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The College Theology Society

The College Theology Society is a professional society of college and university professors. Founded in 1953 as a Roman Catholic organization of lay and religious teachers of undergraduate theology, the CTS today has a membership of over 1,000 college and university professors throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. While maintaining its roots in the Roman Catholic tradition, the Society is increasingly ecumenical in its membership and concerns. In its publications and Annual Meetings, it focuses on developing the academic disciplines of theology and religious studies, on assisting college and university teachers to teach their discipline effectively, and on relating religion to life.

The Annual Convention provides a forum for the exchange of interest and ideas on a national level. It is held the first week of June at a college or university of one of the Society's members. This makes it possible for members to attend at a modest cost and contributes to building a sense of community in the Society. Awards are made for outstanding books and articles by the CTS members and for the year's best student essay.

Members actively participate in the shape of the convention by sharing papers in the working groups and consultations: American Life and Catholic Thought, Approaches to Teaching Religion, Art Literature and Religion, Contemporary Theologies, Ecological Theology, Ethics, Experimental Learning and Theological Education, History of Christianity, History of Theology, Justice and Peace, Marriage and the Family, Mysticism and Politics, Philosophy of Religion, Symbol, Ritual, and Sacrament, Psychology and Religion, The Role of Affectivity in Theology, Consultation on Roman Catholic Modernism, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology of the Church, Women and Religion, and World Religions.

PUBLICATIONS

Members of the CTS receive Horizons, the Society's journal, and the Annual Volume. Horizons, published semi-annually at Villanova University, offers scholarly articles, editorials, a creative teaching section, and over 60 book reviews. The Annual Volume contains exceptional scholarly articles on the theme of the Annual Convention. Subscriptions to both Horizons and the Annual Volume are included in the membership dues.

MEMBERSHIP

The CTS offers the following types of membership: 

Full Professorial Membership - Open to those who teach theology/religious studies on the college or university level and who hold graduate degrees in these disciplines. The dues are $50 for Full Professional Membership and $50 for Joint Professional Membership (husband and wife). 

Associate Membership - Open to those engaged in pastoral work, to retired members of the Society who wish to continue their association, and to those who are in other ways supportive of religious studies and theology. The dues are $50.

Student Membership - Open to those who are pursuing graduate degrees in theology or religious studies. The dues are $25.

All requests for information about membership may be directed to the Society Secretary:

Jonas Barciauskas
Boston College
O'Neill Library
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
617-552-4447
E-mail:

OFFICERS OF THE CTS

PRESIDENT
Robert Masson
Marquette University
Box 1881
Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881
414-288-6952
E-mail:

VICE PRESIDENT
Carol Dempsey
University of Portland
5000 North Willamette Boulevard
Portland, OR 97203-5798
503-943-7366
E-mail:

SECRETARY
Elena Procario-Foley
University of Mary
7500 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
701-355-8155
E-mail:

TREASURER
Christopher McMahon
University of Mary
7500 University Drive
Bismarck, ND 58504
701-355-8155
E-mail:

PAST-PRESIDENT
Loretta Devoy
8000 Utopia Parkway
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY 11439
718-990-5426
E-mail:

CHAIRPERSON OF RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Dennis M. Doyle
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1530
937-229-4219
E-mail:

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL CONVENTIONS
Philip Rossi
Marquette University
Department of Theology
PO Box 1881
Milwaukee WI 53201-1881
414 288-7692; fax: 414 288-5548
E-mail:

EDITOR OF HORIZONS
Walter Conn
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Ave.
Villanova, PA  19085-1699
610-519-7426
E-mail:

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Barnes
University of Dayton
300 College Park
Dayton, OH 45469-1530
937-229-2034
E-mail:

Kevin F. Burke
Weston Jesuit School of Theology
3 Phillips Place
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-1960
E-mail:

Francis Leap
Seton Hill College
Greensburg, PA 15601
412-830-1054
E-Mail:

Ken Homan
Aquinas Institute of Theology
3642 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108
314-977-7223
E-mail:

Timothy Muldoon
Rivier College
420 Main Street
Nashua, NH, 03060
603-897-8253
E-mail:

Ann Riggs
Rivier College
420 Main Street
Nashua, NH, 03060
603-897-8253
E-mail:

Virginia Ryan
Rivier College
420 Main Street
Nashua, NH, 03060
603-897-8517
E-mail:

CONTACT

For further information on the CTS, please contact:

    Jonas Barciauskas
    Boston College
    O'Neill Library
    Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

    617-552-4447
    E-mail:

Please visit the CTS web site at http://www2.bc.edu/cts.

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