Bruce Morrill, S.J.

EDUCATION
B.A., Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, 1981
M.A., Anthropology, Columbia University, 1986
M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, 1991
Ph.D., Religion, Emory University, 1996

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Member of the Society of Jesus, New England Province, 1982-present.
Professed Simple Perpetual Vows, August 18, 1984.
Ordained to the Presbyterate, June 20, 1992.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Systematic Theology; liturgical theology; political theology; pneumatology; and ritual studies.

TEACHING
Liturgical Theology: Sacraments and Worship
Liturgy and Ethics
Theology of Initiation
Suffering: Comparative Theologies
Exploring Catholicism I & II
Suffering, Politics, and Liberation

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Member of the Catholic Theological Society of America (convener of the Sacramental and Liturgical Theology group), North American Academy of Liturgy, Catholic Academy of Liturgy, Societas Liturgica, American Academy of Religion, and Phi Beta Kappa; Editorial Board, Liturgical Ministry; Visiting Fellow, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy (Dublin, Ireland); Visiting Fellow in the Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture (College of the Holy Cross), 2002.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Books:
Divine Worship and Human Healing (Liturgical [2009])
Sacraments: Revelation of the Humanity of God, co-editor (Pueblo, 2008)
Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, co-editor (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)
Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: Political and Liturgical Theology in Dialogue Pueblo, 2000)
Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theory and Practice, editor (Liturgical, 1999)
Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God, co-editor (Pueblo, 1998)

Articles:
"The Christology of Ordinary Time," Liturgical Ministry 17 (2008)
"Challenges and Resources for a Liturgical Theology of Healing," Liturgy 22 (2007)
"Le Christ guérisseur. Enquête critique sur les sources liturgiques, pastorales et bibliques,” Transversalité 99 (2006)
"The Paschal Mystery Personified: A Commentary on the RCIA as Ritual Theology, Liturgical Theology 15 (2006)
"Contemplating Suffering: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction," Proceedings (NAAL) 18 (2006)

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002
Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, co-editor, with Joanna E. Ziegler and Susan Rodgers. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

“Le Christ guérisseur. Enquête critique sur les sources liturgiques, pastorales et bibliques.” Transversalités: Revue de l’Institut Catholique de Paris 99 (2006): 219-238.

“Contemplating Suffering: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction.”  Proceedings of the North American Academy of Liturgy 18 (2006): 119-140.

“The Paschal Mystery Personified: A Commentary on the RCIA as Ritual Theology.” Liturgical Ministry 15 (Spring, 2006): 75-86.

“What Difference Does It Make for Me as a Liturgist To Be a Jesuit—or Vice Versa?” In Jesuit Postmodern: Scholarship, Vocation, and Identity in the 21st Century, ed. Francis X. Clooney, 65-87. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2006.

“Easter.” In Encyclopedia of American Holidays, vol. 1, ed. Len Travers, 112-134. Westport: Greenwood Publishing, 2006.

“Reading Texts of Terror: Liturgical Imagination and Ethical Conviction.” In Missing God? Cultural Amnesia and Political Theology, ed. John K. Downey, Jürgen Manemann, and Steven T. Ostovich, 36-58. Münster: LIT Verlag, 2006.

“Ritual Practice: The View from Liturgical Theology.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, ed. Bruce T. Morrill, Susan Rodgers, and Joanne E. Ziegler, 5-10. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

“Practicing the Pastoral Care of the Sick: The Sacramental Body in Liturgical Motion.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, ed. Bruce T. Morrill, Susan Rodgers, and Joanne E. Ziegler, 99-114. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

“Christ the Healer: An Investigation of Liturgical, Pastoral, and Biblical Approaches.” In Practicing Catholic: Ritual, Body, and Contestation in Catholic Faith, ed. Bruce T. Morrill, Susan Rodgers, and Joanne E. Ziegler, 115-129. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Review of Political Worship: Ethics for Christian Citizens by Bernd Wannenwetsch. In Worship 80:1 (January, 2006): 94-96.

“Christ the Healer: A Critical Investigation of Liturgical, Pastoral, and Biblical Sources.” Worship 79:6 (2005):  482-504.

“Christmas in Hooper Bay: God’s Presence in Human Gifts.” The Alaskan Shepherd 43:9 (December, 2005): 1-4, 7-8.

Review of Power and the Spirit of God: Toward an Experience-Based Pneumatology by Bernard Cooke. In Theological Studies 66:4 (December, 2005): 909-910.

Review of Breath of Life: A Theology of the Creator Spirit by Denis Edwards. In TheologicalStudies 66:1 (March, 2005): 227-228.

“The Significance of Bodily Resurrection for Sacramental and Liturgical Theology.” In Catholic Theological Society of America: Proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Convention, ed. Richard Sparks, 130-132. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2005.

“Liturgia a Etika: Krestansky Zivot ako Bohosluzba.”  Studia Aloisiana 7 (2004): 263-271.

Review of Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology by Gordon Lathrop. In Doxology 21 (2004): 130-132.

Review of Worship Seeking Understanding: Windows into Christian Practice by John D. Witvliet. In Worship 78:4 (2004): 364-366.

"The Beginning of the End: Eschatology in the Liturgical Year and Lectionary."  Liturgical Ministry 12 (Spring, 2003): 65-74.

“Seasonal Themes: Advent and Christmas, Lent, and Easter.” In The Vatican II Weekday Missal 44-48,517-522, 707-709. Boston: Pauline Books and Media, 2003.

“Practicing Liturgical Scholarship: Liturgical Theology as Vocation.” In Catholic Theological Society of America: Proceedings of the Fifty-eighth Annual Convention, ed. Richard Sparks, 131-133. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2003.

"Music, Liturgy, and Religious Formation." Concilium: Review Internationale de Théologie (2002/4): 88-96.

"Hidden Presence: The Mystery of the Assembly as Body of Christ."  Liturgical Ministry 11 (Winter, 2002): 31-40.

Review of The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body by Louis-Marie Chauvet. In Doxology 19 (2002): 158-161.

Review of “The Word of the Lord”: The Liturgy’s Use of Scripture by David N. Power. In Horizons 29 (Fall, 2002): 366-367.

Review of The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983, trans. Juliana Schmemann. In Worship 76:2 (March, 2002): 187-189.

“Liturgical Signs of the Times.” In Catholic Theoogical Society of America: Proceedings of the Fifty-seventh Annual Convention, ed. Richard Sparks, 182-183. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2002.