PETER CHARLES HERMANCURRICULUM VITAE

Georgetown University Department of Theology Box 57113537th and O Streets NW Washington, DC 20057-1135

1343 S Columbus St.Arlington, VA 22204

peter.c.herman@gmail.com ph274@georgetown.edu

774 . 253 . 6000

EDUCATION

2017 (expected) PhD, Georgetown University, Theological and Religious Studies

Dissertation: “Overcoming Whiteness: A Critical Comparison of James

Cone’s Black Liberation Theology and Shinran’s Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism”

2011 MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, Systematic Theology

1998 BA, Drew University, Philosophy

WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles2014 “We are the Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman’s Zombies and Buddhist Body Image” Implicit Religion 17.4 (2014) pp 433-442

2013 “Reverse-Engineering Belonging: A Foucauldian Archaeology of Multiple Religious Identity” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48:3 (2013) pp 328-342

Book Reviews:2015 The Prophet and the Bodhisattva: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Ethics of Peace and Justice, Reviewed in Journal of Buddhist Ethics 22

(http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/)

Other Publications:2015 “Another Debate, More Bad Christianity” at Huffington Post

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/another-debate-more-bad- christianity_b_8527518.html)

“It’s Never as Simple as ‘Religion is Bad’” at Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/its-never-as-simple-as-

religion-is- bad_b_8566104.html)

2013 Finding Common Ground Between Buddhism and Christianity at Huffington Post

(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/finding-common-ground-between- buddhism-and-christianity_b_3143133.html)

2011 “Occupation, Compassion, and Justice, Parts 1 & 2” at Theology Salon(http://theologysalon.org/2011/10/30/occupation-compassion-and-justice-part-1-of-2/http://theologysalon.org/2011/11/12/occupation-compassion-and-justice-part-2-of-2/)

2009 Dry Bones and Oil Spills: The Dangerous Memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa at Religion

Dispatches(http://http://religiondispatches.org/irdpulpiti-dry-bones-oil-spills-the-dangerous-memory-of-ken-saro-wiwa/)

AWARDS AND HONORS

2011 Charles Augustus Briggs Award, Union Theological Seminary

CONFERENCE PAPERS

2016 “Speaking Silence to Power: Zen Buddhism, Quaker, Power and Authority”,

Power + Liturgy (College Theology Society annual meeting), June 1-5

2015 “Trees as Parishioners? Lessons of Thai Buddhism for Christian Ecological Reflection”,

An Unexpected Wilderness: Seeking God on a Changing Planet (College Theology Society annual meeting), May 28-31

2014 “Concepts of ‘Faith’ and ‘Other-power’ in Shinran and Ignatius of Loyola”, God has begun a Great Work in Us: The Embodiment of Love in Contemporary Consecrated Life and New Ecclesial Movements (College Theology Society annual meeting), May 28-June 1 2013 “Rotting Corpses in Pulp Horror: Reading Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead as Buddhist Charnel Ground Meditation”, American Academy of Religion annual meeting, November 23-26

“Expanding Nirvana and the Problem of Ethical Ambivalence in Jodo Shinshu”

The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures: History, Image, Praxis, Thought, May 31-June 2,

“Nested Nations: Nationalism Theory and Japanese Buddhism”, Politics and Religion (Florida State University Graduate Student Symposium) February 21-24

2012 “Method in Comparative Theology”, Engaging Particularities, March 30-April 1

“Toward an Apophatic Inclusivism”, Where We Dwell in Common, April 17-22

“Reverse Engineering Multiplicity: A Foucauldian Archaeology of Multiple Religious Belonging”, Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives From Religious

Studies and Theology, May 23-25

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught:2016 (Fall) “Theological Inquiry”, Marymount University

2015 (Fall) “Problem of God”, Georgetown Unviersity

2015 (Spring) “Introduction to Buddhism”, Georgetown University

Teaching Assistant:2014 (Spring) “Introduction to Buddhism”, Georgetown University

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant:2013-2014 Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and Global Affairs

SERVICE TO PROFESSION

2014-2015 Organizing committee, Vatican II - Remembering the Future: Ecumenical, Interfaith and Secular Perspectives on the Council’s Impact and Promise (Ecclesiological

Investigations International Research Network annual meeting)

LANGUAGES

French (written, read)Japanese (read)Spanish (read)

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of ReligionInternational Association of Shin Buddhist StudiesCollege Theology SocietySociety for Comparative Theology

REFERENCES

Peter C. Phan (pcp5@georgetown.edu)Benjamin Bogin (bbogin@skidmore.edu)Leo Lefebure (ll253@georgetown.edu)Francisca Cho (chof@georgetown.edu)