CRAIG BARON
Flushing,NY
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate Dean of the Faculty, College of Professional Studies
St. John's University
01.2022 - Current
Chair, Department of Humanities
St. John's University
01.2013 - 01.2022
Assistant Chair, Department of Humanities
St. John's University
01.2009 - 01.2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.2001 - 01.2003
Research Associate, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.1999 - 01.2001
Research Fellow, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.1997 - 01.1999
Education
Ph.D. - Systematic Theology
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA01-2001
M.A. - Systematic Theology
Mount Saint Mary's Seminary and University
Emmitsburg, MD01-1993
B.A. - International Relations
York College of Pennsylvania
01-1990
A.A. - Liberal Arts/Social Science
Harrisburg Area Community College
PA01-1989
Affiliations
- American Academy of Religion
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology
ARTICLES:
- "Patrick Masterson on Metaphysics for Philosophical Theology," Philosophy and Theology, vol. 35, numbers 1&2 (2023)
- "Postsecular Political Theology and Fundamental Theology: Appropriating the Event of Revelation, International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, vol. 83, Issue 4 (October 2022)
- "The Return of Natural Theology: Insights from the First Vatican Council and Karl Barth," Ecclesia Semper Reformanda: Renewal and Reform Beyond Polemics, ed. Peter De Mey and Wim Francois (Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Press, 2020).
- "The Postmodern Christian Theology of William Thompson Uberuaga," Voegelinview.com (Eric Voegelin Society supported by Arizona State University) (June 9, 2019)
- "God is Deeper than Darwin: John Haught's Catholic Theology and Science," The Heythrop Journal: A Bimonthly Review of Philosophy and Theology, vol. 54, number 4 (July 2013)
- "Getting Back to Nature: Toward a Scientific Postmodern Theology," To Discern Creation in a Scattering World, ed. Frederiek Depoortere and Jacques Haers (Leuven, Belgium) Peeters Press, 2013)
- "The Best of Times and the Worst of Times: Christian Theology in the Media Age," The Mid-Atlantic Almanack: Journal of the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, vol. 19 (2010)
- "The Theology of Gerald O'Collins and Postmodernism," American Theological Inquiry: A Biannual Journal of Theology, Culture, and History, vol. 2, no. 1 (2009)
- "Christian Theology and the Re-Enchantment of the World," Crosscurrents, vol. 56, no. 4 (Winter 2007).
- "Sacraments 'Really Save' in Disneyland: Reconciling Bodies in Virtual Reality," Questions Liturgiques: Studies in Liturgy, vol. 86 (2004-2005)
- "Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: Toward A Postmodern Theology of Marriage in America," in Theology and Conversation: Towards a Relational Theology (Leuven: Peeters Press, 2003).
- "The Linguistic 'Other' in Transcendental Thomism: A Postmodern Reading of Karl Rahner," Josephinum: Journal of Theology. (Fall 2003)
- "The Poetry of Transcendental Thomism: Postmodernity Anticipated And Challenged in Karl Rahner," in The Presence of Transcendence: Thinking 'Sacrament' in a Postmodern Age (Leuven: Peeters Press, 2001).
- "What Can Catholics and Muslims Possibly Talk About?" Catholic World News: Faith Alive Series, no. 28, (2001)
- "The Theologian and the Open Narrative: Why the Nature of Theology Cannot Bear the Mandatum." Theological Explorations, vol. 2 (Fall 2000) (www.liberalarts.duq.edu/theology/departmenthtml/te.html)
PROFESSIONAL DATA
- Humanities Department
- College of Professional Studies
- St. John's University
- Queens, NY 11439
Dissertation:
The Fundamental Theology of Karl Rahner and Contemporary Catholic Theology: An Analysis of Its Reception and a Critical Appraisal
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
- Associate Professor
- St. John's University, 2009-Present
- Systematic Theology and Religion
- Assistant Professor
- St. John's University, 2003-2009.
- Systematic Theology:
- Lecturer
- Duquesne University, 2001-2003.
- Instructor
- Duquesne University, 1995-Present.
- Leadership & Professional Advancement
- (Department of Continuing Education)
- Adjunct Faculty
- Duquesne University, 1995-2001.
- Theology & Philosophy:
- Wheeling Jesuit University, WV, 1997-2001.
- Teaching Assistant
- Duquesne University, 1994-1995.
- Faculty Teaching Assistant
- Duquesne University, 1994-2001.
- Duquesne University, 1993-1994.
COURSES TAUGHT: Undergraduate
- Theology of the Sacraments
- Introduction to the Gospels
- Introduction to the Bible
- Mystery of God
- Jesus the Christ
- Human Morality
- Church History
- Catholicism
- Church in the Modern World
- Perspectives on Christianity
- Philosophical Ethics
- Christian Ritual and Worship
- Christian Understanding of the Human Person
- Religions of the World
- Introduction to Hinduism
- Krishna and Hinduism
Timeline
Associate Dean of the Faculty, College of Professional Studies
St. John's University
01.2022 - Current
Chair, Department of Humanities
St. John's University
01.2013 - 01.2022
Assistant Chair, Department of Humanities
St. John's University
01.2009 - 01.2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.2001 - 01.2003
Research Associate, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.1999 - 01.2001
Research Fellow, Family Institute
Duquesne University
01.1997 - 01.1999
Ph.D. - Systematic Theology
Duquesne University
M.A. - Systematic Theology
Mount Saint Mary's Seminary and University
B.A. - International Relations
York College of Pennsylvania
A.A. - Liberal Arts/Social Science
Harrisburg Area Community College