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  • Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae for Leonard Swidler

I. EDUCATION

  • St. Norbert’s College, DePere, WI, B.A. (1950), Philosophy

  • St. Norbert’s Seminary, 1950–52, Theology

  • St. Paul’s Seminary, St. Paul, MN, 1952–54, Theology

  • Marquette University, 1954–55, Milwaukee, WI, M.A. in History; Philosophy and Literature minors

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1955–57, History, Philosophy, and Literature

  • University of Tübingen, 1957–58), History and Theology; Licentiate in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), 1959

  • University of Munich, 1958–59, History and Theology

  • University of Wisconsin (1961), Ph.D. in History; Philosophy minor

II. HONORS

  • LL.D. from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, 1977

  • LL.D. from St. Norbert College, 2001

  • Prize from Academic Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies (SACRI), University of Cluj (Romania), 2002

  • Community Service Award of the City of Philadelphia, 2011

  • Keynote Speaker at Dies Facultates of University of Vienna (Austria), October 23, 2011

III. GRANTS

  • Grants from the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst for study in Germany, 1957–58 and 1958–59

  • Seminar on Ecumenism at Duquesne University in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, under Heinz Foundation sponsorship, annually, 1961–66

  • Fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical & Cultural Research, Collegeville, MN, 1968–69.

  • Fulbright Research Grant at the University of Tübingen, 1973

  • American Academy of Science Grant to lecture for the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in China, May–June, 1988

  • Senior Fulbright Fellow, taught at Centre for Civilisational Dialogue of the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Summers of 2003 and 2004

  • Senior Fulbright Fellow, taught at Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong, November, 2007

  • Senior Fulbright Fellow, taught at Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan, May, 2011

III. TEACHING POSITIONS

  • Milwaukee School of Engineering, 1955 (English)

  • Edgewood College, 1955–56 (Philosophy)

  • University of Wisconsin: Integrated Liberal Studies Department, 1956–57 (English and History)

  • University of Maryland in Europe, 1958–60 (History and Philosophy)

  • U.S.A.R. Intelligence School, Fort Sheridan, 1959 (German)

  • Duquesne University, 1960–66 (History; also on Theology faculty, 1962–66)

  • Temple University, Religion Department, Professor, 1966–

  • ACUIIS summer school at University of Graz, Austria, 1972, 1973

  • Guest Professor on the Catholic and Protestant Theology Faculties of the University of Tübingen, [End Page 182] 1972–73

  • Visiting Professor at St. Michael’s College, Winouski, VT, Summer, 1976

  • Exchange Professor for the Catholic Theology Faculty and the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Tübingen, Summers of 1982 and 1985

  • Guest Professor in the Philosophy Department, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, Summer Semester, 1986

  • Professor at Temple University Japan (Tokyo), May–June, 1987 and 1999–91

  • Exchange Professor on the Protestant Theology Faculty, Hamburg University, Fall, 1989

  • Guest Professor, Philosophy Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, Summer, 1990

  • Visiting Professor, East China University, Shanghai, June, 2004

  • Visiting Professor, Fudan University, June, 2004

  • Visiting Professor, Peoples’ University, Beijing, China, June, 2004

  • Visiting Professor, Institute of Intercultural, Interreligious Dialogue, University of Cluj, Romania, in August, 2006; August, 2007; and March, 2008

IV. PUBLICATIONS (Books)

  • Dialogue for Reunion. New York: Herder and Herder, 1962.

  • Scripture and Ecumenism (ed.). Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1965.

  • The Ecumenical Vanguard. Pittsburgh: Duquesne Univ. Press, 1965.

  • Jewish-Christian Dialogues (co-auth. Rabbi Marc Tanenbaum). Washington, DC: National Council of Catholic Men and National Council of Catholic Women, 1966.

  • Ecumenism, the Spirit, and Worship (ed.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne Univ. Press, 1967.

  • Bultmann, Barth, and Catholic Theology, by Heinrich Fries (intro. and tr.). Pittsburgh: Duquesne Univ. Press, 1967.

  • Freedom in the Church. Dayton, OH: Pflaum Press, 1969.

  • Bishops and People (author, ed., and tr. with Arlene Swidler). Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1970.

  • Women Priests in the Catholic Church? Haye van der Meer (intro., postscript, and tr. with A. Swidler). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1973.

  • Isj and Isjah (co- auth. Jan Kerkhofs). Antwerp/Utrecht: Uitgeverij Patmos, 1973.

  • Jews and Christians in Dialogue (ed.). Philadelphia: Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1975.

  • Women in Judaism. The Status of Women in Formative Judaism. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1976.

  • The Eucharist in Ecumenical Dialogue (ed.). New York: Paulist, 1976; and Journal of Ecumenical Studies (Spring, 1976).

  • Bloodwitness for Peace and Unity. Denville, NJ: Dimension Books, 1977.

  • Women Priests: Catholic Commentary on the Vatican Declaration (co-edited with A. Swidler). New York: Paulist Press, 1977.

  • Jewish...

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