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Eric Daryl Meyer

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Education:

  • Ph.D. Candidate in Theology; Fordham University, Bronx. New York. 2008 to present.

Comprehensive Exams in 20th c. Systematic Theology, 4th c. Theological Anthropology, 20th c. Theological Anthropology, Ecological Theology.

Dissertation Title: ““Theological Anthropology, Human Animality, and the Human-Animal Distinction: A Constitutive Knot in Ecological Degradation.” Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Johnson. Readers: Dr. Benjamin Dunning and Dr. Aristotle Papanikolaou.

  • M.C.S. Regent College; Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008.

Concentration in Theology

Masters Thesis: “Without Knowing Good and Evil: The Moral Epistemology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.” Advisor: Dr. John Stackhouse.

  • B.A. – Westmont College; Santa Barbara, California, 2003.

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with honors and distinction in Philosophy, second major in Religious Studies

Language Proficiency:

  • German, Ancient Greek, French, Hebrew, Spanish.

Publications:

Articles and Chapters:

“The Logos of God and the End of Man: Animality as Light and Life,” in Divinanimality, ed. Stephen Moore and Catherine Keller (New York: Fordham University Press, Forthcoming).

“Jacques Derrida, Gregory of Nyssa and the Human-Animal Distinction in the Song of Songs,” in The Bible at Humanity’s Limit, ed. Jennifer Koosed. Semeia Studies (Atlanta: SBL Publications, Forthcoming).

“‘Marvel at the intelligence of unthinking creatures!’: Animal Subjectivity and Religious Perfection in Gregory of Nazianzus and Evagrius of Pontus,” in Animals as Religious Subjects, ed. Celia Deane-Drummond, David Clough, and Rebecca Artinian-Kaiser (London: T & T Clark, Forthcoming).

“Gregory of Nyssa on Language, Naming God’s Creatures, and the Desire of the Discursive Animal.” In Genesis and Christian Theology, ed. Nathan MacDonald, Mark Elliot, and Grant Macaskill (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012).

“Incarnation and Omnipresence: Hopkins, Scotus, Particularity and Pantheism” Hopkins Quarterly 34, no. 3-4 (2007): 102-16.

Reviews:

Creaturely Theology: On God, Humans and Other Animals, ed. Celia Deane-Drummond and David Clough, Reviews in Religion and Theology, 18, no. 3 (2011): 437-40.

Everyone Who Acts Responsibly Becomes Guilty: Bonhoeffer’s Concept of Accepting Guilt, by Christine Schliesser. Reviews in Religion and Theology 16, no. 4 (2009): 608-10.

Philosophy After Objectivity, by Paul K. Moser. Dialogue 46, no. 1 (2003): 45-46.

Conference Presentations:

“The Logos of God and the End of Man: Animality as Light and Life,” at Divinanimality: Creaturely Theology (2011 Drew Transdisciplinary Theology Conference), Drew University, September 30, 2011.

“‘Marvel at the intelligence of unthinking creatures!’: Animal Subjectivity and Religious Perfection in Gregory of Nazianzus and Nemesius of Emesa,” at Animals as Religious Subjects, Chester, UK. May 21-24, 2011.

“Animals as Religious Exemplars: Contemplative Rationality and Animal Instinct in Gregory of Nazianzus and Nemesius of Emesa,” at the Eastern International Regional meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Syracuse University. May 6-7, 2011.

“Jacques Derrida, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Human-Animal Distinction in the Song of Songs,” at the Animals and Religion Consulation of the American Academy of Religion, Atlanta. November 2010.

“Gregory of Nyssa’s Bodies: Human, Animal, and Celestial,” at North American Patristics Society, Chicago. May 27-29, 2010.

Panel Discussion on Avatar and Ecological Theology, with Dr. Elizabeth Johnson and Monica Schaap Pierce. Fordham University. February 25, 2010.

“Naming God’s Creatures: Gregory of Nyssa on Genesis 2:19-20 and Being Human,” at Genesis and Christian Theology, St. Andrews, Scotland. July 14-18, 2009.

“Incarnation and Omnipresence: Hopkins, Scotus, Particularity, and Pantheism,” at the 2007 Spring Hopkins Conference, Regis University, Denver CO. March 25-26, 2007.

Teaching Experience:

“Early Christian Writings,” Fall 2011. Wrote syllabus and taught course of 35 students.

“Faith and Critical Reason,” 2010-2011. Wrote syllabus and taught 2 courses of 35 first-year students.

Teaching Assistant, Fordham University—“Faith and Critical Reason,” Spring 2010; Dr. J. Patrick Hornbeck II. Taught two weekly discussion sections of 18 students each, graded papers, quizzes, and exams.

Guest Lecturer, Fordham University

Faith and Critical Reason, Spring 2010; Dr. J. Patrick Hornbeck II

Faith and Critical Reason, Fall 2009; Dr. Christophe Chalamet

Augustine, Aquinas, and Luther, Fall 2009, Spring 2010; Dr. Franklin Harkins

Faith and Critical Reason, Spring 2009; Prof. Mara Brecht

Teaching Assistant, Regent College—“History of Christianity,” Fall 2006; Dr. Don Lewis. Taught weekly tutorial sessions, graded assignments and exams.

Teaching Assistant, Regent College—“Christian Thought and Culture,” Fall 2006-Winter 2007; Dr. Loren Wilkenson. Facilitated two weekly discussion groups of 12 students each, graded papers and exams.

Trip Leader—Sierra Treks (2003-2011) Wilderness/mountaineering skills, environmental ethics, and Bible studies.

Academic Honors, Awards, and Scholarships:

  • Fordham University Travel Support Grant (Summer 2009)
  • Fordham University Summer Research Fellowship (Summer 2009)
  • Fordham University Presidential Scholarship and Graduate Assistantship.
  • Regent College Theology Award – Outstanding Graduate 2008.
  • Westmont College Philosophy Department – Outstanding Graduate 2003.
  • Phi Sigma Tau – Philosophy Honor Society (2000).
  • Westmont College Presidential Scholarship.

Administrative Service:

  • Vice-Chair, Fordham University Theological Graduate Students Association, 2011-2012. Represented student interests in both conflicts and day to day matters to department faculty, Director of Graduate Studies, and Chair.
  • Colloquium Director, Fordham University Theological Graduate Students Association, 2010-2011. Organized two conferences, including a regional graduate student conference drawing papers from five universities.
  • Constitution Draft Committee, Fordham University Theological Graduate Students Association, September-October 2009.

Professional Associations:

  • American Academy of Religion
  • North American Patristics Society

References:

  • Available upon request