2016
“Speaking the Truth in Mercy: Spirituality and the Moral Meanings of Scripture.” Paper accepted at the Marquette Scripture Project Graduate Conference, “Biblical Ethics in the 21st Century,” Milwaukee, WI, April 8-9, 2016.
2015
“Response” to “Contesting the Center” Paper session at the Virginia Graduate Colloquium on Theology, Ethics, and Culture, “Center or Vanishing Point? Perspectives on Theology and Religious Studies.” Charlottesville, VA, March 20-21, 2015
2014
“Naked and Unashamed: Rethinking Sex and Politics with Augustine” in “Augustine and Politics Workshop,” Duke University, June 20, 2014. Day-long workshop with more than twenty peers and mentors who read and critiqued my revised book manuscript.
“Political Theology and the Theologians: Schmitt and Some Contemporary Interlocutors.” Accepted at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 3-4, 2014.
2013
“Protestant Theology in the Nineteenth Century,” for “History of the Christian Church,” (Hans Hillerbrand) Duke University Department of Religion.
“Counter-Enlightenment Reactions to the New Science,” in “History of the Christian Church,” (Hans Hillerbrand) Duke University Department of Religion.
“Augustine and Politics Colloquium at the University of Virginia” (invited discussion participant), July 25-28, 2013, organized by Charles Mathewes and Joseph Claire.
“Response” to “The Commodified Corpse” Session at the Virginia Graduate Colloquium on Theology, Ethics, and Culture, “Reckoning with Death.” Charlottesville, VA, April 5-6, 2013
2012
“Natural Law and the Sin against Nature,” in “Christian Ethics” (Stanley Hauerwas), Duke Divinity School.
“Beyond Public and Private: The Queer Way the Virgin Mary Exalts Humanity.” Dissertation chapter presented at the Duke Theology and Ethics Doctoral Colloquium, Durham, NC, November 27, 2012.
“‘And Over All These Virtues Put on Charity’: The Politics of the Unity of the Virtues in Augustine and Aquinas.” Paper presented at the Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference, Villanova University, October 26, 2012.
“Sorting the Augustinians: What the Christian/Pagan Distinction Means for Moral Description.” Paper presented at the Virginia Graduate Colloquium on Theology, Ethics, and Culture, Charlottesville, VA, April 14, 2012.
2011
“The Grammar of the Moral Life: Augustine’s Response to Prosper and Hilary,” for “The Life and Thought of Augustine of Hippo,” (Paul Griffiths) Duke Divinity School.
“Public and Domestic in Augustine’s De sancta virginitate,” for “The Life and Thought of Augustine of Hippo,” (Paul Griffiths) Duke Divinity School.
“A De-Centered Augustine for De-Naturalized Societies: Two Types of Augustinianism.” Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 22, 2011.
“Catholic Social Thought: A Critical Investigation” (invited participant) Graduate Seminar in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition with Prof. Russell Hittinger, August 9-14, 2011.
2010
“Domesticating Nuptials: Mapping the Ambiguities of Christian Marriage.” Paper presented at the Duke Theology and Ethics Colloquium, Durham, NC, October 19, 2010.
2009
“Kant, Scotus, and Happiness,” for “Happiness, the Life of Virtue, and Friendship,” (Stanley Hauerwas) Duke Divinity School.
“Gift of Identity: An Interpretation and Evaluation of de Lubac on the Supernatural.” Paper presented at the Duke Theology and Ethics Colloquium, Durham, NC, March 17, 2009.
2008
“Spiritual Reading as an Ascetic Practice: Origen on Scripture.” Paper presented at the UVA-Duke Theology Consortium, Durham, NC, September 13, 2008.
“Theological Imagination and the Biblical Text: A Case Study of Lessing and Nietzsche.” Paper presented at the UVA-Duke Theology Consortium, Charlottesville, VA, Feb. 9, 2008.
“On the End of the World: Barth, Augustine, and Kant on the Law of Love and the Possibility of a Meaningful Life.” Paper presented at the Duke Theology and Ethics Colloquium, Durham, NC, November 8, 2008.
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