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Rebecca Konyndyk Deyoung Professor of Philosophy Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung Professor of Philosophy Department of Philosophy Office phone: (616) 526-6418 Calvin College www.calvin.edu/directory/people/rebecca-konyndyk-deyoung 3201 Burton S.E. [email protected] Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546 Areas of Competency Areas of Specialization Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy Aquinas’s Ethics, Seven Deadly Sins Education 2000 Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame (David Solomon, Director) 1995 M.A. in Philosophy, University of Notre Dame 1993 B.A. in Philosophy and Communication Arts & Sciences, Calvin College PUblications Glittering Vices. 2020. (Brazos Press). Revised and updated 2nd edition. http://www.bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/glittering-vices-2nd-edition/227926 “Moral Education in the Classroom: A Lived Experiment.” 2020. Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities: Ethics In Focus (vol. 14) on Alasdair MacIntyre’s “The Irrelevance of Ethics,” ed. Bernard Prusak. “Sloth” from Glittering Vices. 2018. Chapter reprint in All Things Hold Together in Christ: A conversation on Faith, Science, and Virtue. Eds. James K.A. Smith and Michael Gulker. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. “Virtue.” 2017. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 3rd ed. Eds. Daniel J. Treir and Walter A. Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. “The Promise and Pitfalls of Glory: Aquinas on the Vice of Vainglory.” 2015. Aquinas’s De Malo: A Critical Guide. Ed. Michael Dougherty. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. “The Roots of Despair.” 2015. Res Philosophica. 92:4. Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice. 2014. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. “Practicing Hope.” 2014. Res Philosophica. 91:3. 1 The Little Logic Book. 2013. L. Hardy, D. Ratzsch, R. DeYoung, G. Mellema. Grand Rapids, MI: Calvin Press. “Holy Fear.” 2012. American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 86:1. “Sloth: Some Historical Reflections on Laziness, Effort, and Resistance to the Demands of Love.” 2012. Virtues and Their Vices. Eds. Craig Boyd and Kevin Timpe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. “Courage.” 2012. Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life, Eds. Mike Austin and Doug Geivett. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. “Aquinas on the Vice of Sloth: Three Interpretive Issues.” 2011. Thomist 75:1. “Pedagogical Rhythms: Practices and Reflections on Practices.” 2011. Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practice. Eds. David Smith and James K.A. Smith. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context. 2009. Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, Colleen McCluskey, Christian Van Dyke. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press. Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins. 2009. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press. “The Seven Deadly Sins.” 2005. Encyclopedia of Christianity, vol. 4. Ed. Erwin Fahlbusch et al. Brill-Eerdmans. “Resistance to the Demands of Love: Aquinas on Acedia.” 2004. Thomist 68:2. “Aquinas’s Virtues of Acknowledged Dependence: A New Measure of Greatness.” 2004. Faith and Philosophy 21:2. “Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Aquinas’s Transformation of the Virtue of Courage.” 2003. Medieval Philosophy and Theology 11:2. Current Research Projects “What Are You Guarding? Virtuous Anger and Lifelong Practice.” Under review. Chapter on anger in Becoming Good: New Philosophical Essays in Aid of Virtue Formation, ed. S. Cleveland and A. Pelser. Volume under review. Acedia: Making the Case for a Capital Vice. Sabbatical project, spring 2020. 2 Academic Grants & Awards 2020 (winter and spring). Sabbatical: Acedia: Making the Case for a Capital Vice. 2018 (fall). Calvin Research Fellowship: 2 course releases to work on Glittering Vices revision. 2015. “Fundamental Practices for the Formation of Intellectual Humility” with Kevin Timpe (Northwestern Nazarene University) and James Van Slyke (Fresno Pacific University). Funds for research and a summer seminar awarded by the Philosophy and Theology of Intellectual Humility Project, St. Louis University, and funded by the Templeton Foundation. $100,000. The Character Project Book and Essay Prize for “Courage,” in Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life, ed. M. Austin and R. D. Geivett (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2012). The Character Project (Wake Forest University) is funded by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. http://www.thecharacterproject.com/prizes.php C. S. Lewis Book Prize, 2nd place, for Glittering Vices (Brazos 2009). Awarded by the University of St Thomas Philosophy of Religion Project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, for the “best recent book in philosophy of religion or philosophical theology written for a general audience.” http://www.stthomas.edu/philosophy/templeton/awards.html Louisville Institute Sabbatical Researchers Grant: research funding to write books on vainglory and sloth during 2012-13 sabbatical. 