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EDUCATION
Fordham University, AB
Gregorian University, Rome, S.T.L.
Yale University, M. Phil., Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, studied in Rome during the years of the Second Vatican Council and was ordained there in 1965. After parish ministry in New York, he obtained his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Yale University.
He has taught theology at the New York Archdiocesan Seminary and at the Maryknoll School of Theology; and has been visiting lecturer at Princeton Theological Seminary and Fordham University.
From 1986 to 1993 Father Imbelli was Director of the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry at Boston College and is currently Associate Professor of Theology at Boston College.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Christology; Trinitarian Theology; Spirituality
TEACHING
Exploring Catholicism: Tradition and Transformation I & II
Encountering God in Classics of Spirituality
Triune God and Human Transformation
Twentieth Century Catholic Trinitarian Theology
Jesus Christ and Human Transformation
Theology and Spirituality: Toward a New Integration
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Catholic Theological Society of America (Member of the Board: 1999-2001)
Roman Catholic Member: Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue U.S.A.
Catholic Common Ground Initiative (Steering Committee)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
"The Christic Fulfillment of the Prophet's Vision," Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America, 57 (2002).
"Stewards of the Tradition," Examining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (University of Sacred Heart Press, 2002).
"Dominus Iesus and the Reaffirmation of the Christic Center," Sic et Non (Orbis, 2002).
"The New Adam and Life-Giving Spirit: the Paschal Pattern of Spirit Christology," Communio xxv, 2 (Summer 1998)
"Holy Spirit," The New Dictionary of Theology (Glazier)
"Contemplating the Face of Jesus: Fascination, Following, Transformation" Retreat Presentations to Maryknoll Fathers and Sisters -- Hong Kong (Fall 2001).
PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002
Books:
Handing on the Faith: the Church’s Mission and Challenge, edited with a Foreword and Introduction by Robert P. Imbelli, (New York: Crossroad, 2006).
Articles:
“On Hope,” in Taking Heart: Catholic Writers on Hope in our Time, edited by Ben Birnbaum (New York: Crossroad, 2007).
“The Pope and the Poet,” America (March 13, 2006).
“The Catholic Common Ground Initiative: Dialogue, Discernment, Discipleship,” New Theology Review (February 2006)).
“Benedict XVI,” “Opus Dei,” World Book Encyclopedia (2005).
“What the Church Needs Now,” Commonweal (May 6, 2005).
“Tortured Genius: The Miracle of Caravaggio’s Art,” Commonweal (March 11, 2005).
“Jonathan Edwards,” Boston College Magazine, vol 64, no 3 (Summer 2004).
“Oratio Pro Caravaggio,” Commonweal (June 4, 2004).
"Rediscovering Priesthood in Light of the Eucharist," Touchstone, vol 19, no 2 (Winter 2003).
"Ecclesial Crisis and the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian," Catholic Theological Society of America Proceedings, 58 (2003).
"Catholic Church,” "Rosary," "Saint Juan Diego," World Book Encyclopedia (2003)
"Christ the King," United Press International Sermon Series: November 2002 Print and Internet).
"The Christic Fulfillment of the Prophet's Vision," Catholic Theological Society of America Proceedings 57 (2002)
"Pentecost: Babel Reversed"," United Press International Sermon Series: May 2002 (Print and Internet)
"Grandeur and Misery," United Press International Sermon Series: Lent 2002 (Print and Internet)
"Stewards of the Tradition," in Examining the Catholic Intellectual Tradition (Fairfield: University of Sacred Heart Press, 2002)
"Dominus Iesus and the Reaffirmation of the Christic Center," in Sic et Non (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2002) | 
