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Saint John's School of Theology·Seminary
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321
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Charles Bobertz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Bobertz

Professor of Theology, 1993-

B.A., Saint John’s University, 1980; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1983; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University, 1988

Ordained to the permanent diaconate, 1997

Teaching in Austria, Fall, 2009

cbobertz@csbsju.edu

Recent courses taught:

Synoptic Gospels (Spring 2009)

Patristics (Fall 2008)

Gospel of Mark (Fall 2008, Web course)

The Johannine Tradition (Summer 2008)

Pauline Letters (Spring 2008)

 

Selected Publications:

Readings in Christian Communities:

Essays on Interpretation in the Early Church

Charles A. Bobertz and David Brakke, eds.

(Notre Dame: Notre Dame Press, 2002).

“Cyprian, Cornelius, Novatian, Novatianism, Stephen I,”  The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History, Volume One (Louisville: John Knox Press, 2008).

“Preparing the Season: Learning to Love,” Rite Magazine 38.6 (2007) 5-7.

“Preparing the Season: Transforming the World,” Rite Magazine 38.5 (2007) 5-7.

“Preparing the Season: Completing the Way,” Rite Magazine 38.4 (2007) 5-7.

“Preparing the Season: Ordinary Time in Luke,” Rite Magazine 38.3 (2007) 5-7.

“Living as the Body of Christ,” Rite Magazine 38.3 (2007) 5-7.

“Preparing the Season: Easter and Pentecost,” Rite Magazine 38.2 (2007) 5-7.

“Preparing the Season: Holy Week and Triduum,” Rite Magazine 38.1 (2007) 5-7.

“Theological Education and the Diaconate,” in The Deacon Reader, ed. James Keating (Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2006) 141-155.

“Religious Bodies and Organizational Forms: Christianity,” in Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide, ed. Sarah Iles Johnston (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004) 323-324.

 

Reviews:

Review of Eugen J. Pentiuc, Jesus the Messiah in the Hebrew Bible. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 69 (2007) 337-338.

Review of John David Dawson, Christian Figural Reading and the Fashioning of Identity. Church History 75 (2006) 161-163.

Review of  William Yarchin, History of Biblical Interpretation: A Reader. Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67 (2005) 705-706.

Review of Paul L. Danove, Linguistics and Exegesis in the Gospel of Mark: Applications of a Case Frame Analysis and Lexicon. Review of Biblical Literature (2004).

 

Recent presentations:

“The Apostle Paul: Gospel and Ministry,” as a featured speaker, Diocese of Winona Fall Ministry Gathering, October 24-25, 2008.

“Ritual Within Narrative: An Interpretive Clue to the Narrative Structure of Mark’s Gospel,”  Catholic Biblical Association, August 2008.

“Understanding the Bible,” Church of St. Teresa, Deep Haven, Minn., 15 Lectures, January-May 2008

"The Passion Narratives,” Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, Minn. (four lectures), March-April, 2008

“Preaching Lectionary Cycle A,” Workshop for Priests and Deacons of the Orlando Diocese, November 6-7, 2007

“Ritual Performance: Narrative Resurrection in the Gospel of Mark,” Society of Biblical Literature, November 2006.

“The Present State of Cyprian Studies.” North American Patristic Society, June 2005.

 

Professional activities:

Saint John’s University Faculty Research Grants 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Vocations Grant: “Theological Education and the Diaconate,” received April 2005.

 


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