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.
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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.
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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.
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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 and Virtue.” Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. Oct 2019.
“The Vice of Sloth.” Forester Lecture. Huntington University, Huntington, IN. Mar. 2019.
“What Are You Guarding?: Reflections on the Vice of Wrath.” The Colossian Forum conference, “Moving from Fear to Hope,” Holland MI. Sept. 2019.
Woolman Lectures. Malone University. Mar. 2018.
“Glittering Vices: The Seven Deadly Sins and Why They Matter,” and “The Vice of Vainglory: its Roots and Remedies.” Invited lectures. Fresno Pacific University. Fresno, CA. Mar. 23-25, 2017. https://www.fresno.edu/event/18936/philosophy-lecture-series-vice-vainglory-humility- mar-22-23
“Introduction to the Seven Deadly Sins.” WIC Lectures. Covenant College. Lookout Mountain, GA. Feb. 15-17, 2017.
“How to Share your Virtue without Showing Off.” Invited workshop leader. Calvin Symposium on Christian Worship. Calvin College. Grand Rapids, MI. January 27-28, 2017.
“Glittering Vices” and “Vainglory.” Invited lecture. Stonybrook School. Long Island, NY. Jan. 2017.
“What Good is Glory?” Philosophy department lecture. Whitworth University. Mar. 15, 2016.
“Teaching the Vices.” Faculty seminar. Trinity Western University. Jan. 18, 2016. Vancouver, B.C.
“The False Promises of Sin: False Rest, False Power, and the False Self.” Staley Series lectures. Wheaton College. Nov. 4-6, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2RURCKxGGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMq7e7VRSkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4daLZzpHPQo
“The Vice of Vainglory.” Forester Lecture. Huntington University. Huntington, IN. March 25, 2014.
“When Image is Everything: The Vice of Vainglory.” Woolsey Lecture. Houghton College. Houghton, NY. November 18, 2013.
“Downfall,” “Glittering Vices,” “Vainglory,” and “Envy.” C. S. Lewis Institute and the Society for Faith and Law. Washington D.C. November 7-9, 2013.
Graduate student workshop on the vice of sloth, with Robert Kruschwitz (Baylor University). 2012-13 sabbatical book project and 2010 Calvin College Summer Seminar follow-up. Baylor University. January 17-22, 2013.
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“When Image is Everything: on the Vice of Vainglory.” Inaugural lecture of the Aquinas Society. Baylor University. January 18, 2013.
“The Seven Deadly Sins” and “The Vice of Vainglory.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Grand Valley State University. November 9, 2012.
“The Vice of Sloth and the Spiritual Discipline of Stabilitas.” Invited paper presentation. Society of Christian Psychology. Regent University, VA. October 2012.
“Practicing Hope.” Plenary address. Conference on the theological virtue of hope. Viterbo University, WI. March 2012.
“Groundhog Day as Thomistic Therapy: Aquinas on the Vice of Sloth.” Invited lecture. Department of Humanities. Brenau University. Gainesville, GA. October 2011.
“When Image is Everything: The Vice of Vainglory.” Invited lecture. Institute for Spiritual Formation. Biola University. October 2011.
“Organic Metaphors for Sin: John 15 and the Tree of Vices.” Chapel presentation. Rosemead School of Psychology. Biola University. October 2011.
“The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Biola University. October 2011.
“Preaching and Teaching the Vices.” Workshop. Trinity Christian College. March 2011.
“The Seven Capital Vices and Spiritual Formation.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Wheaton College. February 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbn53xhR59Y
Two-day workshop on the seven deadly sins. Christian Formation in Ministry Department. Wheaton College. February 2011.
“Desert Monks and Medieval Trees: Sources and Developments in the Seven Deadly Sins Tradition.” Pieter Bruegel Lecture Series. Calvin College. November 2010.
“The Vice of Vainglory.” Stob Lectures. Calvin College. November 2010.
“Capital Vices and the Christian Tradition.” Research seminar leader, with Robert Kruschwitz. Calvin Seminars for Christian Scholarship. Calvin College. June-July 2010.
“The Seven Capital Vices and Spiritual Formation.” Public lecture. Calvin Summer Seminars Program. Calvin College. June 23, 2010.