2012-13. Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship Grant: sabbatical travel funding. 2010 (spring). Calvin Research Fellowship. 2006-08. Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship Grant: release time to write a scholarly book on the seven deadly sins and convene a workshop on the vices tradition with the Center for Ethics and Culture, University of Notre Dame. 2006 ((July-Aug). National Endowment for the Humanities 5-week summer seminar: “The Seven Deadly Sins as Cultural Constructions in the Middle Ages.” Cambridge, UK. 2005. Calvin Alumni Association Grant, for work on Seven Deadly Sins: A Survival Guide. 2003-05. Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship Grant, to work on Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context, with Christina Van Dyke (Calvin College) and Colleen McCluskey (St. Louis University). 2002. Lilly Faculty Scholars Research Grant (Lilly Vocation Project): “The Practice and Pedagogy of Virtue as Spiritual Formation in Aquinas.” Calvin College. 3 2000-03. Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities Initiative Grant to fund a conference at St. Louis University (April 2003), two summer workshops, and collaborative research: “Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations and Theological Context” with Drs. Christina VanDyke (Calvin College), Colleen McCluskey (St. Louis University) and Eleonore Stump (St. Louis University). 1997. Dissertation Year Fellowship, University of Notre Dame. 1996. Mark of “Excellent”: Oral Competency Exam, Notre Dame. Area: History of Ethics: The Virtue Tradition, Director: Dr. David O’Connor 1995. Mark of “Excellent”: History of Philosophy Comprehensive Exam, Notre Dame. 1994. Mark of “Excellent”: Third Semester Paper, Notre Dame. "Socrates as Intellectual Midwife in Plato's Theaetetus" 1992-93. O. K. Bouwsma Memorial Award, Department of Philosophy, Calvin College. For a senior with outstanding scholarship and plans to pursue philosophy at the graduate school level. 1993. Kay Tiemersma Award, Calvin College. For a senior female athlete who excels in character, scholarship, and athletics. 1991-93. NCAA Academic All-American (Cross Country, Track and Field). 1989-1993. National Merit Scholar. Professional Service: Reviews & Refereeing Book endorsement. Collins, McAnnally-Linz, Rosa, The Joy of Humility. Baylor University Press. 2020. Book endorsement. Sharon Garlough Brown. Remember Me. Inter Varsity Press/formatio. 2019. Book proposal external review. Oxford University Press. 2018. Book review. Nicholas Austin, S.J., Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading. Review of Metaphysics. 2018. Book endorsement. Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline, 40th Anniversary edition. 2018. Book proposal external review. Oxford University Press. 2016, 2018. Book endorsement. Bass, et al., Christian Practical Wisdom. Eerdmans. 2016. Referee. Res Philosophica. 2015-16. External reviewer for Templeton Religious Trust. 2014. External reviewer. Tenure dossier. Creighton University. 2013. 4 Book review. The Psychology of Character and Virtue. 2009. Ed. Craig Steven Titus. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press. Faith and Philosophy, 29:3 (July 2012): 366-8. Book review. The Virtues of our Vices. Emrys Westacott. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2012. First Things 227 (November 2012): 57-8. Referee (twice). The Thomist, 2012. Book review. N. T. Wright, After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters. 2010. San Francisco, CA: Harper One. Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought (June/July 2011). Referee. American Philosophical Quarterly. 2010. Book review. Michael Sherwin, O.P., By Knowledge and By Love: Charity and Knowledge in the Moral Theology of St. Thomas Aquinas (Catholic University of America Press, 2006). Speculum 82:3 (July 2007). Book review. Thomas Osborne, Love of God and Love of Self in 13th Century Ethics (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005). Journal of the History of Philosophy 45:2, pp. 329-330. Referee. Medieval Philosophy and Theology and The Journal of Christian Education and Belief. 2004. Book review. Nicholas Healy, Thomas Aquinas: Theologian of the Christian Life Ashgate 2003). Scottish Journal of Theology 58:2. Book review. Edwin Hui, At the Beginning of Life: Dilemmas in Theological Bioethics (IVP, 2000). Calvin Theological Journal 38:2 (2003). Book review. Robert Pasnau, Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature (Cambridge 2002). Theology Today 59:4 (2003). Professional Presentations & Conferences Keynote address, Evangelical Philosophical Society. Providence, RI. Nov. 2020. Accountability summer seminar. Steve Evans, et al. J.F. Templeton funded grant. June 2020. Grove City College, Grove City, PA. April 2020. [canceled] Trinity Western University, Vancouver, B.C. Jan, 2020 [canceled] 5 “Vocation
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