Recent Publications and Presentations

Publications

Forthcoming

Howell, J. (Forthcoming). Imago Dei and Earthly Life: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Creation and Christ, Bloomsbury Publishing.

King, J. (Forthcoming, 2023). “Christina Rossetti’s Cosmic Liturgy and Challenge to Anthropocentrism.” Ecoflourishing and Character: Transdisciplinary Christian Perspectives, eds. Steven Bouma-Prediger and Nathan Carson, foreword Bill McKibben (Routledge) (5,500 words).

King, J. (Forthcoming, 2023). “Ecology.” Gerard Manley Hopkins in Context, ed. Martin Dubois (Cambridge University Press,  in Literature and Context series). (3,000 words).

King, J. (Forthcoming, 2024). “Religio Loci: Wordsworth’s Churchyards and Sacred Ecologies of Place in the 1810s” Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition: the 1810s, ed. Emma Mason, Cambridge series on Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition (Cambridge UP) (10,000 words). 

King, J. (Forthcoming). “Social and Environmental Justice.” The Cambridge Companion to Religion in Victorian Literary Culture, ed. Mark Knight. (6,000 words).

King, J. (Forthcoming). “The Democratisation of the Bible: Education, Economics, Ecology,” The Victorian Period, ed. Elisabeth Jay in The Bible and Literature, 5 vols., ed. Elisabeth Jay and Stephen Pricket et al. (forthcoming with Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2023) (25,000 words: 10,000-word essay followed by 15,000 words of illustrative material and commentary)

Natalie Carnes and Matthew Whelan. “‘Lord, When did We See You? Towards a Topography of the Visual.” International Journal of Systematic Theology (forthcoming, 2023).

Whelan, M. (Forthcoming) Agroecology and Christianity (under contract with Cambridge University Press, in progress, one of four chapters drafted)

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2023

Asghari, S. (2023, April 6). "Understanding Human Dignity in Shi’i Islam: Debates, Challenges, and Solutions for Contemporary Issues." Religions 14: 505. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rel14040505

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (2023). “Contributions of La Asociación para la Educación Teológica Hispana", with Britta Meiers Carlson, Creative Collaborations: Case Studies of North American Missional Practices, edited by Dana L. Robert, Allison Kach-Yawnghwe, and Morgan Crago (Regnun Studies in Mission).

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (2023). “From an Excluded Mission Field to the World Christianity Map: The CCLA and the Emerging Voices of Elite Latin American Protestants (1910-1929),” The Journal of World Christianity, Vol 13, No.1.

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2023). Inter-religious Dialogue: “Why Should it Matter to Our Academic and Grassroots Communities? (revised essay), chapter in The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Latinoax Theology, Orlando Espín, editor (Wiley, USA).

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2022

Michael Mawson and Paul Martens. Eds. (2022). The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny, London: T&T Clark.

Martens, P. (2022). “Friendship and the Future of Interreligious Cooperation,” International Journal of Interreligious and Intercultural Studies 5.2: 27-33.

Martens, P. (2022). “The Normative Status of Human Nature and the Limits of Ecosystem Engineering,” in The Ethics of Grace: Engaging Gerald McKenny,” ed. Michael Mawson and Paul Martens (London: T&T Clark).

Paz, L. (2022). “Connect and Protect: The Role of Trade, Technology, and Labor Policies on Informality,” with Jennifer P. Poole and Rita K. Almeida, The Journal of Development Studies, 58 (7), 1416–1435.

Paz, L. (2022). “The China Shock Impact on Labor Informality: The Effects on Brazilian Manufacturing Workers”. Economies, 10(5):109.

Ward, T. (2022). “Duns Scotus on Freedom and the Affection for Justice” (with Seth Howton), St. Anselm Journal

Ward, T. (2022). “Duns Scotus on Essential Order in De Primo Principio and Elsewhere,” in Interpreting Scotus, ed. Giorgio Pini. Cambridge University Press, 59-77

Ward, T. (2022). “Good Enough to be God: Biblical Worship and Anselm’s Formula,” Journal of Analytic Theology 10, 65-75

Ward, T. (2022). Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus. Angelico Press.

Whelan, M. (2022). “‘A Shadowy Sort of Right’: The Ius Necessitatis and Catholic Moral Theology.” Journal of Moral Theology 11, no. 2.