Interviews (seven one-hour episodes) on Glittering Vices. “Open House” radio talk show
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“From Spin to Silence: Aquinas and Cassian on the Vice of Vainglory.” Paper presentation. 45th International Congress of Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2010.
“Prudence Directs: Prudence and The Vice of Despair.” Conference presentation. Viterbo University. La Crosse, WI. April 2010.
“Teaching the Vices.” Invited lecture. The Honors College. Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA. March 2010.
“The Seven Capital Vices and Spiritual Formation.” Calvin Symposium of Christian Worship. January 2010.
“Pedagogical Rhythms: Practices and Reflections on Practice.” Plenary address. Conference on “Teaching, Learning, and Christian Practices,” Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning. Calvin College. October 2009.
“Teaching the Vices.” Fall Faculty Conference address. Azusa Pacific University. September 2009.
“The Roots of Despair.” Paper presentation. Also: Session chair, “Aquinas and the Virtue of Hope, part II.” 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2009.
“Death By Chocolate? Aquinas on the Vice of Gluttony.” Homegrown Lecture Series. Calvin College Philosophy Department. February 2009.
“Love Bears All Things: Aquinas on the Virtue of Courage and the Gift of Fear.” Paper presentation. 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI. May 2008.
“Sloth: Resistance to the Demands of Love.” Invited lecture. Hope College. October 2007.
“Harry Potter and the Virtue of Courage.” Public lecture. Center of Ethics and Culture. University of Notre Dame. September 2007.
“The Vices Tradition.” Summer Workshop Leader. Funded by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship. Also: Paper presentations: “How Was Lunch?: Aquinas on Gluttony,” “Envy Then and Now: A Critique of Gabriele Taylor,” and “Aquinas on Sloth: Three Interpretive Issues.” University of Notre Dame. August 2007.
“Aquinas on Sloth: Three Interpretive Issues.” Paper presentation. Summer Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Cornell University. June 2007.
“Secular Analogues of Spiritual Sloth.” Paper presentation. 42nd International Congress on
8 Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo MI. May 2007.
“Groundhog Day as Thomistic Therapy: Aquinas on the Vice of Sloth.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Wheaton College. March 2007.
“The Vice of Sloth.” Invited lecture. Valparaiso University. March 2006.
“Holy Fear.” Conference presentation. Boston College. February 2006.
“Feeling Bitter When Others Have it Better: Aquinas on the Vice of Envy.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Hope College. October 2004.
Response to “A ‘Monkish Virtue’ Outside the Monastery: On the Social and Civic Value of Humility” by Mary M. Keys. Martin Marty Center Religion and Culture Web Forum. University of Chicago. June 2004.
“Capital Vices or Deadly Sins?” Paper presentation. Cornell Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. Cornell University. May 2004.
“Resistance to the Demands of Love: Thomas Aquinas on the Vice of Sloth.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. Hope College. February 2004.
“Couch Potato or Contempt for God? Aquinas on the Sin of Sloth.” Invited lecture. Department of Philosophy. St. Mary’s College. South Bend, Indiana. October 2003.
“Acedia and the Burdens of Commitment.” Paper presentation. Center for Ethics and Culture. University of Notre Dame. October 2003.
“Acedia and the Burdens of Commitment: Aquinas on the Sin of Sloth.” Paper presentation. Midwestern Conference on Medieval Philosophy. Creighton University. September 2003.
Session chair. Conference on “Creation, Covenant, and Participation: Radical Orthodoxy and the Reformed Tradition.” Calvin College. September 2003.
Conference co-convener and session chair. “Aquinas’s Ethics: Metaphysical Foundations, Moral Theory, and Theological Context,” St. Louis University. Funded by a Council of Christian Colleges and Universities Initiative Grant and St. Louis University. St. Louis University. April 2003.
“The Vice of Acedia and the Virtues of Acknowledged Dependence.” Plenary lecture. Conference on “In the Image of God: Trinity, Community, and Self.” Center for Christian Ethics. Baylor University. March 2003.
“Virtue and Vocation: The Pedagogy and Practice of Virtue in Thomas Aquinas.” Paper presentation. Center for Ethics and Culture Conference on “A Culture of Life.” Funding from a
9 Lilly Faculty Scholars Grant. University of Notre Dame. September 2002.
“Purple Heart or Flaming Pyre? Aquinas’s Transformation of the Virtue of Courage in the Summa theologiae.” Paper presentation. Cornell Colloquium on Medieval Philosophy. May 2002.
