2024 Thomas Merton Lecture
Nov 12
Madeleva Hall, Carroll Auditorium
Nov 12
Madeleva Hall, Carroll Auditorium| Tuesday, Nov. 12 | 7:00 PM | This Event is Free and Open to the Public |
Bryan N. Massingale is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He completed his formal education in Rome at the pontifical institute for moral theology, earning the degree, Doctor of Moral Theology, "summa cum laude."
He is the James and Nancy Buckman Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University and a Senior Fellow in its Center for Ethics Education. An award-winning scholar, teacher, and activist, he is a leader in Catholic theology. He is a former President of the Society of Christian Ethics and of the Catholic Theological Society of America, and a former Convener of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium.
Dr. Massingale has authored two books and more than 200 articles, book chapters, and book reviews. His monograph entitled, Racial Justice and the Catholic Church, received a First Place Book Award from the Catholic Press Association of the U.S. and Canada. He is a co-editor of a volume of essays, All of Us: A New Agenda for Catholic Theology from Queer Catholics of Color (Fortress Press, 2024). He also authored a major document for Catholic Charities USA, entitled, “Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good.” He is an award-winning contributor to major Catholic thought vehicles such as US Catholic, Commonweal, America Magazine, The Tablet, and The National Catholic Reporter. As a public intellectual, he frequently addresses issues of racial and sexual justice in global venues such as National Public Radio (NPR), ABC News, the PBS NewsHour, BBC World News, The New York Times, the Huff Post, Canadian Public Radio, the South African Times, and the Associated Press. His current writing and research projects explore the contributions of the Black radical imagination to Catholic theology; the challenge of white Christian nationalism; and the intersections of race, sexuality, and faith.
About The Center for the Study of Spirituality
Founded in 1984 by Dr. Keith Egan with generous support from the Sisters of the Holy Cross, the Center for the Study of Spirituality offers programs that promote the engagement between faith and reason and the connection between mind, body, and spirit. A hub for scholarly and public engagement, we draw on intellectual resources in the Catholic and Christian heritage as well as how individuals practice faith in their daily lives to develop critical conversations around contemporary religious issues, especially as they relate to women’s experiences in society, the academy, and the church