David Gentry-Akin  |  Interests  |  Scholarship  |  Service  

Education:

• Ph.D., STD Facultiet der Godgeleerdheid, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven; Leuven, Belgium, September 1998
  Recovering the God of Life: The Reception of Nietzsche in Postmodern Thought and Contemporary Eco-Spiritualities. Promoter: Professor Dr. Georges De Schrijver, SJ
• STL Facultiet der Godgeleerdheid, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, September 1993
  Atheism and a New Religiosity: The Theological Reception of Friedrich Nietzsche. Promoter: Professor Dr. Georges De Schrijver, SJ
• Master of Divinity Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, May 1984
• Clinical-Pastoral Education, M. D. Anderson Research Hospital and Tumor Institute;The University of Texas System Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 1982
• Institute in Religious Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, 1981
• Bachelor of Science Educational Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1979

Teaching Experience:

• Associate Professor - St. Mary’s College of California (2001 - Present)
• Assistant Professor - St. Mary’s College of California (1999 - 2001)
• Core Faculty Member - St. Mary’s College of California Moraga, California (1995 - 1996)
  Critical Perspectives Department
• Instructor - University of London—Birkbeck College, London, UK (1992 - 1993)
  Courses in Ecological Spirituality, the Medieval Mystics, and Christian Ethics
• Instructor - Holy Names College, Oakland, California (1987 - 1990)
  Introduction to Creation Spirituality

Other Experience:

• Department of Portfolio Evaluation - St. Mary’s College of California (1994 - Present)
  Duties included developing Competency Descriptions for essay topics in Religious Studies, advising students writing in this area on the development of their essays, and evaluating the essays to determine their credit worthiness.

Awards:

• Faculty Scholarship at Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven for completion of dissertation - (1996)
  (1995-96)
• Named “Outstanding Undergraduate Student” - University of Houston (1979)

Grant:

• Charles E. Merrill Scholarship, University of Notre Dame - (1984)
  (1981-1984)

Presentations:

Selected Presentations

• Walking in the Footsteps of the Early Christians: Reflecting on the Normativity of History for Theology. Gentry-Akin, David (paper)
  Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology VIII, Catholic University of Leuven
  (October 2011)
• The Use of Mediations in Theology: A Celebration of the Work of Georges De Schrijver, SJ.. Gentry-Akin, David (talk, speech or lecture, primary presenter, panel or forum member)
  Leuven, Belgium: Catholic University of Louvain,
  (April 2001)
• The God In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Dialectical Theism as Orthodox Christian Theology. Gentry-Akin, David (talk, speech or lecture, paper)
  Villanova, Pennsylvania: College Theology Society
  (May 2000)
• Sex, Lies and Global Economics. Gentry-Akin, David (talk, speech or lecture)
  Boston, Massachusetts: American Academy of Religion
  (November 1999)
• Rekindling the Light: The Erosion of Catholic Identity in Catholic Colleges and Universities. Gentry-Akin, David (paper)
  De Pere, Wisconsin: College Theology Society
  (May 1999)
• How Faculty Learn: Faculty Development Through Interdisciplinary Curriculum Design. Gentry-Akin, David (panel or forum member)
  Chicago, Illinois: Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs
  Panelist on panel examining how faculty grows through collaboration on curriculum design in interdisciplinary programs.
  (October 1998)

Lectures

• “Ecofeminism”.. Gentry-Akin, David (talk, speech or lecture, other-lecture)
  Lecture given for Professor Stephen Woolpert’s Jan Term course on Religion, Ethics, and Politics.
  (January 2003)

Paper

• Does Monotheism Have to be Monotonous? Friedrich Nietzsche on Unity and Plurality. Gentry-Akin, David (paper)
  San Diego, California: College Theology Society
  (May 1997)
• Iron John or John Ironing?: A Pro-Feminist Theological Critique of the Men’s Movement. Gentry-Akin, David (paper)
  Notre Dame, Indiana: College Theology Society,
  (May 1994)
• A God Who Could Dance: A Nietzschean Perspective on Religion and the Body. Gentry-Akin, David (paper)
  Moraga, California: College Theology Society
  (May 1993)

Publications:

• Gentry-Akin, David. 2011. Teaching the Tradition: Catholic Themes In Academic Disciplines., eds. Piderit, SJ, Father John J. and Morey, Melanie M. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Gentry-Akin, David. March 2007. Catholic Studies As a Strategy for Handing On Catholic Faith and Culture, Listening: A Journal of Religion and Culture
• Gentry-Akin, David. "“Zeg het voort en geef het door”: De Nederlandse manier van geloven is wereldwijd gemeengoed geworden [Carry it On: The Contribution of the Dutch Church to Worldwide Catholic Renewal]." De Bazuin June 21, 1991: 32-63
• Gentry-Akin, David. "Theological Perspectives on Creation Spirituality." Creation Spirituality (1990)
• Gentry-Akin, David. "Interviews with Edward Schillebeeckx, Leonardo Boff, Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns, and Bishop Pedro Casaldáliga." Creation Spirituality (1990)