“Aquinas’s Virtues of Acknowledged Dependence: A New Measure of Greatness.” Paper presentation. Center for Ethics and Culture. University of Notre Dame. November 2001.
“Power Made Perfect in Weakness: Reflections on Vulnerability and the Virtue of Courage in Aquinas’s Summa theologiae and John Paul II’s Evangelium Vitae.” Paper presentation. Center for Ethics and Culture. University of Notre Dame. October 2000.
Response to Scott MacDonald’s “Negligence and Inattention in Practical Reasoning.” Conference on “The Contemporary Relevance of Medieval Philosophy.” Wheaton College. October 1999.
“Aquinas on affabilitas: On the Possibility and Necessity of Civic Friendship.” Paper presentation. Conference on “Cultivating Citizens: Soulcraft & Citizenship in Contemporary America.” Institute for Faith and Learning. Baylor University. October 1999.
Other Presentations
Calvin Academy of Lifelong Learning. December 2020.
Christian Curious radio interviews with Halee Gray Scott on Glittering Vices. March 2020.
Renovare Senior Leadership retreat. June 2020.
Presentation on Glittering Vices and on the vice of wrath, Martin Institute Retreat. June 2019.
Honors Convocation Address. Calvin College. Apr 2018.
“The Seven Capital Vices and Spiritual Formation.” Four invited talks. Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey, Dubuque, Iowa. Jan. 2018.
“Hope, Humility, and Justice.” Chapel talk. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Nov. 2018.
“The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation.” Catholic Information Center. Grand Rapids, MI. Nov. 2017.
Convocation address. Calvin College Prison Initiative. Handlon Correctional Facility. Ionia, Michigan. Sept. 2017.
10 Roundtable on Glittering Vices. Klesis seminar. Hope College. Holland, MI. Apr. 26, 2017.
“Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation,” and “What Good is Glory?” Chapel talks. Covenant College. Lookout Mountain, GA. Feb 15-16, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwJO_BzhNo
“Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice.” Chapel talk. Stonybrook School. Long Island, NY. Jan. 11, 2017.
“Glittering Vices.” Retreat Leader. All Saints Presbyterian Church. Austin, TX. Nov. 4-6, 2016.
“Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice.” Catholic Information Center. Oct. 2016.
“Education as Formation.” Grandville Calvin Christian School faculty development talk. Aug. 2016.
“Vainglory,” “Sloth,” and “Wrath”; Blog submissions plus an interview for “The Table.” Center for Christian Thought. Biola University. La Mirada, CA. June-July-Aug, 2017.
“Shiny, Happy People: The Vice of Vainglory, the Church, and You.” Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College. June 2016.
“The Vice of Sloth and the Spiritual Discipline of Stabilitas,” “Disordered Loves and Discipleship,” and “Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice.” New Melleray Abbey. Apr. 24-26, 2016.
Pastors Retreat co-leader. Funded by Lilly Foundation and Calvin Theological Seminary Center for Excellence in Preaching. Louisiana State Penitentiary. Angola, LA. May 7-9; Nov. 12-14, 2015; Dec 2-4, 2016; June 15-17, 2017; Feb. 15-17, 2018, June 3-7, 2019.
“What is Glory Good For?” Chapel talk. Cornerstone University. Grand Rapids, MI. Oct. 2015.
“The Vice of Vainglory.” Invited class lecture. Ionia Correctional Facility. Ionia MI. Jan. 2015. “Glittering Vices.” May 10, 2017.
“Philosophy for 6th graders.” Invited class lectures. Grandville Calvin Christian Middle School. Grandville MI. January 2015-2020.
“Discipleship and Disordered Loves.” Invited lecture. Grand Rapids Christian High Philosophy Club. Grand Rapids MI. Jan. 27, 2015.
“Glittering Vices” and “Vainglory.” Invited class lectures. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Nov. 2014; Apr. 2015, Dec. 2015, Apr. 2016, Nov. 2017, Apr. 2018.
