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Curriculum Vitae

Edward Joseph Alam

E-mail: ealam@ndu.edu.lb/ edwardjosephalam@yahoo.com

Home Address: 4^th floor, Bldg. Baaklini, Monte Bello Area, 207 A Ajaltoun, Lebanon

Work Address: Notre Dame University, P.O. Box: 72 Zouk Mikayel, Lebanon

Phone: Cell: (03) 852-037 Home: (09) 235-008 Work: (09) 208-524

 

Present Professional Responsibilities

 

Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU)

Chairholder, Benedict XVI Endowed Chair of Religious, Cultural, and Philosophical Studies – Faculty of Humanities (since 2015)

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

www.ndu.edu.lb/academics/faculty-of-humanities/benedict-xvi-chair

 

Pontifical Council for Culture

Consultor, Five-Year Papal Appointment (since 2014)

Vatican City

www.cultura.va

 

International Institute for Ethics and Contemporary Issues (IIECI)

IIECI Board Member (since 2013)

Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU)

www.ucu.edu.ua/eng

 

The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)

Middle East Director (since 2012)

Washington, D.C./Beirut

www.crvp.org

 

The Cedars Institute (CI)
Program Consultant (since 2012)

Cedars, Bsharre- Lebanon

www.cedarsinstitute.org

 

Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU)

Full Professor in Philosophy and Theology (since 1996) 

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

www.ndu.edu.lb

 

 

Former Academic Positions and Responsibilities

 

Lebanon Dialogue Initiative (LDI)

Vice President

(2014-2015)

 

Lebanon: Land of Dialogue Among Civilizations and Cultures (LDC) Initiative

Executing Officer/Director

(2012-2014)

 

The John Fetzer Institute

Humanities Fetzer Advisory Council

Kalamazoo, Michigan

(2010-2014)

 

The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)

Secretary General

(2009-2012)

 

World Union of Catholic Philosophical Societies

Treasurer/Secretary

(2008-2010)

 

Director of International Academic Affairs

Notre Dame University-Louaize (NDU)

Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon

(1999-2004)

 

Consultant on the Committee for Evaluation and Assessment of the New Curriculum Lebanese Republic: Ministry of National Education

(1999-2000)

 

Exchange Professor, Faculty of Theology/Uppsala University

Uppsala, Sweden

(March 2006 – September 2006)

 

Adjunct Instructor, Department of Philosophy

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah/U.S.A.

(1993-1996)

 

Instructor of Philosophical and Religious Studies

Judge Memorial Prepatory High School 

Salt Lake City, Utah/U.S.A.

(1988-1996)

 

Academic Courses and Qualifications

 

Ph.D., Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah/U.S.A. 1996 [Thesis: An Exposition of John H. Newman’s An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent With an Evaluation of some of its Philosophical Implications and Contributions (UMI Index to Theses:

Theses,313/761-4700/800/521-0600).] (Supervisor: Dr. Peter Appleby)

 

Graduate courses passed at The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C. (1985-1987) in: Education; Theology; Scripture; Ecclesiastical History; Spirituality; and Semitic Studies.

 

B.A., Department of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

Washington D.C./U.S.A. 1985

 

Research Interests - Areas of Specialization

 

History of Philosophy; Logic, Pedagogy, World Religion; Nineteenth Century Epistemology; Catholic Eschatology, Trinitarian Theology, Ecumenism, Oriental Christianity, African Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Religion/Science Studies.

            

Teaching Interests - Areas of Competence

 

Introductory Philosophy; Pedagogy; Introductory Logic; Epistemology; Introductory Philosophy of Religion; Catholic Eschatology and Trinitarian Theology; History of Western Civilization, Church History, Philosophy of Science, Religion/Science Studies.