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2021

Wild-Wood,E.,  Cardoza-Orlandi, C., & Daugherty, D. (November 2021). “World Christianity: History, Conception, and Interpretation,” chapter in World Christianity: History, Methodologies, Horizons, Jehu Hanciles, editor, Maryknoll: Orbis.

Howell, J. (Spring 2021). “Wendell Berry’s ‘Difficult Hope.” Perspectives in Religious Studies Volume 48, Number 1.

King, J. (2021). “Revelatory Beasts: Christina Rossetti on the Apocalypse and Creation’s Worship,” Christianity and Literature 70.4: 382-403 (10,970 words). Awarded Lionel Basney Award for Most Outstanding Article in 2021.

Suzanne Nesmith, Charlie Walter, Sandi Cooper, Cole Matson, Tisha Emerson, Melissa Mullins, Julia Daniel, and Paul Martens (2021). “Water, River, and Community: Bridging Community, Environment, and Outreach Through a Transdisciplinary Course,” NSTA/Connected Science Learning 3.4 (July-August)

Paz, L. (2021). “How does import competition impact job type?” Economics Bulletin, 41(3), 2063–2020.

Paz, L. (2021). “The Effects of Chinese Imports on Female Workers in the Brazilian Manufacturing Sector,” with John Ssozi, The Journal of Development Studies, 57(5), 807–823.

Ward, T. (2021). “Forms,” in The Routledge Companion to Medieval Philosophy, ed. Richard Cross and JT Paasch. Routledge, 86-95.

Whelan, M. & Carnes, N. (2021). Towards a Topography of the Visual. International Journal of Systematic Theology.

Whelan, M. (2021). Agroecology, Biological Control, and Catholic Social Teaching. Modern Theology, 37(2).

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2020

Hinojosa, V. & Voorhees, C. (Illustrated by S. Guevara) (2020). A Journey Toward Hope. Six Foot Press.

Howell, J. (Winter 2020). “Is There Anything Particularly Baptist about Baptist Higher Ed? Baylor University as a Case Study on the Baptist Principle of Christian Freedom.” Perspectives in Religious Studies Vol. 47.

King, J. (October 2020). "Child Labour and the Idolatry of Nature in the 'Cry of the Children and The Drama of Exile.'" Women's Writing, 27.4, special issue on "Women and Labour in the Nineteenth Century," edited by Lisa Surridge and Mary Elizabeth Leighton: 1-12 (5,600 words).

Laura Schmidt Roberts, Paul Martens, and Myron Penner. Eds. (2020). Recovering from the Anabaptist Vision: New Essays in Anabaptist Identity and Theological Method, London: T&T Clark.

Lysen, L. & Martens, P. (2020). How Can We Love Our Enemies When We Kill Our Friends? Modern Theology 36(3), 462-77.

Paz, L. S. & Ssozi, J. (2020). The Effects of Chinese Imports on Female Workers in the Brazilian Manufacturing Sector. The Journal of Development Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2020.1817391.

Ward, T. (2020). “Deiform Morality,” in A New Theist Response to the New Atheists, ed. Josh Rasmussen and Kevin Vallier. Routledge.

Ward, T. (2020). Divine Ideas. Cambridge University Press.

Ward, T. (2020). “Logical Necessity and Divine Love in Duns Scotus’s Ethical Thought,” Franciscan Studies 78, 159-170.

Ward, T. (2020). “Relative Disability and Transhuman Happiness: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Beatific Vision,” in Disability in Medieval Christian Philosophy and Theology, ed. Scott Williams. Routledge, 277-286.

Whelan, M. (2020). Agroecology and Natural Law. Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, 40(1): 127-144.

Whelan, M. (2020). Blood in the Fields: Óscar Romero, Catholic Social Teaching, and Land Reform. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2020 [paperback].

Whelan, M. (2020). “The Business of War in Latin America.” In The Business of War: Theological-Ethical Reflections on the Military-Industrial Complex, edited by Justin Barringer, Jimmy McCarty, and Matthew Tapie. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books. 

 

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Presentations/Interviews

2023

 

Asghari, S. (June 27-29, 2023). Natural law in Shia Islam, Presented in “Shia-Jewish Legal Reasoning Dialogue”, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana, USA.

