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MARINUS CHIJIOKE IWUCHUKWU, Ph.D Associate Professor Chair of Theology Department Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15282 MARINUS CHIJIOKE IWUCHUKWU, Ph.D Associate Professor Chair of Theology Department Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Office: (412) 396-1014 [email protected] Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION Ph.D. in Theology and Society (Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA), 2008. Masters in Religious Journalism (Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA), 1998 Post-Graduate Diploma in Education (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria), 1996 Certificate in Mass Communication (Media Service Centre, Kaduna), 1992 Bachelors in Sacred Theology (Urbanian University, Rome), 1990 Diploma in Religious Studies (University of Ibadan), 1986 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Faculty of Theology Department, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. August 2008 to date with fulltime teaching, research, and other university assigned responsibilities. Courses Taught at Duquesne University: - Religion, Media, & Pop Culture (THEO 216). This course examines the interaction of religion, media, and pop culture in contemporary society. - Imaging Sustainability (IHP 203). This is an Honors College Course that is taught in collaboration with faculty of other disciplines. In this course each faculty involved explores the question of sustainability from different academic disciplines. Therefore, I participate in this course with critical evaluation of religion toward a more sustainable ecology and environment. - Global and Cultural Perspectives (UCOR 143). An undergraduate course that examines the intersection of religions and cultures across the globe. - Judaism, Christianity, & Islam (THEO 283). This is an undergraduate course that reviews the origin, development, and spread of the three Abrahamic religions with critical exploration of the challenges and benefits of dialogue and collaboration among their adherents. - Building Bridges: Inclusive Religious Pluralism and Dialogue (IHP 105). This is an undergraduate Honors College course that examines and advocates inclusive religious pluralism. - Building Bridges: Religions in Diaspora (IHP 145). This is a undergraduate Honors College course that examines the impact of diaspora in the growth and influence of the Abrahamic religions. - Religion, Media, and Pop Culture (THEO 216). - Religious Pluralism, Religious Freedom, and Interreligious Dialogue (THEO 697). This is a PhD seminar which explores the history of religious freedom and religious pluralism as well as the origins, challenges, and benefits of interreligious dialogue between Christians and people of other faith traditiosn. - Inclusive Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Dialogue (THEO 696). This is graduate seminar class which explores the theology of inclusive Pluralism of Jacques Dupuis and its values for dialogue in global society. Adjunct Faculty at University of Phoenix Online Program. August 2009 to date. Teaching courses in Fundamentals of Technical Writing and Communication, especially during summer months. Adjunct Faculty at Equal Education Program (EOP) and Journalism Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee. Summer 2004 and 2005 and Spring 2008. I taught a course in Writing Skills to newly admitted college freshmen and an undergraduate course in Media Ethics. Developed a course syllabus for a course in Islam for Theology Department of Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Spring 2006. Trinity Academy, Pewaukee, Wisconsin. Aug. 2003 to Dec. 2005. I taught students in the 9th through 12th grade classes in Church History and study of Old Testament. Northcentral Technical College, Wausau, Wisconsin. Summer of 2003. - In an adjunct position I taught Business Communication. St. Augustine seminary, Jos, Kano campus (Nigeria). 1999 – 2000 session. - In an adjunct position I taught Interpersonal Communication. Federal College of Education, Kano – Nigeria. September 1992 to May 2003. I had a full time position with this teacher training college. My teaching responsibilities included courses in: - Phenomenology of Religion. - Sociology of Religion. - Christian Doctrine - Christian Ethics - Early Church history - The Reformation - The Prophets of Israel 2 2 - Introduction to Religion - Religion and Social Change - History of Israel - Comparative Religion - African Traditional Religion - Independent African Church Movement In addition to teaching, I served as academic adviser to students and directed Research projects of students in the four year degree program as well as a committee member of several college committees. PUBLICATIONS: Books: Muslim-Christian Dialogue in Postcolonial Northern Nigeria: The Challenges of Inclusive Cultural and Religious Pluralism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan publishers, 2013 (ISBN: 978-0-230-34129-6). Marinus C. Iwuchukwu and Brian Stiltner (eds). Can Muslims and Christians Resolve Their Religious and Social Conflicts? Cases from Africa and the United States. Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; and Lampeter, Wales (UK): The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 2013 (ISBN – 13: 978-0-7734-3071-6). Media Ecology and Religious Pluralism: Engaging Walter Ong and Jacques Dupuis Toward Effective Interreligious Dialogue. Köln, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, 2010. (ISBN: 978-3-8383-2037-3) Encyclopedia entry: “Christian-Muslim Conflict in Africa” in War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict. Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy J. Derny (eds). Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC, March 2017. ISBN: 978-1-61069-516-9 or ebook: 978-1-61069-517-6. Book Chapters: “Interreligious Friendship: Symbiosis of Human Relationship Vis-à-vis Religious Differences – A Christian Encounter With Two African Traditional Religionists” in Interreligious Friendship After Nostra Aetate by James L Fredricks and Tracy D.Tiemeier (eds). New York: Palgrave Macmillan publishers, 2015. 3 3 “Navigating Between Religious Exclusivism and Pluralism in Christian and Islamic Sacred Texts: The Case for Inclusive Pluralism,” in Sacred Texts & Human Contexts – A North American Response to A Common Word between Us and You by Nathan R. Kollar & Muhammad Shafiq (eds). Rochester, NY: Hickey Center For Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, Nazareth College, 2014, 316-330 (ISBN: 13: 978-150845407). “Outside de jure Religious Pluralism No Dialogue: A Critical Socio-Theological Assessment of Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Post-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa,” in Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives from Religious Studies and Theology by Peter Phan and Jonathan Ray (eds). Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2014, 223-241 (ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-943-6). “African Theologians in Diaspora: Drawing on the Theology of Inclusive Religious Pluralism to Construct An African Value Oriented Interreligious Dialogue” in Theological Reimagination: Conversations on Church, Religion, and Society. Edited by Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, Kenya, Nairobi: Paulines Publishers Africa, 2014, 169 - 179. “A Critique of the Historical Development of Catholic Dialogue with Jews and Muslims: The Challenges and Benefits of Post-Modern Religious Pluralism,” in The Shaping of Tradition: Context and Normativity by Colby Dickson in collaboration with Lieven Boeve and Terrence Merrigan. Leuven – Paris - Walpole, MA: Peeters Press, 2013, 315- 329 (ISBN: 9789042929364). “Dialogue Along Mystics’ Spirituality: Models of Effective Interreligious Dialogue in Religious Pluralistic Societies” in Mystic Musings in Religions, Kurian Kachappilly (ed). New Delhi, India: Christian World Imprints, 2013, 197-215. ISBN: 9788192512181. “Revisiting the Perennial Religious Conflicts in Northern Nigeria, 1990-2010: Broadening the Focus of Muslim-Christian Dialogue” in Can Muslims and Christians Resolve Their Religious and Social Conflicts? Cases from Africa and the United States. Marinus C. Iwuchukwu and Brian Stiltner (eds). Lewiston, New York; Queenston, Ontario; and Lampeter, Wales (UK): The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 2013, 3-37. “The Church and the Evangelization of the Political Culture of Nigeria: A Media Perspective.” In The Nature and Identity of the Church: Nigerian Theological Perspectives. Valerian M. Okeke (Editor). Nsukka, Nigeria: Fulladu Publishing Company, April 2001: 167-177. Book Review: Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions. By Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey(editors) in Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Published by The Ecumenical Association of Nigerian Theologians Vol. 28, 2016 (ISSN 0794-8670), 124- 126. 4 4 Jacques Dupuis Faces the Inquisition: Two Essays by Jacques Dupuis on “Dominus Iesus and the Roman Investigation of His Work. By William R. Burrows in Horizons, The Journal of the College Theology Society, Vol. 40 no. 2 (December 2013), 311-313. Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa: An Analysis of Bias, Decline, and Conversion Based on the Works of Bernard Lonergan. By Cyril Orji. In Theological Studies, 70/2 (June 2009), 483-485. Editorial Responsibilities: Guest editor, Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 29, 2017 (ISSN 0794-8670). Published by The Ecumenical Association of Nigerian Theologians. Guest editor, Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 27, 2015 (ISSN 0794-8670). Published by The Ecumenical Association of Nigerian Theologians. Article Editor, SAGE Social Science Journals, July to August, 2014. Associate Editor for The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society for three issues of the journal 2011. International Outreach Editor, the Journal of Interreligious Dialogue. From February 2009 to 2012. Journal Articles Editorial: As a guest editor for Bulletin of Ecumenical Theology, Vol. 29, 2017. The theme of the edition is “Religions
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