“Glittering Vices” and “Vainglory.” Invited lectures. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Aquinas College. Grand Rapids MI. Oct. 3, 2014.
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“Growing in Grace.” Chapel talk. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Feb. 26, 2014.
“Glittering Vices.” Invited class lecture. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. Feb. 26, 2014; Dec 2, 2015; Apr 20, 2016; Nov. 30, 2016.
“Glittering Vices: The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation.” New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary lecture. Louisiana State Penitentiary. Angola, LA. Jan. 2014.
“You Shall Not Murder.” Chapel talk. Calvin College. Grand Rapids, MI. Oct. 21, 2013. http://new.livestream.com/calvin-college/events/2445166
“Resistance to the Demands of Love.” 2013. Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics 49. http://www.baylor.edu/christianethics/index.php?id=99872
Interview on Glittering Vices on Inner Compass, season 13, Calvin College, Sept. 2012. http://vimeo.com/51068535#at=0
Interview on Glittering Vices, with Rev. Bill Campbell at The Vital Connection. Oct. 8, 2012. http://thevitalconnection.org/audio/GlitteringVices-10-8-12.mp3
“The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation,” and “The Vice of Vainglory: When Image is Everything.” L’Abri Fellowship. Huemoz, Switzerland, Jan. 2012.
“The Seven Deadly Sins and Spiritual Formation,” “The Vice of Vainglory: When Image is Everything” (talks), and a radio interview on Glittering Vices. The American Church in Paris, Paris, France. Jan. 2012.
“Introducing the Seven Capital Vices,” and “Vainglory.” Adult education talks: Central Reformed Church (Grand Rapids, MI) and Ferrysburg Community Church (Spring Lake, MI), Feb. 2009, May 2017; First CRC (Muskegon, MI); Grace Brethren (Los Angeles, CA) and Fifth Reformed (Grand Rapids, MI), Feb-March 2010; Neland Ave. CRC (Grand Rapids, MI), Jan 2011 and Sept 2016; Woodlawn CRC (Grand Rapids, MI) May 2013; Ivanrest CRC (Grandville, MI), Dec. 2011, LaGrave CRC (Grand Rapids MI), Nov. 2012, Woodlawn CRC (Grand Rapids, MI), May 2013, Ridgewood CRC (Jenison MI), Jan 2015; Caledonia CRC, Jan. 2017.
“A Gendered View of Courage” and “Habituation: Law and Virtue.” Guest class lectures. Brenau University. Gainesville, GA. Oct. 2011.
“The Vice of Vainglory.” Model class. Calvin College Passport program. Aug. 2010.
“Always Conforming,” and “The Disciplined Disciple,” Chapel talks. Calvin College. Nov. 2009 and Feb. 2010.
Interview on Glittering Vices. Amplify with Fr. Ron Lengwin (KDKA). Aired Aug. 2, 2009.
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Interview on Glittering Vices. Christianity Today. Sept. 2009.
Interview on Glittering Vices. Prime Time America. Aired July 8-9, 2009.
Overcoming Sin, Disciples, Year 2 series. 2008. Grand Rapids, MI: Faith Alive Christian Resources. Republication by the Catholic Truth Society, London, UK pending.
The Seven Deadly Sins: A Survival Guide. 2007. Grand Rapids, MI: Faith Alive Christian Resources. (A student collaboration.)
Instructor. 8-week class on the seven deadly sins. Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning. Calvin College. Mar.-Apr. 2007.
“Shattered Glass and the Vice of Vainglory.” Developing a Christian Mind post-film discussion leader, Calvin College. Jan. 2007.
“God’s Surprising Command: Do Not Be Afraid.” Chapel talk. Unity Christian High School. Hudsonville, MI. January 2007.
“The Vice of Sloth: Some Historical Reflections on Laziness, Effort, and Resistance to the Demands of Love.” 2007. The Other Journal 10.
“10 Things I Wish I Knew…” Student Life Sexuality Series Lecture. Calvin College. Nov. 2005 and 2006.
“Vices and Virtues: Pedagogy and Practice.” Panelist. Fall Faculty Conference. Calvin College. Sept. 2006.
“Love of Self and the Vice of Sloth.” Presentation to the Student Life Division. Calvin College. Apr. 2006.
