HARLAN R. BECKLEY Executive Director, Shepherd Higher 503 Jackson Avenue Education Consortium on Poverty Lexington, Virginia 24450 Founding Director, Shepherd Program for the Phone: (540) 460-1714 Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability [email protected] Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion, Emeritus Washington and Lee University EDUCATION 1981-82 Post-doctoral fellow at The University of Chicago Divinity School 1978 Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Field: Christian Theological Ethics Dissertation: "Economic Justice in a Pluralistic Society: A Study in Christian Social Ethics" 1973 M.A., Vanderbilt University 1972 M.Div., Vanderbilt University Founder's Medalist (highest GPA) 1966-67 Wesley Theological Seminary 1966 B.S., University of Illinois Major: Economics PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012- Program Director and Executive Director, Shepherd Higher Education on Poverty 1999-2014 Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor of Religion 1997-2013 Director, Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty Washington and Lee University 2005-06 Acting President, Washington and Lee University 1989-95 Chair, Department of Religion, Washington and Lee University 1989-99 Professor of Religion, Washington and Lee University 1984-91 Adjunct to Society and Professions Program: Studies in Applied Ethics (teaching Business Ethics) Washington and Lee University 1978 Ordained Elder, United Methodist Church 1974-89 Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor in Religion Washington & Lee University 1971-74 Minister, United Methodist Charge (three churches) Kingston Springs, Tennessee TEACHING Courses in Bible, Christian historical theology, contemporary theology and ethics, economic ethics, and business ethics. Beginning in 1997, I offered three new courses in the interdisciplinary study of poverty, including an advanced seminar for law students as well as juniors and seniors. SCHOLARSHIP Books: Economic Justice: Selections from Distributive Justice and A Living Wage by John A. Ryan editor and introduction, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1996. Passion for Justice: Retrieving the Legacies of Walter Rauschenbusch, John A. Ryan, and Reinhold Niebuhr, Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992. James M. Gustafson's Theocentric Ethics: Interpretations and Assessments co-edited and introduced with Charles M. Swezey, Mercer University Press, 1988. Editor: The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, 1991-96 (five issues with brief introductions). Articles: “Christians and Economics,” in Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics.” eds. Gilbert Meilaender and William Werepehowski. Oxford University Press, 2005: 360-80 “Capability as Opportunity: How Amartya Sen Revises Equality of Opportunity,” Journal of Religious Ethics 30.1 (Spring 2002): 107-35. “The author replies” to “Comment” by David M. Craig, Journal of Religious Ethics 31.1 (Spring 2003): 161-63. “Theology and Prudence in John A. Ryan’s Economic Ethics” in Religion and Public Life: The Legacy of Monsignor John A. Ryan. ed. Robert G. Kennedy et al., University Press of America, 2001: 35-60. “Reflections on the Life of Monsignor John A. Ryan” in Religion and Public Life: The Legacy of Monsignor John A. Ryan. ed. Robert G. Kennedy et al., University Press of America, 2001: 5-10. “Moral Justifications for the Welfare State.” Presidential Address in the Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics (2001): 3-22. “Social Sciences and Theological Ethics: A Response to Mary Hobgood’s Analysis of Welfare and Poverty.” Journal of Religious Ethics 25.2 (Fall 1997): 343-50. “A Raft That Floats: Experience, Tradition, and Sciences in Gustafson's Theocentric Ethics,” an invited response to the theological ethics of James M. Gustafson of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 30/3 (June 1995): 201-10. “Love, Human Dignity, and Justice: Some Legacies from Protestant and Catholic Ethics.” Notre Dame Law Review, (May 1991): 1053-73. “The Legacy of John A. Ryan's Theory of Justice.” The American Journal of Jurisprudence, (December 1988): 61-98. “A Christian Affirmation of John Rawls' Idea of Justice as Fairness, Part II.” The Journal of Religious Ethics (Fall 1986): 229-46. “A Christian Affirmation of John Rawls' Idea of Justice as Fairness, Part I.” The Journal of Religious Ethics (Fall 1985): 210-42. Essays and Review Articles: “Food Stamps,” The Sage Encyclopedia of World Poverty, second edition. Ed. Mehmet Okedko. Sage Publications, Inc. 2015. Pp. 588-589. ”Relative-Income-Based Measures of Poverty,” The Sage Encyclopedia of World Poverty, second edition. Ed. Mehmet Okedko. Sage Publications, Inc. 2015. Pp. 1007-1009. Mark 10:32-34, p. 324, and Mark 10:35-45, p. 330, in Feasting on the Gospels, eds. Cynthia A. Jarvis and E. Elizabeth Johnson. Westminster John Knox Press, 2014. “Walter Rauschenbusch,” for the International Encyclopedia of Ethics. Ed. Hugh LaFollette. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Pp. 4347-4354. Review of major writings of William Schweiker, The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. (28/2, Fall/Winter 2008): 256-62. “Empowering Groups and Respect for Individual Dignity: A Review of Michael Walzer’s Politics and Passion.” Political Theology (7/1 2006): 11-28, with a response by Michael Walzer, 91-99. “Mind the Gap: Facing Up to Inequalities.” The Christian Century. (14 June, 2003): 24-29. “A Big Book with an Understated Title.” A Review of Confronting the Color Line: The Br- oken Promise of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement. By Alan Anderson and George Pickering, in The Journal of Religion 69/3 (July 1989): 680-86. Pedagogical Essays: “Why Don’t Students Learn About Poverty?” Spotlight on Poverty, 2015 “Poverty Data Disturb and Confound,” Op. Ed. essay in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 4, 2011 “Introduction”, pp. xiii-xvi, to If Not Me, Then Who? by E. Cabell Brand (iUniverse, Bloomingon, IN: 2008). Revised in 2010. “Understanding Socioeconomic Difference: Studies in Poverty and Human Capability.” Diversity and Democracy, published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities 11/3 (Fall 2008): 18-19. “A Focus on Poverty: The Shepherd Program at Washington and Lee University.” Bonner Series on Civic Engagement. Liberal Education, published by the Association of American Colleges and Universities 93/4 (Fall 2007): 46-51. “Students Study to Give Hope to Nation’s Poor,” Op Ed column in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 6, 2006. Book Reviews and Notes: A review of The Kingdom Is Always But Coming: A Life of Walter Rauschenbusch by Christopher Evans, Eerdmans Publishing Company in The Catholic Historical Review, October 2006: 698-99. An Examined Faith: The Grace of Self-Doubt by James M. Gustafson in the Journal of Religion (January 2005): 151-52. On Niebuhr: A Theological Study by Langdon Gilkey in Modern Theology (January 2003) 153- 54. Christian Justice and Public Policy by Duncan Forrester, in Modern Theology (July 1999): 382- 84. Testing the Medical Covenant: Active Euthanasia and Health Care Reform by William F. May, in Theology Today (January 1998) Reforming Protestantism: Christian Commitment in Today’s World by Douglas F. Ottati in Interpretation (April 1997 Responsibility and Christian Ethics by William Schweiker, in The Journal of Religion (January 1997). The Love Commandments: Essays in Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy, ed. by Edmund N. Santurri and William Werpehowski, in Theology Today (1994). Love and Justice: Selection from the Shorter Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr by Reinhold Niebuhr, ed. by D. B. Robertson, in Religious Studies Review (1994). Transformed Judgment: Toward A Trinitarian Account of the Moral Life by L. Gregory Jones in Religious Studies Review (January 1993). Christian Existence Today: Essays on Church, World, and Living in Between by Stanley Hauerwas in The Journal of Religion (January 1991). Justice in Latin American Theology of Liberation, edited by Warren Copeland and Roger Hatch in The Journal of Religion (January 1990). “Toward a Theory of Justice,” a review of Justice in Latin American Liberation Theology, by Ismael García, and Justice in an Unjust World: Foundations for a Christian Approach to Justice, by Karen Lebacqz, in Interpretation (January 1990). Six Theories of Justice: Perspectives from Theological and Philosophical Ethics, by Karen Lebacqz, in Interpretation (April 1988). Reinhold Niebuhr: A Biography, by Richard Fox, in The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (Winter 1987). The Priestly Kingdom: Social Ethics as Gospel, by John Howard Yoder, in Theology Today (April 1985). The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics, by Stanley Hauerwas, and Christian Faith and Public Choices: The Social Ethics of Barth, Brunner, and Bonhoeffer, by Robin Lovin, in Theology Today (April 1985). “A Social Ethic Emphasizing Church and Family,” a review of A Community of Character, by Stanley Hauerwas, in Interpretation (July 1982). Ethical Theory and Business, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Norman E. Bowie, in Anglican Theological Review (1982). The Value of Justice, edited by Charles Kelbley, in Religious Studies Review (1982). Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine, edited by Robert Hunt and John Arras, in Religious Studies Review (1982). Religious Reason, by Ronald Green, in Interpretation (April 1980) Christian Faith in a Religiously Plural World, edited by Donald G. Dawe and John B. Carman in The Alumni Magazine of Washington and Lee University (September 1979) LECTURES, PANELS, AND PAPERS FOR ACADMEIC AUDIENCES “Beyond Poverty 101: A Consortium Approach, Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin—Madison