Asghari, S. (2023, March 10). "Natural Law and Interreligious Dialogue: A Conversation with SeyedAmirHossein Asghari by Currents in Religion", Currents in Religion Podcast, Baylor University Department of Religion, Waco. 

Asghari, S. (February 18-19, 2023). Natural law Understanding in Islamic Resources, Interreligious Understanding and Natural Law: Toward Justice and Human Dignity, Villanova University, Philadelphia, USA.

Martens, P. (2023, January 8). “Interreligious Engagements with Natural Law: A Protestant Perspective,” Society for Jewish Ethics Annual Meeting, Chicago.

Asghari, S. (January 4, 2023). Question of Natural law in the Shia Islam, Center for the Study of the Middle East, Indiana University. Bloomington, Indiana.  

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2022

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (29 de septiembre del 2022). “Promesas y desafíos de la misión cristiana,” Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico e Iglesia Rivieras de Cupey (IDPMI).

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (June 2022). Respondent to Yenny Delgado and Claudio Ramirez, “Decolonial Theology: Abya Yala Theology,” Decolonizing Churches Conference, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico.

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (30 de septiembre del 2022). Tierra, religión y formación vocacional: Un encuentro inesperado entre el imaginario religioso caribeño, el cultivo y protección de la tierra, y la formación vocacional. Congreso de Teología y Espiritualidad en la Montaña, Teología de la Liberación: Hacia una Espiritualidad Encarnada, Universidad Interamericana, Recinto de Barranquitas.

Hinojosa, V. (2022, October 12). “Food Insecurity and Migration in Central America.” Breakout session presentation, Together at the Table: Hunger and Poverty Summit, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.  Baylor University.  

Hinojosa, V. (2022, October 12). “Global Hunger and Migration” Plenary Panel.  Together at the Table: Hunger and Poverty Summit, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.  Baylor University.  

Martens, P. (2022, Spring). “A Place for Interdisciplinarity to Flourish: A Conversation with Paul Martens, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies,” The Review, Baylor University Academy for Teaching and Learning, pp. 4-5.

Paz, L. (April, 2022). “Cracks in the Glass Ceiling and Gender Equality,” Australasian Trade Workshop, New Zealand. 

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2021

Cardoza- Orlandi, C. (2021), Decolonizando a Jesús (Decolonizing Jesus), 2021 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, “Being Renewed from Inside Out”, August 26, 2021.

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (Marzo 2021). "Las marcas de la iglesia, misión cristiana y tecnología", Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico, Conferencia para curso "Teología y tecnología", Prof. Jesús Rodríguez.

King, J. (2021, April 16). Lords of the Earth? Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Christ’s Body in the Age of Human Domination. Browning Day, Armstrong Browning Library.

King, J. (2021, January 23). New Work on Literature and Religion: 2020 Articles on EBB and Religion by Dr. Joshua King and Dr. Denae Dyck. The Religion and Spiritualities Caucus of the North American Victorian Studies Association.

King, J. (2021, March 9). I All-Creation Sing: Christina Rossetti on Cosmic Liturgy. Nineteenth-Century Postgraduate Research Seminar, University of Cambridge.

Hinojosa, V. (2021, September 10). "Hunger and Migration in Global Hunger Policy." Expert Panel, Forum on Global Hunger, World Food Programme and Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty, Baylor University. 

Hinojosa, V. (2021, December 11). “Journeys of Hope: Migration Stories Behind the Headlines.” Presented at “The Role of Universities in Addressing Migration," Rotary International Working Group on Migration and Refugees.

Hinojosa, V. (2021, April 30). "The Role of Texas Universities in Combating Hunger." Texas Global Food Security Conference.  

Hinojosa, V. (2021, September 17). "Unaccompanied Migrant Children:  Addressing the Crisis through Philanthropy," The Gathering, San Diego, CA. 

Martens, P. (2021, March 25). The Internet of Things and Human Community in a COVID-19 World. 11th International Graduate Student and Scholar's Conference in Indonesia: Culture, Technology, and Social Transformation in the Quest for Human Dignity, Universitas Gadjah Mada.

Paz, L. (November, 2021). “Skill Composition and Trade in Services,” Southern Economic Meeting, Houston, TX.

Paz, L. (September, 2021). “Precarization or Protection: The Role of Trade and Labor Policies on Informality, ” European trade Study Group, Belgium. 