“When Less is More: The Spiritual Discipline of Fasting.” Grey Matter Series. Calvin College. Mar. 2006.
“Power Made Perfect in Weakness.” 2005. Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics 14.
“Resistance to the Demands of Love.” 2005. Spark 51:1.
“Called to Teach; Teaching as Calling.” Panelist. Fall Faculty Conference,.Calvin College. Sept. 2005.
“The Seven Capital Vices: A Historical Introduction.” Church education talk. Church of the Servant, Grand Rapids, MI. March 2004.
13 “Resistance to the Demands of Love.” Colloquium paper. Aquinas reading and working group. University of Notre Dame. February 2004.
“Test your Virtue IQ.” Transitions Orientation Program. Calvin College. January 2003.
“Report to Synod on Beginning of Life Issues: Questions or Answers?” Interim class on Biotechnology and Ethics (Dr. David Koetje). Guest class lecture. Calvin College. January 2003.
“Courage, Weakness, and September 11.” 2002. Perspectives 17:6.
“From a Logical Point of View”: Response to James Rachels. 2002. Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture 5:1.
“Seven Deadly Sins: A Course in Practical Instruction.” Student project presentations in the Calvin College Residence Halls, November 2002; “Virtue and Vocation” Church Education / Service-learning presentations at Ridgewood CRC, May 2004. Funded by Lilly Faculty Scholars grant.
“Called to Greatness: The Virtue of Magnanimity.” Chapel talk. Calvin College. Feb. 2002.
“Vulnerability and the Virtue of Courage.” Chapel talk. Calvin College. Sept. 2001.
Adult education class leader, youth group retreat leader & curriculum writer, high school church education curriculum writer & teacher: St. Joseph Christian Reformed Church, Georgetown Christian Reformed Church, and Ridgewood Christian Reformed Church. 1994-present.
Teaching and Research Experience
Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College, 2010-present. Courses: Senior Seminar: The Seven Capital Vices (fall 2006), Virtue and Vice (fall 2013) Aquinas Seminar Advanced Ethical Theory Plato & Aristotle Seminar Ethics History of Ancient & Medieval Philosophy Fundamental Questions in Philosophy (regular and honors sections)
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College, 2005-2009
Instructor, Calvin Theological Seminary, fall quarter 2008 The Seven Capital Vices in Contemporary Culture and the Christian Tradition
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College, 1998-2005
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Teaching Assistant, Dr. Nicholas Wolterstorff, Pew Younger Scholars Program, summer 1996, University of Notre Dame
Research Assistant, Dr. Paul Weithman, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1995-6. Bibliographical and copy-editing work on Religion and Contemporary Liberalism. 1997. University of Notre Dame Press.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, 1994-7 Philosophy and Fantasy (K. Sayre), Introduction to Philosophy (T. V. Morris, M. Loux ), Morality and Modernity (W. D. Solomon), Medical Ethics (W. D. Solomon)
Administrative Experience
2018-2020 Faculty Development Committee, Calvin University 2010-2020 Philosophy Department Strategic Plan Committee Chair, Calvin College 2011-2012 Chair, Philosophy Department 10-Year Plan and External Review Committee, Calvin College 2007-2010 Philosophy Department Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee, Calvin College 2006-2009 Society of Christian Philosophers Executive Committee 2005-2007 Philosophy Department Planning and Priorities Committee; Philosophy Department ombudsperson, Calvin College 2004-2018 American Association of University Women liaison, Calvin College 1998-2005 Philosophy Department Library and Scholarship Committee, Calvin College 2005-2006 Student Discipline Committee, Calvin College 2001-2005 Institutional Review Board, Calvin College 2000-2001 Appellate Board of Student Discipline Committee, Calvin College 1999-2003 Faculty Mentor for Symposium, the student-led philosophy club, Calvin College 1999-2003 Study Committee, Synod of the CRC: Beginning of Life Issues
Professional Memberships
Society of Christian Philosophers American Philosophical Association
Professional References
Dr. Ruth Groenhout, Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Ethics, University of North Carolina- Charlotte.
Dr. Christian B. Miller, A. C. Reid Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
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Dr. R. E. Houser, Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas (Houston)
Dr. William C. Mattison III, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Del Ratzsch, Department of Philosophy, Emeritus, Calvin College
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