Dr. Erin Lothes Biviano

Title: Assistant Professor
Office Building: Annunciation Center
Floor: Upper Level
Room: 312
Phone: 973-290-4329
Email: ebiviano@cse.edu

Education:

PhD, Theology, Fordham University
MA, Theology, Boston College
AB, Princeton University
Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Earth Institute, Columbia University, 2007-2010 

Courses Taught:

Graduate Seminar in Catholicism and World Religions
Christology
Church: Community of Faith
Catholic Social Thought
Hebrew Scriptures
New Testament
Graduate Ethics
Honors Women and Religion

Recent Publications:

• Worldviews on Fire: Understanding the Inspiration for Congregational Religious Environmentalism
• The Paradox of Christian Sacrifice, New York: Herder and Herder, 2007. Back Cover
• Link to review in Theological Studies
• Wienowicki, L., Smukler, S., Shirley, K.,  Lothes Biviano, E., Loeffler Pelter, G., King, E., Comita, L., Baptista, S., Alkema, L. “Tools for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication,” Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy 7:1 2011.
• Guest Editor, special Science and Religion issue of the Union Seminary Quarterly Review, Vol 63: 1, 2, Spring 2011.

Recent Presentations:

• Presenter, "Moving On to Higher Ground: A Response to Sandy," College of Saint Elizabeth, April 2013.
• Presenter, GreenFaith Fellows Webinar, March 18 and May 10, 2013.
• Presenter, Selected Session, “Global Ecology and the Life of the Sacraments,” Catholic Theological Society of America, St. Louis. June 2012. 
• Panelist, Annual Meeting of the American Teilhard Association, New York. April 21, 2012.  “A Journey of Spiritual Dialogue.”
• Presenter, ENVISION Conference, Caring for the Community of Creation: Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Prophetic Faith, New York Theological Seminary.  June 16-18, 2011.  “Lighting the Fire of Motivating Awareness.”
• Presenter,” 17th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference.  Earth Institute, New York City. May 8-10, 2011. “Effectiveness of Decision-Making and Advocacy for Sustainability among Faith Communities."
• Homilist, Lenten Vespers Series, Corpus Christi Church, New York City.  March 27, 2011.  “An Invitation to Concelebrate the Sacrament of Co-creation.”
• Panelist, The 18th Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Exploring the Implications of the Ecological Civilization. United Nations Headquarters, New York City. May 7, 2010.
• Homilist, Earth Day Evensong and Ecology, The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York City.  April 25, 2010. "Deep Calls Unto Deep."
• Panelist, Climate and Society Panel: The Ethics of Climate Change. Columbia University, New York. April 15, 2010.
• Convener, Catholic Theological Society of America, Theological Anthropology Session: Bridging Material and Non-Material Aspects of Personhood, Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 5, 2009.
• Presenter, Earth Institute Fellows Symposium.  Columbia University, New York, May 7, 2009.  “American Religious Environmentalism: The Role of Scientific Literacy and Community.”
• Presenter, Earth Institute Fellows Symposium.  Columbia University, New York. November 24, 2008.  “How Religious Doctrine and Other Values Motivate Religious Environmentalists.”
• Moderator, Catholic Theological Society of America, Schillebeeckx Special Session. Miami, June 2008.
• Panelist, Renewing Hope Conference, Forum on Religion and Ecology. Yale University, New Haven, February 28-March 1 2008.  “Next Steps: Ways Forward.”
• Moderator and Presentor, Catholic Theological Society of America 2007 Convention.  Los Angeles, CA, June 7-10, 2007. “Practical Challenges, Shared Responsibilities:  The Bishops, the Church, and the Environmental Crisis.”

Professional Associations and Service:

• Scholars’ Conference Attended: A Catholic Consultation on Environmental Justice and Climate Change:  Assessing Pope Benedict XVI’s Ecological Vision for the Catholic Church in the United States.  November 8-10, 2012 at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.   
• Catholic Theological Society of America.  Coordinator, Sustainability and Discipleship Interest Group