Colleen Griffith - Boston College

	CONTACT INFORMATION Email: colleen.griffith.1@bc.edu Office Phone: 617-552-8444 Address: IREPM Boston College 31 Lawrence Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 AREAS OF INTEREST Historical spirituality, contemporary spirituality, theological anthropology with a special focus on a theology and spirituality of the body, method in practical theology, method in spirituality, constructive theology, feminist theology.
ABOUT Colleen M. Griffith, Faculty Director of Spirituality Studies at Boston Colleges Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry and Adjunct Associate Professor of Theology, holds her Doctorate in Theology from Harvard Universitys Divinity School. She works at the intersection of theology and spirituality and her publications, public lectures and addresses reflect this intersection. In addition to her full time teaching, Colleen directs and oversees the Post-Masters Certificate Program in the Practice of Spirituality. COURSES Summer 2007: Post Master's Certificate in the Practice of Spirituality TH908: Ways of Prayer and Discernment TH910: Issues in the Practice of Spiritual Direction Fall 2007: TH644.01: Foundations of Theology TH790.01: Historical Resources for Contemporary Spirituality Spring 2007: TH785.01: Theology, Spirituality & the Body TH791.01: Twentieth Century Spiritual Classics Summer 2006: Post Master's Program in the Practice of Spirituality Conference Week 2006 Anchor: Prophetic Witness: Catholic Women's Strategies for Reform

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY in SPIRITUALITY IN THE CATHOLIC TRADITION
Ligouri Press (2006) This opening essay in the anthology offers an analysis of spirituality today and offers a description of the relationship between spirituality and doctrine.
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EDUCATION AND SPIRITUALITY in THE NEW WESTMINSTER DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY
(Louisville: John Knox Press, 2005) Considering education and spirituality as distinct though related enterprises, this entry looks at spiritual principles apparent in humanizing education.
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SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: FOSTERING A CLOSER CONNECTION in HORIZONS AND HOPES: THE FUTURE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
(NY: Paulist Press, 2003) Considering the purpose of catechetical education, this essay seeks to identify an informed spirituality as the goal of Christian religious education.
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HUMAN BODILINESS: SAMENESS AS STARTING POINT in THE CHURCH WOMEN WANT
(NY; Crossroad, 2002) This essay offers critical response to the problematic complementarity anthropology regarding women and men that continues to enjoy so much favor.
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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BODY in BODIES AT WORSHIP: EXPLORATIONS IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY
(Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999) Working in a constructive vein, this essay investigates the role of the body in lived Christian faith and urges more intentional incorporation of the body in Christian liturgy.
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