Publications

 

Books

1. Edward J. Alam, Out of the Shadows Into Reality: A Philosophical Exposition of John H. Newman’s Grammar of Assent (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2000)

 

Textbooks

1. Edward J. Alam, Doumit Salameh, Mohsen Saleh, Philosophy & Civilization: National High-School Terminal Textbook (Beirut: The Republic of Lebanon’s Ministry of National Education, 2000)

 

Books Edited and Introduced

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. Honoring Chinua Achebe: A Lebanese-Nigerian Celebration in the Company of Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2016)

 

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. The Dialogical Nature of Love and Forgiveness: Interreligious and Intercultural Reflections (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2015)

 

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. Compassion and Forgiveness: Religious and Philosophical Perspectives from Around the World (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2013)

 

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. Christianity, Culture, and the Contemporary World: Challenges and New Paradigms: Reflections of International Catholic Thinkers in Honor of George Francis McLean on the occasion of his 80^th Birthday (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2009)

 

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. God in Multicultural Society (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2006)

 

1. Edward J. Alam, Doumit Salameh, Boulos Sarru’, editors. The Millennial Lecture Series: Religion & Science Interface 2002-2005 (Beirut: Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, 2006)

 

Edited Journals

 

1. Edward J. Alam, ed. Palma Journal (Special Issue on Religion and Science 1: 2006)

 

Publications in Books

 

10. Edward J. Alam, “Language and Power: Reflections on Totalitarianism and Global Justice”, Ethics and Global Political Theory, Orysya Bila ed., (Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University Press, 2016): pp. 117-136

 

11. Edward J. Alam, “Gibran Khalil Gibran and the Mystical Tradition,” Mysticism, Spirituality and Secularism Varghese Manimala ed., (Noida: HMI, 2015) ISBN 978-81-8465-488-2: pp. 57-69

 

12. Edward J. Alam, “Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea: A Comparison,” Women’s Literature: Exploring Gender and Inequality, Thummapudi Bharathi ed., (Jaipur: Mark Publishers, 2015): pp. 1-6

 

13. Edward J. Alam, “Destroy this Temple: Some Brief and General Reflections on Maronite Church Architecture,” Eastern Christian Studies 22 (Paris: Peeters, 2014): pp. 463-468

 

14. Edward J. Alam, “Reflections on the Moral Foundations in the Dialogue of Civilizations,” Ethics in the Global World: Reflections on Civic Virtues (Lviv: Ukrainian Catholic University Press, 2013): pp. 68-81

 

15. Edward J. Alam, “What the World can still learn from Lebanon,” Religions in the Public Spheres Tadseusz Buksiński ed., Dia-Logos, Schriften Zu Philosophie Und Sozialwissenschaften  Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011): pp. 267-280

 

16. Edward J. Alam, “Chinese Thought and Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion: A Complementary Relation?” Cultural Tradition and Social Progress: Chinese Philosophical Studies, XXVIII  George F. McLean ed., Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Book Series (Washington, D.C.: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 2011): Series III, Asia, Volume 28, pp. 117-127

 

17. Edward J. Alam, “Higher Education “As” Free Dialogue: Pedagogy in a Global Age,” Speaking Across Borders: The Role of Higher Education in furthering Intercultural Dialogue Sjur Bergan, Hilligje van’t Land eds., (Strasbourg: Council of Europe Publishing, 2010): series16; pp. 62-69

 

18. Edward J. Alam, “Soul Matters: Apes, Anthropology and Aristotle,” Transdisciplinarity in Science and Religion, Eric Weislogel ed.,(Bucuresti: Curtea Veche Publishing House, 2009) published with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation.  ISSN 1843-3200: pp. 197-233

 

19. Edward J. Alam, “Catholic Philosophy and the Dialogue of Religion and Culture: The Global Challenge,” in Christianity, Culture, and the Contemporary World: Challenges and New Paradigms: Reflections of International Catholic Thinkers in Honor of George Francis McLean on the occasion of his 80^th Birthday,Edward J. Alam ed.,(Beirut: Notre Dame University Louaizé Press, 2009) ISBN 978-9-953-45782-6: pp. 79-87

 

20. Edward J. Alam, “Globalization’s Myth of Multiculturalism,” in God in Multicultural Society,Edward J. Alam, ed.  (Beirut: Notre Dame University Louaizé Press, 2006): pp. 31-39

 

21. Edward J. Alam, “Newman and Catholicism,” in The Millennial Lecture Series: 2001-2002 (Beirut: Notre Dame University Louaizé Press, 2006): pp. 33-38

 

22. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophical and Scientific Challenges to the Traditional Concept of Causality,” in To The Mountain: Essays in Honour of Professor George F. McLean, William Sweet, Hu Yeping, editors. (Taiwan: Fu Jen Catholic University Press, 2004): pp. 215-232.

