CURRICULUM VITAE 


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Richard Allan Hughes 

   EDUCATION

Degrees:

            B.A,  Cum Laude, University of Indianapolis, 1963

 S.T.B., Magna Cum Laude, Boston University School of Theology, 1966

            Ph.D., Boston University Graduate School, 1970

            Dissertation: “Theology and Fate”

Additional Study: 

                    Episcopal Divinity School, Spring 1965

        University of Geneva, Fall, Winter 1966-67

        Alliance Francaise, Paris, Spring 1967

                    Protestant Catholic Seminar, International Center, Rome, Summer, 1972                       

         Visiting Scholar, The National Diet Library of Japan, Tokyo, Summer, 1974 
 

TEACHING AREAS

            Systematic Theology, History of Philosophy, Christian Social Ethics, Comparative Religions, Philosophy/Psychology of Religion,   Greek, Thanatology 
 

        PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

            Clinical Training:

                Porter Memorial Hospital, Valparaiso, IN Summers, 1961- 63, 1965, 1967

                Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, MA 1964-65

                Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Mental Health Center, 1966

                Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Summer, 1977 
 
 
       Pastoral Experience:

                Student Minister, The Methodist Church, Atlanta

                District, Atlanta, GA, Summer, 1964

                Volunteer, Civil Rights Movement:  Boston School Desegregation Struggle , Selma Campaign, and Anti-war Protests 1963-66

                Student Minister, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church,Wellesley, MA, 1965-66

                Chaplain, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, NM, Summer, 1966

                Minister, First Methodist Church, Revere, MA, 1967-70

                Minister, Petersburg Methodist Circuit, Petersburg, IN, Summer, 1970

                Chaplain, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA, 1977-1987

    Teaching Experience:

               Assistant Professor of Religion, Lycoming College,1970-1979

               Associate Professor of Religion, Lycoming College, 1979-89

               Professor, 1989-

    Professional Societies:

                United Methodist Church, Susquehanna Conference

                North American Paul Tillich Society

                International Szondi Association

                Children's Health Care is a Legal Duty (CHILD), Inc.

                Global Theological Forum, World Council of Churches

    Professional Consultation:

                Committee on Theological Consultation, Pennsylvania Conference on Interchurch Cooperation, 1976-1992

                Grant Review, Public Programs Division, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1978-1979.

                Clinton-Lycoming County Task Force on Suicide, 1984-85

                Lycoming County Hospice, 1984-89. 

                Peer Reviewer, Journal of Law and Religion, Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 2011

                 

    RECOGNITION

                Admissions Fellowship, Theological School, 1963

                Socratic Award  (University of Indianapolis, 1963)

                Edmund Beebe Fellowship  1966

                M.B. Rich Chair of Religion, 1977-

                The Szondi Prize (Switzerland) 1993

                Summer Stipend, The Louisville Institute,1999

    ORAL PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

        College/University Lectures:

                “Models of Sexuality,” Mansfield University, September 22, 1972

                “Religious and Social Sources of Value,” Penn. State University, October 29, 1979

                "Aggression as a Theological Problem,” Lancaster Theological Seminary, April 12, 1984

                “The Symbolism of the Bridge,” The Szondi Prize Lecture, University of    Zurich, Switzerland, June 18, 1993

                “From Boston to Selma:  Personal Memories of the Civil Rights Movement” King Holiday  Lecture, Lycoming College,          

                 January 20, 2003.

                "Marching for Justice:  Personal Experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1966," King Holiday Lecture, Lycoming College,

                January 16, 2006.

                "A Ministry of Justice:  Personal Experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1966,"  United Methodist Historical Society

                Annual Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, May 12, 2007.

                "Pro-Justice Ethics, Water Scarcity, Human Rights," Symposium on "The Global Economic Crises, Law, and Religious Traditions," Hamline University
                School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, October 16, 2009.

        Selected Colloquia Papers:

                “On Public Education and Student Conscience---A Protestant Response,”

                Pennsylvania Conference on InterChurch Cooperation, Harrisburg Sheraton, April 25, 1978.

               “Moral Destiny and Relational Cosmology,”University of Navarre, Pamplona, Spain, August 28, 1978.   

                “On Euthanasia,” Lycoming County Medical Society, Williamsport, Hospital, July 26, 1980.

                “A Definition of Religion and Religious Liberty,” United Church Center, Harrisburg, PA, September 22, 1980.

                “On Suicide,” Suicide Prevention Workshop, Divine Providence Hospital, Williamsport, PA, November 21, 1980.

                “The Nature of Aggression,”Pennsylvania Conference on InterChurch Cooperation, Sheraton East, Harrisburg, PA, November 4, 1986.

                “Lament in Christian Theology,” Winter Seminar, The Louisville Institute, January 21, 2000..

