Education
Ph.D., Florida State University |
2004-2009 |
Program: |
Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy |
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| Fields: |
Comparative Religious Ethics |
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| Exams: |
Theory and Method |
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| Dissertation: |
"Reconciled to Liberty: Catholics, Muslims, and the Possibility of Overlapping Consensus" |
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| Committee: |
John Kelsay (chair) |
Intensive Summer Arabic, Lebanese American University (Beirut) |
2006 |
| Program: |
Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic & Culture |
M.A., Florida State University |
2003-2004 |
| B.A., Philosophy, summa cum laude with University
Honors, Bowling Green State University |
1998-2002 |
| Major: |
Philosophy |
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| Thesis: |
"Compassion as a Bridge to Justice: Martha Nussbaum and the Historical Jesus" |
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Committee: |
Lawrence Daly (history) |
Positions
| Assistant Professor of Religious Studies |
2010-Present |
| ACM-Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant
Professor of Islamic Studies |
2009-2010 |
| Spruill Fellow in Law and Religion |
2008-2009 |
Instructor |
2006-2008 |
Honors
Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship |
2008-2009 |
| University Teaching Award |
2008 |
| University Fellowship |
2004-2007 |
College Teaching Fellowship |
2003-2004 |
Mayeux Prize for Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis |
2002 |
Phi Beta Kappa |
2002 |
Scholarship
Refereed Journal Articles
Barre, Elizabeth A. "Muslim Imaginaries and Imaginary Muslims: Placing Islam in Conversation with A Secular Age." Journal of Religious Ethics 40, no. 1 (forthcoming in 2012).
—."Within Reason: The Epistemic Foundations of Catholic and Muslim Arguments for Political Liberalism." The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 29, no. 1 (2009): 219-241.
Book Reviews
Barre, Elizabeth A. "Review of Mohammad Abu-Nimer and David Augsburger, Eds. Peace-Building By, Between, and Beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians." Journal of Law and Religion (forthcoming).
—. "Review of Roxanne L. Euben and Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Eds. Princeton Readings in Islamist Thought: Texts and Contexts from al-Banna to Bin Laden." Reason Papers: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Normative Studies (forthcoming).
—. "Review of Khaled Abou El Fadl, Islam and the Challenge of Democracy." Political Theology 9, no. 1 (2008): 121-123.
—. "Review of Zachary Shore, Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe." H-Net Reviews: American Studies (2007).
—. "Review of Ghazi-Walid Falah and Caroline Nagel, Eds. Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, and Space." Geographies of Religions and Belief Systems 1, no. 1 (2007): 78-80.
Encyclopedia and Magazine Articles
Barre, Elizabeth A. "John Courtney Murray." In The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization edited by G.T. Kurian. Boston: Blackwell, 2009.
—. "Reinhold Niebuhr." In The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization edited by G.T. Kurian. Boston: Blackwell, 2009.
—. "Preparation for a Complex World: Why the Critical Exploration of Values is Important in Undergraduate Education." BGSU Magazine (Spring 2002): 7-8.
Conference Presentations
Barre, Elizabeth A. "From General Education to Major Capstone: Teaching Comparative Religious Ethics in the Setting of the Liberal Arts College." Paper to be presented at a joint meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, Society for Jewish Ethics, and the Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics, Washington, D.C., January 2012.
—."Muslim Imaginaries and Imaginary Muslims: The Place of Islam in Charles Taylor's A Secular Age." Paper presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, January 2010.
—."A Rawls by Any Other Name: Religious Pluralism and Public Reason in the Political Vision of Barack Obama." Paper to be presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, November 2009.
—. "Categorizing Liberalism(s): Catholics, Muslims, and the Possibility of Overlapping Consensus." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2008.
—. "Within Reason: The Epistemic Foundations of Catholic and Muslim Arguments for Political Liberalism." Paper presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2008.
—. "The Possibility of Religious Liberalism: The Common Good and Civil Society in Catholic and Islamic Political Thought." Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2007.
—. "A Heart That Flees from Evil: The Moral Emotion of Hayaa in Islamic Thought." Paper presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.
—. "When Disaster Looms: Terrorism and Supreme Emergency in the Arguments of Michael Walzer and Usama Bin Ladin." Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.
—. "The Shaykh of Islam: The Legacy of Ibn Taymiyya in 20th Century Political Islam." Paper presented at the Florida State University Department of Religion Graduate Symposium, April 2005.