 

Publications in Refereed Journals

 

23. Edward J. Alam, “Interfaith Relations in Lebanon: Ancient, Tragic, Diverse, but Hopeful”, Salam, Volume 37, No. 3, July 2016, pp. 138-148

 

24. Edward J. Alam, “An Exercise in Futility, An Optional Extra, or A Vital Necessity: Istanbul-ian Reflections on Muslim/Christian Dialogue”, Vidyajiyoti Journal of Theological Reflection, Volume 80, No. 5, May 2016, pp. 375-387

 

25. Edward J. Alam, “Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference”, Culture E Fede, Volume 23, No. 2, 2015, pp. 138-140

 

26. Edward J. Alam, “From Regensburg to Istanbul and Back Again: Pope Benedict XVI on Islam”, The Near East School of Theology: Theological Review, Volume 34/1, 2013. ISSN: LE 0379-9557: pp. 22-38

 

27. Edward J. Alam, “Rethinking Politics in a Scientific Age: Constructing a True World Political Authority: Lessons from an Unlikely Place: Lebanon”, European Journal of Science and Religion, (September 2012) Volume 8, No. 3. ISSN: 1841-0464: pp.163-174

 

28. Edward J. Alam, “The Status of Islamic Philosophy in Lebanon: The Sacred, the Secular and Marx,” Philosophia Islamica, (May 2011) Volume 2, Issue 2: pp. 104-112.

 

29. Edward J. Alam, “Does Business Ethics Need Religion?” European Journal of Law Reform 2010 (12) 3-4  pp. 151-157

 

30. Edward J. Alam, “Expanding the Human Rights Discourse: Religion, Culture, and Development: Purifying the Concept of Development: The Vocation of Religion and Culture” Johns Hopkins The Protection Project Journal of Human Rights and Civil Society (Fall 2010) Issue 3: pp. 125-130

 

31. Edward J. Alam, “The Future of Lebanon: Philosophical Reflections on ‘Hope’ With References to Pierre Tielhard De Chardin and Giogio La Pira,” European Journal of Science and Religion, (December 2008) Volume 4, No. 4. ISSN: 1841-0464: pp. 23-31

 

32. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophy and Culture: The Role of Religion,” Journal of Philosophy and Religion (July-December, 2008) volume 9 No. 2. ISSN 1513-6442 pp. 1-15

 

33. Edward J. Alam, “Providence Matters,” Edward J. Alam, ed. Palma Journal (Special Issue on Religion and Science 1: 2006)

 

34. Edward J. Alam, “Einstein, Beauty and Natural Theology,” Metanexus Online Journal (www.metanexeus.net) (July, 2005).  Also published in Palma Journal (Special Issue 1: 2006) with the permission of Metanexus Online Journal.

 

35. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophy: The Bridge Between Religion and Science,” Metanexus Online Journal (www.metanexeus.net) (July, 2004) Metanexus Online Journal (www.metanexeus.net) (July, 2004) Also published in Palma Journal (Special Issue 1: 2006) with the permission of Metanexus Online Journal.