        Articles:

                “Demonic Solitude,” Faculty Forum  (Spring, 1973)

                “The Solitary Sage of Boalsburg,” Lycoming Quarterly (June, 1973) 

                “Reply to Critics,” Faculty Forum  (Fall, 1973)

                “Love and the Visual Bias, “The Christian Century (May 29, 1974)

                “Facing Death,” The Christian Century (August 6-13, 1975)

                “A Concept of Destiny,” Indiana Central Magazine (Fall, 1978)

                “The Ambiguity of Organ Transplants,” The Christian Century  (April 2, 1980)

                “Crossing the Boundaries of Life,” Lycoming Quarterly  (March, 1987)

                “Olympic Reflections,” Lycoming Quarterly (September, 1988)

                “My Father’s Death,” Lycoming Quarterly (September, 1990)

                “Letters Home:  Reflections from Boston University, 1963-1964,” Focus (Fall, 2003).

                “Letters Home:  Reflections from Boston University, part two 1964-1965,” Focus (Fall, 2004).

                “Letters Home:  Reflections from Boston University, part three 1965-1966,” Focus (Fall, 2006).

                 “Marching for Justice:  Personal Experiences in the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1966,”  The Chronicle, Vol. XIX (Spring 2008).

                "Letters Home:  Reflections from Boston University, conclusion 1967-1968,"  Focus (Winter 2008-2009).

                "Reflections on the Obama Inauguration," Lycoming Quarterly (Winter 2009).

        Reviews:

                H. Hesse’s Mein Glaube, Journal of the American Academy of Religion (June, 1973)

                L. Szondi’s  Lehrbuch der Experimentellen Triebdiagnostik.  JAAR (March, 1975)

                O. Shaftel’s An Understanding of the Buddha,  JAAR  (Dec., 1976)

                L. Szondi’s Moses, Antwort auf Kain,  JAAR.  (June, 1977)

                R. Walford’s Maximum Life Span,  Journal of Religion and Aging  (Winter, 1984)

       Scholarly Papers:

                “Szondi’s Theory of the Cain Complex,” American Imago (Fall, 1979)

                “On Aggression:  The Szondian View,”  American Imago (Fall, 1981)

                “The Cain Complex and the Apostle Paul,”  Soundings (Spring, 1982)

                “Bereavement and Pareschatology,” Encounter  (Fall, 1982)

                “Ethical Problems in Living Will Legislation,” Journal of Religion and Aging  (Fall, 1988)

                “The Symbolism of the Bridge,” Szondiana  (Fall, 1993)

                “Paroxysmal Genotropism:  An Existentialist Perspective,” Szondiana  (Fall, 1997).  Translated into Russian by Olja Dyachenko and published in Personal Profy  11 (2003).

                “The Tragedy of the Szondis,” Szondiana  (Spring, 1998).  Translated into Russian by Olja Dyachenko and published  in Personal Profy  10 (2003).

                “Lament, Death, Providence:  A Pastoral Perspective,” Encounter, (Summer, 1999)

                “Lament in Christian Theology,” Encounter, (Spring, 2000)

                “Destiny and Death in the Dostoevsky Biography,” Szondiana, (Fall, 2000).  Translated into Russian by Olja Dyachenko and published in Personal Profy 11 (2003).

                “Tillich’s Metaphor of the ‘Eternal Memory’,” Encounter, (Summer, 2002)

                “Suicide Grief Work and Pastoral Counseling,” American Journal of Pastoral Counseling, (Fall, 2003)

                “Forms and Rhythms of the Paroxysmal Imagination,” www.szondiforum.org.

                “The Death of Children by Faith-Based Medical Neglect,” The Journal of Law and Religion, 20 (Summer, 2005).

                "Schicksalsanalyse and Religion Studies," The Journal of Religion, 87:1 (January 2007). Reprinted in Szondiana, 21:1

                (Winter, 2007).

                "Paroxysmal Language in the Gospel of Mark," www.szondiforum.org.  (October, 2007).

                "Boston University School of Theology and the Civil Rights Movement," Methodist History (April 2009).

                "Pro-Justice Ethics, Water Scarcity, Human Rights," Journal of Law and Religion (Spring, 2010).

                 “ The Concept of Destiny in Depth Psychology and Theology,” www.szondiforum.org. (Fall 2011).

        Chapters in Books:

                “Moral Destiny and Relational Cosmology,” Proceedings of the 8th International Colloquium of Schicksal Psychology.   Pamplona:  University of Navarre Press, 1978.

                “Psychological Perspectives on Infanticide in a Faith Healing Sect,” Psychotherapy and Religion,  ed. by D. Bradford and M. Spero. Supplement to Psychotherapy.  27:1  (Spring, 1990).

        Books:

                Theology and the Cain Complex.  Washington, D.C.:  University Press of America, 1982.

                Aggression and Expiation.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 1987.

                The Judge and the Faith Healer.  Lanham, MD:  University Press of America, 1989.

                Return of the Ancestor.  New York:  Peter Lang, 1992.

                The Radiant Shock of Death.  New York:  Peter Lang, 1995.

               Cain’s Lament:  A Christian Moral Psychology, New York:  Peter Lang, 2001.

                Lament, Death, and Destiny, New York:  Peter Lang, 2004.

                Pro-Justice Ethics:  From Lament to Nonviolence New York:  Peter Lang, 2009.

                “Religion. Law, and the Present Water Crisis,” New York:  Peter Lang, 2012. 
 

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