—. "How Adam Knew Eve: Pleasures of the Body and Pleasures of Knowledge in the Sexual Ethic of Thomas Aquinas." Paper presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Winston Salem, NC, March 2005.
Invited Lectures and Panel Participation
Barre, Elizabeth A. "The Absence of Religion in The Reluctant Fundamentalist." Panel Presentation for Freshmen Orientation at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, September, 2011.
—. "Terror in the Minds of Men: Do the Ideas Matter?" Presentation given as part of a panel on the religious and philosophical foundations of violent political conflict (marking the tenth anniversary of the attacks of September 11th). Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, September, 2011.
—."How Exceptional is Islam? Catholic Analogues to Muslim Debates about the Secular State." Lecture given as part of the Faculty Development Series at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, February, 2011.
—."Tenure-Track Life at an Urban Liberal Arts College." Presentation given as part of a panel on "Life After the PhD" at the Florida State University Department of Religion Graduate Symposium, Tallahassee, FL, February 2011.
—. "Naughty or Nice? Religion and the Morality of Sex." Presentation given as part of the Faculty Fellows Program for Residence Life at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, December 2010.
—. "Freedom, Responsibility, and the Law in Catholic and Muslim arguments for Political Reform." Paper presented at Workshop on Comparative Philosophy, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, November 2010.
—. "Religious Minorities and American Political Discourse." Panel Presentation for Marymount International Expressions (MIX) Program on "Reconciling Religious and Ideological Wisdom with Public Life in the 21st Century," New York, NY, November 2010.
—."The Complete Persepolis from the Perspective of Religious Studies." Panel Presentation for Freshmen Orientation at Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, September, 2010.
—. "The Struggle for Democracy in Iran: Religion, Politics, and Reform." Lecture given (with Ahmad Sadri) as part of the Forester Symposium for Alumni at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, October, 2009.
—. "Religious Perspectives on Torture." Panel Presentation for Interfaith Center at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, October, 2009.
—. "Islam and Violence." Lecture given as part of the Noon Lecture Series for the Academy at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, October 2006.
—. "Christian Just War Theory" and "The Lebanese War of 2006." Lectures given at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Tallahassee, FL, September 2006.
Teaching
Marymount Manhattan College
RS 115: Introduction to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (4 sections)
RS 216: Religion and Sexuality (3 sections)
RS 220: Religion and Politics (newly developed course)
RS 320: Islam (1 section)
RS 340: Comparative Religious Ethics (1 section)
RS 346: Theory and Method in the Study of Religion (newly developed
course)
RS 348: The Islamic Ethics of War and Peace (newly developed course)
RS 350: The Christian Ethics of War and Peace (newly developed course)
RS 420: Capstone in Philosophy and Religious Studies: Advanced CRE (1 section)
Lake Forest College
RELG 118: Religious Ethics (1 section)
RELG 213: Islam (1 section)
RELG 300: Approaches to the Study of Religion (1 section)
RELG 400: Independent Senior Project (2 students)
Florida State University
REL 3170: Religious Ethics and Moral Problems (3 sections)
Service
To the Field
Editorial Board, Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics,
2011-present
Chair of Nominations Committee, Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics,
2011-present
Reviewer, Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics, 2011-present
Reviewer, Journal of Religious Ethics, 2006-present
Nominations Committee, Society of Christian Ethics, 2007-2008
Student Liaison, American Academy of Religion, 2005-2007
Assistant to the Editors, Journal of Religious Ethics, 2004-2005
To Marymount Manhattan College
Faculty Advisor, Religious Studies Club, 2011-present
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chi Honor Society, 2011-present
Honors Day Committee, 2011-present
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship Committee, 2010-present
To Lake Forest College
Islamic World Studies Committee, 2009-2010
Faculty Advisor, Theta Alpha Kappa, 2009-2010
To Florida State University
Department of Religion Website Designer and Webmaster, 2005-2007
To Bowling Green State University
University Committee on Values and the Bowling Green Experience, 2001-2002
Arts and Sciences Council, 2000-2002
Languages
Modern Standard Arabic (Intermediate)
Classical Greek (Low Intermediate)
French (Reading Knowledge)
German (Reading Knowledge)
Memberships
American Academy of Religion
Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics
Society of Christian Ethics
Middle East Studies Association
American Political Science Association (Religion and Politics Section)