Paz, L. (January 5, 2021). “The Effects of Export Destination on Labor Market Sorting, ” 2021 American Economic Association Meeting (ASSA), Chicago, IL. 

Paz, L. (January 3, 2021). “Connect and Protect: The Role of Trade, Technology, and Labor Policies on Informality, ” 2021 American Economic Association Meeting (ASSA), Chicago, IL.

Whelan, M. (2021, June). From Food Security to Food Sovereignty: Transforming the Emergency Meals-to-You Program. Just Food: Because It’s Never Just Food, Joint Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS); Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS); Canadian Association for Food Studies (CAFS); and the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN).

Whelan, M. (2021, March 5). Food Justice, Theology, and Literature [Speaker & Panelist]. Nineteenth-Century Research Seminar, Baylor University.

Whelan, M. (2021, March 23). The Witness of Archbishop Óscar Romero. Center for Cultural Engagement., Catholic University of America.

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2020

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2020). ¿Cuál Fue la Respuesta de las comunidades cristianas al desafío de epidemias y pandemias en la historia humana? Re-descubriendo el testimonio Cristiano en medio de epidemias y pandemias. Iglesia Cristiana (Discípulos de Cristo) de Las Lomas.

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2020). Christian Theology & Theology: Christian Responses in Times of Epidemics and Pandemics (Selected Cases). TeoBytes.com.

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2020). Formación cristiana para prácticas misionales relevantes” y “La misión a la que hemos sido llamados. Cumbre Teológica y de Misión, Covención Bautista Ecuatoriana y Red de Multiplicación, (virtual participation).

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2020). Memoria, experiencia y expectativas: ¿Cuál fue la respuesta de las comunidades cristianas al desafío de epidemias y pandemias en la historia humana? Redescubriendon el testimonio cristiano en medio de epidemias y pandemias Webinar auspiciado por el Seminario Evangélico de Puerto Rico y la Universidad Interamericana (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKaWKcJDf7A).

Cardoza-Orlandi, C. (2020). Misión cristiana y los desafíos de los cambios sociales y la pandemia del COVID-19. (Entrevista por Prof. Maria Eugenia Cornou). Ser Iglesia en un mundo configurado por el COVID-19: Perspectivas Ministeriales, Calvin Institute for Worship, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.

King, J. (2020). Christina Rossetti's Green Sanctuaries and Cosmic Liturgies. Nineteenth-Century Research Seminar. Baylor University.

King, J. (2020). Disparate Romantics Series: Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The Brownings in Our World. Armstrong Browning Library and Wordsworth Grasmere.

King, J. (2020). Green Sanctuaries: Christina Rossetti on the Congregation of Creation and the Rights of Creatures. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS). Los Angeles, CA, (digital presentation).

King, J. (2020, July 25). Using COVE in Class Exhibitions. North American Victorian Studies Association.

King, J. (2020, October 24). Workshop on Secularism, Religion, and Conversion in Victorian Literature and Culture. The Religion and spiritualities Caucus of the North American Victorian Studies Association.

King, J. (2020, November 6). Organizing a Flightless Conference. Public Scholarship Workshop, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota and Emory University.

King, J. & Saville, J. (2020, November 14). Victorian Poetry and Ecocriticism. The Victorian Poetry Caucus of the North American Studies Association.

Martens, P. (2020) COVID-19 and the Emergence of Localism: Learning from the Pitfalls and Promises in American Faith Communities. Faith and Urban Resilience in an age of COVID-19 Workshop. Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia (virtual participation).

Martens, P. (2020). Faith and the Peace of the City. Faith and Urban Resilience Workshop. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Martens, P. (2020). Nature, Interreligious Cooperation, and Hope for the Future of the City, 5^th Annual Conference on Interreligious and Intercultural Studies: Future Cities of the World. Universitas Hindu Indonesia, Denpasar, Indonesia (virtual participation).

Paz, L. (November 23, 2020). “Exports and Skill Upgrade, ” 2020 Southern Economic Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 

Whelan, M. (2020). Romero and Land Reform, Romero Days 2020. Kellogg Institute for International Studies & Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC), and the University of Notre Dame.

Whelan, M. (2020, March). Like a Thorn in our Sleeping Flesh: Óscar Romero and the Reform of Salvadoran Agriculture. Romero Days 2020. Kellogg Institute for International Studies & Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC), and the University of Notre Dame.