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ANTON C. VRAME 50 Goddard Avenue Brookline, MA 02445 (617 ANTON C. VRAME 50 Goddard Avenue Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 850-1218 FAX: (617) 850-1489 [email protected] Education Ph.D., Boston College, Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, Chestnut Hill, MA. Degree awarded May 1997. Dissertation: “The Educating Icon: Principles of Iconic Catechesis in the Orthodox Tradition” Dissertation Chair: Thomas H. Groome M.Div., Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA. Degree with highest distinction awarded May 1989. M.A., The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. International Relations. Degree awarded March 1983. B.A., DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Psychology – Human Services concentration. Degree with highest honor awarded June 1981. Teaching • Adjunct Associate Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445, (617) 731-3500. September 2007 to present. Course Taught: Religious education (PAST 5301/EDUC 4331) • Associate Professor of Orthodox Christian Studies, Graduate Theological Union, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 649-2400. September 2003 to present. Courses Taught: Orthodox Christianity: History/theology (HS 4157) Theology in color: Icons and other images (HSRA 4648) Orthodox Theology: Christ and the Person (ST 4322) Orthodox Christian Spirituality (SPHS 2756) NB: This was a “Rostered and In-residence Faculty” position of the Graduate Theological Union. I was a member of the faculty in Inter-disciplinary Studies. I was also a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty (which oversees doctoral work at the GTU and entitled me to serve as a chairman of a doctoral committee) Committee Service GTU Working Group on Ecumenical, Interreligious, and Intercultural issues in preparation for the accreditation site visit of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and Association of Theological Schools. GTU Board of Trustees Library Committee. • Lecturer in Religious Education, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, 575 Scarsdale Anton C. Vrame, p. 2 Road, Crestwood, NY 10707, (914) 961-8313. January 2000-June 2002. Courses Taught: Education for adult faith and witness (Religious Education 323) Understanding youth culture (Religious Education 325/525) Pedagogies for sharing faith (Religious Education 534) Faith, education and the new technologies (Religious Education 365) • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445, (617) 731-3500. September 1995-June 2002. Courses Taught: Religious education (PAST 5301/EDUC 4331) Theology in color: Icons and other images (PAST 6305) Field Education seminar in religious education (FLED 5001) Committee service Co-chair, Programs and Instruction Committee for Self-Study for ATS and NEASC Accreditation; Curriculum/Catalogue; Summer Session/Distance Learning; 2000 Millennium Conference; Student Life; Three Hierarchs Essay Other service Interim Director of the Elementary Education program of Hellenic College, 1999-2001, teaching courses, supervising student teaching, etc.. Grants written “We offer these gifts,” Program in the Theological Exploration of Vocation, Lilly Endowment, Inc., $2 million, awarded November 2002. This grant created the Office of Vocations and Ministry and its programs at Hellenic College-Holy Cross. Professional/Administrative • Director, Department of Religious Education, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445, (617) 850-1218. January 2007 to present. • Director, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, 2311 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709 (510) 649-3450. August 2002 to December 2006. Significant accomplishments: Created the Master of Arts with a concentration in Orthodox Christian Studies at the Graduate Theological Union, Fall 2003. Established InterOrthodox Press, a publishing arm for the Institute, Spring 2003. Developed community education programs, including the Summer Institute, Summer 2003. Established the Parish Life project, a sociological research program on the inner realities of Orthodox parochial life, Spring 2005. • Managing Editor, Holy Cross Orthodox Press/Hellenic College Press of Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 731-3500. January 1996 to June 2002. Significant accomplishments: Published 60 new titles. Maintained a backlist of 100 titles. Developed editorial committee, editorial policies. • Business Manager, The Greek Orthodox Theological Review and Journal of Modem Hellenism of Holy Cross Orthodox Press/Hellenic College Press, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 (617) 731- Anton C. Vrame, p. 3 3500. November 1993 to June 2002. • Associate Director, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Religious Education, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445. July 1989 to September 1993. Significant accomplishments: Coordinating Editor, Living Our Orthodox Faith textbook series. • Substitute Teacher, Chicago Public Schools. September 1985 to June 1986. From February to June 1986 was assigned to the Scott Joplin School to fill a vacancy in the eighth grade, teaching Social Studies. Anton C. Vrame, p. 4 Books Published One Calling in Christ: The Laity in the Orthodox Church, Editor, Berkeley, CA: InterOrthodox Press, 2005. The Orthodox Parish in America: Faithfulness to the Past, Responsibility to the Future , Editor. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2004. The Educating Icon: Teaching Wisdom and Holiness in the Orthodox Way. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1999. (See reviews by Jean Mormon Unsworth, Religious Education 95:4 [Fall, 2000] 497-498; John Baggley, Sobornost 22:2 [2000].) InterMarriage: Orthodox Perspectives. Editor. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1997. Published Journal Articles and Chapters in Books “An Overview of Orthodox Christian Religious Education.” International Handbook of the Religious, Spiritual, and Moral Dimensions of Education . Marian de Souza, et al, Editors. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2006. “Response to Walsh’s, ‘Unintended Consequences: A Preliminary Analysis of the Revolt Against Archbishop Spyridon, 1996-1999.’” One Calling in Christ: The Laity in the Orthodox Church . A Vrame, ed. Berkeley, CA: InterOrthodox Press, 2005. “The Orthodox Basis and Perspective on Education,” The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 48:1-4 (2004). “A Listener’s Report” with Dr. Valerie Karras and Deenabandhu Manchala. The Orthodox Churches in a Pluralistic World: An Ecumenical Conversation . Emmanuel Clapsis, ed. Geneva: World Council of Churches Publications, 2004. “‘Never as gods’: Lessons from a millennium of icons,” Religious Education , 98:1 (Winter 2003): 108- 123. “The educating icon: Informed, formed and transformed through iconic catechesis.” Orthodoxia and Oikoumene, Festschrift in Honor of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. G. Patronos, et al eds. Athens, Greece, Armos, 2002. “The educational task of Orthodoxy in America,” The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 45:1-2 (2001), “Reconceptualizing religious education: A response to Olivera Petrovich.” Sourozh: A Journal of Orthodox Life and Thought No. 77 (August, 1999): 27-33. “Teaching the tradition: The old becomes new.” In The Annual Resource Companion Vol. 2. Holy Tradition, pp. 142-145. Edited by Frank Marangos. Brookline, MA: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Religious Education, 1999. “Forming Orthodox identity in the curriculum of the Greek Orthodox Church.” In Personhood: Orthodox Christianity and the Connection Between Mind, Body and Soul, pp. 173-184. Edited by John T. Chirban. Westport, CT: Bergin and Garvey, 1996. “An exegesis of the Epitaphios Threnos,” The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 39:34 (1994): 299-308. “Theodoret, Bishop of Kyros as an exegete of Isaiah 1: A translation of his commentary with an Anton C. Vrame, p. 5 introduction,” The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 34:2 (1989): 129-47. See also Old Testament Abstracts, 13:2 (1990). Articles translated into other languages “The Orthodox basis and perspective on education,” as “Arches Orthodoxias kai Prooptikes sten Ekpaideuse.” In Ta Threskeutika os Mathema Tautotetas kai Politismou , pp. 37-47, (Athens: Greek Parliament, 2005). “Caught in the web: Reflections on the coming techno-church” as “Webissä kiini – arviointia tulevasta ‘Tekno-kirkosta.’” In Tarhurit: Suomen Ortodoksisten Opettajain Liiton 50-vuotisjuhlakirja . Faculty of Theology, University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland, 2001. “Forming orthodox identity in the curriculum of the Greek Orthodox Church,” as “He diamorfose tis orthodoxies tautoteta mesa apo to ekpaideutiko programma tes Hellenikes Orthodoxes Ekklesias tes Amerikes.” In Themata Christianike Agoge , pp. 19-45, Stavros Fotiou, ed. (Athens: Armos, 2001). Curriculum Resources Study Guide – And the Word Became Flesh and Dwelt Among Us , Pastoral Letter of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in America, January 2001. Coordinating Editor, The Living Our Orthodox Faith Curriculum Series: Me and My World - 1; Loving God - 2; Sharing God's World - 3; Growing with God -4; God Calls Us - 5 . Brookline, MA: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America Department of Religious Education. Published between 1989 and 1994. Teens Teach. Brookline, MA: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America Department of Religious Education, 1987. The Young Church. Pupil text and teacher’s guide with Aristea Zekios. New York: Orthodox Christian Education Commission, 1986. Accepted
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