 

36. Edward J. Alam, “La nueva Metafísica y la vida del mundo venidero: La Teología Cristiana de la Deificación con referencias al pensamiento de Fernando Rielo,” trans., Robert Badillo, Communio (AÑO 12 – No 1 – OTOÑO DEL 2005): 73-85

 

37. Edward J. Alam, George Eid, “Descartes’ Discourse on Method:More Discourse?” Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture (Vol. VI; 2&3, 2002): 105-122

 

38. Edward J. Alam, “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God,” The Journal of Philosophy and Religion (January, 2002): 81-106

 

39. Edward J. Alam, “Hinduism, Catholicism, and the Trinity,” Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions (January, 2002): 87-102

 

40. Edward J. Alam, “Center Matters,” Palma (7:1, 2001): 5-8

 

41. Edward J. Alam, “The Philosophical Contributions of J.H. Newman,” Palma (5:8, 1997): 23-31

 

Publications in Refereed Proceedings

 

42. Edward J. Alam, “Freud and Jewish Mysticism: The Thesis of David Bakan?” Analytic Lectures on Freud (Lebanese Center for Societal Research: Notre Dame University, Louaize Press, 2008):  63-71

 

43. Edward J. Alam, “Certitude, Ethics, and Dialogue: Gaining Perspectives from the Past” in Ethics and Society (Lebanese Center for Societal Research: Notre Dame University, Louaize Press, 2006): 123-130

 

44. Edward J. Alam, “Christianity and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Collected Papers of the International Conference on Human Rights and Dialogue of Civilizations, (Qom, Iran: Mofid University Publications Institute, 2001):1-14.

 

Publications in Newspapers and Magazines

 

45. Edward J. Alam, “The Nobel Peace Prize: No Longer Noble?” The Daily Star (Beirut, Jan 9, 2010)

 

46. Edward J. Alam, “Academics Duped by Ideology,” The Daily Star (Beirut: May 6,1997)

 

47. Edward J. Alam, “Which Way should the Priest Face?” Catholic World Report (New York: April 1996)

 

Papers at International and National Conferences, Colloquiums, Seminars

 

48. Edward J. Alam, “Appreciating Charles Malik’s Critique ofWhitehead’s Metaphysics: It’s About Time”, an International Seminar titled “The First Philosophy Book by Charles Malik: The Systems of Whitehead’s Metaphysics” held at Notre Dame University-Louaize on 23 May 2017. Publication pending.

 

49. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophical Reflections on Hope”, IIECI International Workshop titled “20^th Century Dramas and 21^st Century Dilemmas: Josef Slipyj’s (1892-1984) Legacy and Ideological, Geopolitical, and Social Challenges in a Post-Truth World” in  Leuven, Belgium on May 19, 2017. Publication pending.

 

50. Edward J. Alam, “Islamic Mysticism and Philosophical Psychology: Undergirding the Bridges”, an International Workshop titled: East meets West. Western Psychology in Dialogue with Islamic Mysticism at theOrient-Institut of Beirut and the American University of Beirut on July 11-12, 2016. Publication pending.

 

51. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophy of History and Political Transformation: Re-member-ing Walter Benjamin”, an International Conference on The Philosophy of  Dialogue and Understanding in the Construction of the European and World Communities in Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, June 22-24, 2016. Publication pending.

 

52. Edward J. Alam, “The Drama of Divine Providence: Reflections on the Problem of Evil”, 4^th International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion at Azad University, Tehran, Iran, January 2016. Publication pending in the English Journal of Religious Inquiries.

 

53. Edward J. Alam, “The Mystery of Love:  Ontological Reflections on Philosophical Anthropology”, the Sixth World Conference on Metaphysics in the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain, November 12-14, 2015. Publication pending.

 

54. Edward J. Alam, “More Than A Country: Existential Reflections on The History of Political Society in Lebanon”, International Workshop at the Orient Institue in Beirut on The ‘state’ of Lebanon: Concepts of political order in crisis, October 15-16, 2015. Publication Pending.

 

55. Edward J. Alam, key-note paper titled “A Little Meditation on the Relation between Genuine Spirituality and Reconciliation: The Reality of Lebanon”, International Conference on The Role of Spirituality in Promoting Reconciliation, organized by the CRVP, Romanian Academy (Iasi branch) and Bretanion Institute, Constanta, Romania, August 17-23 2015. Publication pending.

 

56. Edward J. Alam, key-note paper titled “The Role of Asia in the Quest for Global Justice”, International Conference on Asian Values and Human Future, Don Bosco University, Guwahati, India, July 2015. Publication pending.

