Religious Studies Faculty Projects

Fr. Linh Hoang, O.F.M., Ph.D.

Fr. Linh's current research is on a Theology of Migration. He currently serves as the convener for the Catholic Theological Society of America’s (CTSA) interest group—A Theology of Migration. It is a working group that brings together scholars who are working on issues in this area. He will be serving as a convener for the next three years. He also presented a paper entitled “Strangers with Borders” last June, 2009 at the CTSA convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia which was his initial contribution to the ongoing discussion of a theology of migration.
Fr. Linh retains his primary area of research on Asian American Catholics. This fall he will have an article in New Theology Review on the issue of differences in generational practices among Asian American Catholics. He will have a chapter—Asian American Catholics—in a book on American Catholicism published by Fordham University Press that will be available in spring 2010.
Courses offered, Fall 2009: Experiences of the Sacred and American Catholicism

Fr. Dennis continues as a member of the Reformed-Roman Catholic Dialogue sponsored by the leadership bodies of the Reformed and Roman Catholic Churches in the USA. The dialogue team is currently drafting a document on our common understanding of the Lord's Supper/Eucharist.
Fr. Dennis is working on a new book for Paulist Press, 101 Questions and Answers on the Reformation, due around 2010. He is also working on three articles for the forthcoming New Westminster Dictionary of Theology from Westminster John Knox Press. He continues to write occasionally for Lectionary Homiletics, an ecumenical homiletic service.
In 2007 Fr. Dennis joined the Calvin Studies Society and gave a paper on Calvin and Sacramentality at its biannual meeting. That paper was published in John Calvin and Roman Catholicism, edited by Randall C. Zachman (Baker Academic, 2008). This year, which happens to be the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth, Fr. Dennis attended the Calvin Studies Society meeting at Calvin College and Seminary in April 2009. On Oct. 25 he will be giving a sermon on Calvin at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Albany.
Courses offered, Fall 2009: The Reformation of Christendom

Dr. Zaas continues to research the birth story in Matthew's gospel.
Dr. Zaas will be attending the annual meetng of the Council of Centers of Jewish-Christian Studies at Florida Atlantic University, and the annual convention of the Society of Biblical Literature in New Orleans.
Dr. Zaas is participating in a panel at the College of St. Rose on October 19. Topic: "Is Religion Necessary for Ethics?
Courses offered, Fall 2009: Introduction to Biblical Studies; Paul and the Rise of the Christian Church