri de Lubac by Joseph Flipper. Journal of Jesuit Studies 3(3), June 2016. Engaging the Neo-Thomist Revival: Considerations and Consequence for Theology and the Church. Horizons 42 (2), December 2015.
Shorter Notice for Dust Bound for Heaven by Reinhard Hütter, Theological Studies 75 (1), March 2014. Ricoeur, Metz, and the Future of Dangerous Memory. Literature and Theology 27 (2), June 2013. Review of Sophia: The Hidden Christ of Thomas Merton by Christopher Pramuk, Commonweal, October 7, 2011. Review of A Christian View of Islam by Thomas Michel, S.J., catholicbooksreview.org, February 2011. Review of Making Sense of Evolution by John Haught, catholicbooksreview.org, June 2010. Review of Whose Community? Which Interpretation? by Merold Westphal, catholicbooksreview.org, November 2009. Review of The Rule of Saint Benedict by Thomas Merton, catholicbooksreview.org, August 2009. Papers Given Christianity after the Eclipse of Grace : John Henry Newman and Charles Taylor s Secular Age - To be given at the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2017 Catholic Studies in a Secularizing Culture - To be given at the Sacred Heart University College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Conference, February 2017 World Christianity, Secularization, and Reverse Mission: Saving Europe and North America from Themselves? - To be given at the annual convention of the American Academy of Religion, November 2016 Islam and the Liturgies of the American Civil Religion: Examining the Failures and Successes of Cultural Inclusiveness Since 9/11 - Given at the annual meeting of the College Theology Society, June 3, 2016 Embodiedness in History: Emmanuel Falque s Historical Method in Dialogue - Given at The Challenge of God: Continental Philosophy and Catholic Heritage Conference, April 2016 David Tracy s Three Publics Amidst Neo-Liberalism and the Nones : How Is Public Theology Possible in Today s Secular Context? - Given at the Center for Advanced Research in Catholic Thought Conference, The Impossibility of God, March 19, 2016
Is Thomas Merton a Saint? Does it Matter? Mysticism, Postmodernity, and the Limits of Sanctity November 21, 2015 Immanentizing or Ignoring the Eschaton? An Apocalyptic Approach to the PRRI Climate Change Survey - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, May 29, 2015 Henri de Lubac s Influence on Marion: Human Nature and the Experience of Grace - Given at the Centre for Advanced Research in European Philosophy Conference, Breached Horizons: The Work of Jean-Luc Marion, March 28, 2015 The Symbolism of Shame: A Ricoeurian Reading of Eleonore Stump s Wandering in Darkness November 22, 2014 Georges Rouault s Le Christ et Mammon in the San Diego Museum of Art: The Aesthetics of Social and Economic Justice November 24, 2014 Identity and Reform: Reappropriating Congar s Conditions for Authentic Reform in Today s Ecclesial Context - Given at the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 6, 2014 Poulenc s Dialogues des Carmelites and Women s Consecrated Life: A Critical Analysis and Evaluation - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, May 31, 2014 Messiaen s Saint Francois d Assise in Conversation with Theological Aesthetics November 2013 Encountering the Real: Raimon Panikkar s Insights for Theological Educators - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, May 31, 2013 Ressourcement or Aggiornamento? Reform or Rupture? How The Council's Theological Context Sheds Light on Its Interpretation November 19, 2012 Rediscovering Sacramentality in a (Post) Secular Age - Given at the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 9, 2012 Grace After Nature? Translating Grace for Postmodernity with Kathryn Tanner - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, June 1, 2012 Ricoeur, Metz, and the Future of Dangerous Memory November 19, 2011
The Park-51 Controversy: Aberration or Portent? - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, June 3, 2011 Nature, Grace, and the Body Politic - Given at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 18, 2011 Ricoeur, the Recognition of the Gift, and the Experience of Grace October 31, 2010 Ramadan and Ratzinger: An Unlikely Alliance? - Given at the annual convention of the College Theology Society, June 4, 2010 Nature, Grace, and Catholic Guilt : Overcoming the Jansenist Legacy - Given at the Mid-Atlantic regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, March 11, 2010 Ecumenism and Theological Method: A Catholic Proposal - Given at the Boston Theological Institute Graduate Student Conference on New Challenges in Faith and Order, April 4, 2009 The Theological Legacy of John Henry Newman with Specific Reference to the Grammar of Assent - Given for the University of Chicago Theology Club, Spring 2006 Courses Taught American Religious Texts Fordham University - Three Sections - One Summer Session Death as a Fact of Life Manhattan College Faith and Critical Reason Fordham University - Eight Sections - Two Summer Sessions Faith and Reason in Theology St. John s University (New York) Human Journey Seminar I Sacred Heart University - Four Sections (Fall 2016) Human Journey Seminar II: Journey to the World Sacred Heart University - Two Sections Introduction to the Bible St. John s University (New York) The Nature and Experience of Religion Manhattan College New Testament Fordham University Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic Approach St. John s University (New York) - Five Sections Including One Honors Section Theology of the Human Person Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education
Professional Enrichment Sacred Heart University Human Journey Seminar Faculty Workshop, January 2016 Graduate Fellow at Collegium Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life, June 2012 Participant in Fordham University Jesuit Pedagogy Seminar, Spring 2011 Participant in Eloquentia Perfecta Seminars sponsored by Center for Teaching Excellence, Fordham University, Fall 2010 Professional Service Freshman Advising, Sacred Heart University College of Arts and Sciences (2016-) Sacred Heart University NEH Grant Proposal Committee, Freedom, Justice, and the Common Good (2016) Peer Reviewer for Irish Theological Quarterly (2016) Peer Reviewer for College Theology Society Annual Volume (2016) College Theology Society, Administrative Team, Philosophy of Religion (2015-) Peer Reviewer for Journal of the History of Ideas (2015) Catholic Theological Society of America Administrative Team, Fundamental Theology and Method (2014-) Collegium Graduate Fellows Advisory Council (2014-) College Theology Society Program Task Force (2013-15) Fordham University Theological Graduate Student Association - Co-Chair, Colloquium on Teaching World Religions for Theology (2011-12) - Social Chair (2009-11) Professional Associations American Academy of Religion - Member 2009-Present Catholic Conversation Project - Member 2015-Present Catholic Theological Society of America - Full Professional Member 2014-Present - Associate Member 2010-14 College Theology Society - Member 2009-Present
Awards and Honors American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting Travel Grant 2015 Catholic Theological Society of America Convention Scholarship 2014 Fordham University Research Fellowship 2012-13 Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant 2012 Graduate Fellowship, Collegium Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life 2012 Catholic Theological Society of America Convention Scholarship 2012 Fordham University Teaching Fellowship 2009-12 Fordham University Graduate Assistantship 2007-09