Professor of Theology in the B. Robert Straker Chair of Historical Theology
740-362-3442
lmercadante@mtso.edu
Werner 222
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"My
goal is to help people raise implicit beliefs to the
explicit level so lives and convictions are in harmony. I'm
particularly interested in the interplay between theology
and culture, and teh dynamic of doctrinal change and
continuity. This leads me to explore such areas as gender,
film, and psychotherapeutic paradigm, addiction, and
community, all from the perspective of systematic and
constructive theology. I believe that theology must be
practical, relevant and resulting in doxology. As an
ordained Presbyterian minister, all I do relates to the real
life of the church in the world.."
Education:
Ph.D.,
Princeton Theological Seminary, 1986
Doctoral studies, Graduate Theological Union, 1979-80
M.C.S., Regent College, 1978
B.A., American University, 1968
Areas of Expertise:
Theology: systematic, historical, and
constructive; Theology and film; Addiction; Issues of sin and
victimization; Gender issues; Liberation theologies; Doctrine of
the Trinity; theological perspectives on reproductive loss;
spiritual memoir; spiritual geography.
Recently
Published Works:
Bloomfield Avenue: A Jewish-Catholic Jersey Girl's Spiritual
Journey [Cowley, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, 2006]
“Helping Addicts Move Beyond the Spiritual Wading Pool: New
Approach to Religion & Spirituality in the Healing of
Addictions,” Journal of Existential Psychologists +
Psychiatrists, [forthcoming]
“Is Memoir Narcissistic or Evangelistic? The Writing of
Bloomfield Avenue: A Jewish-Catholic Jersey Girl’s Spiritual
Journey,” Journal of Theology, Summer 2006
“The Church and Addiction Recovery” in Addiction in America,
Christian Networks Journal, Sum. 2005
“From Infertility to Spiritual Abundance,” RELIGIOUS COALITION
FOR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE, Educational Series, 2005
http://www.rcrc.org/resources/publications/infertility.htm
“Anguish: Perspectives on Victimization,” CONSTRUCTIVE THEOLOGY:
A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes, Serene Jones and
Paul Lakeland, eds., Fortress, 2005
“The Spiritual Geography of Newark, New Jersey,” SPIRIT IN THE
CITIES, Katherine Tanner, ed.; Fortress Press, 2005
“Infertility, Ecclesiology, and the Quest for Family,” HOPE
DEFERRED: THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON REPRODUCTIVE LOSS, Nadine
Pentz Franz and Mary Stimming, eds., Pilgrim Press, 2005
Editor, Christian Theology CD-Rom, Libronix
Digital Library System, Fortress Press 2002.
"Violence, Abuse, and Oppression,"
Women's Bible Commentary, InterVarsity Press, 2001.
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