Brian Hamilton
Brian Hamilton
Department of Religion and Philosophy Florida Southern College Lake Hollingsworth Dr. Lakeland, FL
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Academic Appointments
– Florida Southern College, Associate Professor of Religion – Florida Southern College, Assistant Professor of Religion Yale Divinity School, Lecturer in Christian Ethics University of Notre Dame, Graduate Instructor – Messiah College, Adjunct Instructor
Education
PhD in Christian Ethics, University of Notre Dame MTS in History of Christianity, University of Notre Dame BA in Peace and Con lict Studies (summa cum laude), Messiah College
Publications
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS “It’s in You: Structural Sin and Personal Responsibility Revisited,” Studies in Christian Ethics 34, no. 3. “Microaggressions as Violence,” Practical Matters, no. 13. “Poverty,” in The Routledge Handbook of Economic Theology, ed. Stefan Schwarzkopf (New York: Routledge). “Navigating Moral Struggle: Towards a Social Model of Exemplarity,” Journal of Religious Ethics 47, no. 3. “The Politics of Poverty: A Contribution to a Franciscan Political Theology,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics , no. .
Last updated: Jan. 15, 2021
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“The Ground of Perfection: Michael Sattler on ‘the Body of Christ,’” in New Perspectives in Believers Church Ecclesiology (Winnipeg: Canadian Mennonite University Press).
BOOK REVIEWS Review of Hak Joon Lee, God and Community Organizing: A Covenantal Approach, forthcoming in The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. Review of Giorgio Agamben, The Highest Poverty: Monastic Rules and Form-of-Life, in Modern Theology , no. . Review of Daniel Finn, ed., The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and Critique of Caritas in Veritate, and James Bailey, Rethinking Poverty: Income, Assets, and the Catholic Social Justice Tradition, in The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics , no. . Review of Paul G. Doerksen and Karl Koop, eds., The Church Made Strange for the Nations: Essays in Ecclesiology and Political Theology, in The Conrad Grebel Review , no. .
Honors and Recognitions
FELLOWSHIPS – Presidential Fellow, University of Notre Dame – Lilly Graduate Fellow
TEACHING AWARDS Omicron Delta Kappa Teacher of the Year, Florida Southern College Excellent Teacher Award, United Methodist General Board of Education Excellence in Teaching Award, National Society of Leadership and Success, Florida Southern College Chapter Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award, University of Notre Dame Graduate School and Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
Research and Travel Grants
Summer Research Grant, Florida Southern College Summer Stipend, Mellon Initiative for Religion across the Disciplines Full scholarship, Seminario di formazione in storia religiosa e studi francescani, Assisi, Italy , ’ Professional Development Award, University of Notre Dame Graduate School , ‘ , ‘ Professional Development Award, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame Professional Development Award, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame
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Public Academic Lectures
“Poverty and Power,” Medieval and Renaissance History Colloquium, University of South Florida “Learning to Be Good,” Omicron Delta Kappa Faculty Lecture Series, Florida Southern College “Re-Imagining the First Wave: Feminism, Religion, and Nonviolence in the th Century,” Remnant Trust Lecture Series, Florida Southern College “Microaggressions and the Ethics of Violence,” Inaugural Lecture, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Florida Southern College
Conference Presentations
“Structural Ignorance,” Society of Christian Ethics, Costa Mesa, CA “Microaggressions,” Fellowship for Protestant Ethics, Princeton, NJ “Belonging, Visibility, Agency: The Power of Collective Exemplars,” American Academy of Religion, San Antonio, TX “Barefoot and Angry: Poverty as Provocation in Twelfth-Century Religious Movements,” American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA “Christ and the Secular Sword: The Ethics of Imitation in Medieval Political Theology,” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University “Poverty and Freedom: A Contribution to a Franciscan Political Theology,” Society of Christian Ethics, Seattle, WA “Naturalizing Private Property: An Outline of a Medieval Legal Shift,” American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD “The Betrayal of St. Francis?”, Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Ohio Northern University “William of Saint-Amour: An Anti-Franciscan Theory of Property,” International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, UK “Voluntary Poverty and Political Theology: The Case of Bonaventure,” International Congress of Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI “The Perfection of Christ: Michael Sattler’s Ecclesiology,” th Believers Church Conference, Canadian Mennonite University
Selected Informal Lectures
“Three Cheers for the Undeclared,” Convocation Lecture, Florida Southern College “The Philosophy of Impressionism,” Polk State College Day, Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College
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“The Magical Hand of Mysticism: Chagall’s Story of the Exodus,” Point of View Gallery Talk, Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College “What Makes for a Good Life?”, Faculty Panel on Healthcare Ethics, Florida Southern College “The Ethics of Climate Change,” Faculty Panel on “Climate Change across the Disciplines,” Florida Southern College
Courses Taught
Topics in Christian Ethics: Economic Ethics (Florida Southern) – The Examined Life (Florida Southern) , ‘ Topics in Christian Ethics: Sexual Ethics (Florida Southern) , ‘ Intro. to Women’s and Gender Studies (Florida Southern, team-taught) , ’ , ‘ Barth and Aquinas (Florida Southern, team-taught) – What is Religion? (Florida Southern) – Christian Ethics (Florida Southern) Theology, Gender, and Violence (Yale Divinity School) Theology of Poverty (Yale Divinity School) , ’ Christian Perspectives on War, Peace, and Revolution (Notre Dame) – Introduction to Christian Theology (Messiah College) Faith and Society (Messiah College)
Academic Service
FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE – Director, College Honors Program; Chair, Honors Program Comittee – Diversity Initiative, Of ice of the President – First-Year Experience Task Force Search Committee, Dept. of History and Political Science – General Education Committee (Chair, Spring ) – Religious and Student Life Committee – Sexual Respect and Awareness Committee
SERVICE TO THE GUILD – Referee, Journal of Religious Ethics – Referee, Practical Matters Co-organizer, American Academy of Religion panel, “Social Exemplarity” Co-organizer, American Academic of Religion panel, “Political Asceticism”
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