 

57. Edward J. Alam, “Faith and Reason in Contemporary Lebanon: Signs of Hope in Christian Muslim Relations”, International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences Today: Classical and Contemporary Issues, Romanian Academy, Iasi branch, Iasi, Romania, May 2015. Publication pending.

 

58. Edward J. Alam, “Re-thinking Marx Again”, Local Conference titled What Does it Mean to be a Marxist Today?, American Unversity of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon, May 2015. Publication pending.

 

59. Edward J. Alam, “Reconciling with Reconciliation: A Lebanese Reflection in Ukraine”, International Conference, Kyev, Ukraine. April 2015. Publicatoin pending.

 

60. Edward J. Alam, “Human Desire and International Global Capitalism: Challenges and Opportunities”, International Conference on Philosophy and Life World, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai, China, December 2015. Publication pending.

 

61. Edward J. Alam, “The Value of Marx in Global Times”, International Conference on Reconstruction of Values and Morality in Global Times, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China, December 2015. Publication pending.

 

62. Edward J. Alam, “Understanding and Appreciating Cultural Diversity: The Limits and Opportunities of Modernity”, International Conference on Value Conflict and Consensus in the Cultural Diversity, Liaoning University Shangyang, China, December 2015. Publication pending.

 

63. Edward J. Alam, “The Metaphysics of Violence”, International Conference on The Role of Religion in Reducing Violence, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, December 2015. Publication pending.

 

64. Edward J. Alam, “The Relation between Totalitarianism and Global Justice in the Light of Pope Benedict’s Call in Caritas in Veritate for a True, Worldwide Political authority”, Ukrainian Catholic University, L’viv, Ukraine, March 13-14 2014. Reworked and published by Ukrainian Catholic University Press as “Language and Power: Reflections on Totalitarianism and Global Justice”, 2016. See ‘Publications in Books’ section above.

 

65. Edward J. Alam, “Cultivating Ressourcement Philosophy: Lebanon’s Infertile Fertile Soil,” American University of Beirut, November 21 2013. Publication pending.

 

66. Edward J. Alam, “Self-Identity and the Contemporary World: Philosophical Maladies and Remedies,” Sacred Heart Seminary, Poonamallee, Chennai, India, January 29 2013. Publication pending.

 

67. Edward J. Alam, “Freedom Then, Now, and Forever: Gaining Global and Historical Perspective”, Ukrainian Catholic University, UCU Summer School, L’viv, Ukraine, July 16-20 2012. Publication pending.

 

68. Edward J. Alam, “Destroy this Temple: Reflections on Maronite Church Architecture”, Society of Oriental Liturgy’s 4^th International Congress, Notre Dame University-Louaizé, Lebanon, July 13 2012. Reworked and published: see Publications in Books section above.

 

69. Edward J. Alam, “Evolution and Christianity: Complementary or Contradictory?” Faculty of Natural Science Lecture Series, Notre Dame University-Louaizé, Lebanon, April 2011. Publication pending.

 

70. Edward J. Alam, “From Regensburg to Istanbul and Back Again: Pope Benedict XVI on Islam,” Monthly Lecture Series, Near Eastern School of Theology, Beirut, Lebanon, March 22 2012. Reworked and published: see ‘Publications in Refereed Journals’ section above. 

 

71. Edward J. Alam, “A Reflective Appropriation of the CRVP’s 2003 publication of George F. McLean’s Hermeneutics, Tradition, and Contemporary Change: Lectures in Chennai/Madras, India,” University of Madras, Chennai, India sponsored by the Indian Council for Philosophical Research Annual Visiting Professor Lectures for 2011-2012, February 2 2012. Publication pending.

 

72.  Edward J. Alam, “Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve and Iris Murdoch’s The Sea, The Sea: A Comparison,” International Conference on Women’s Writings in English in Honour of Professor T. Asoka Rani, Department of English, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (University for Women), Tiraputi, India, January 28-30 2012. Publication available: see ‘Publications in books’ section above. 

 

73. Edward J. Alam, “Gibran Khalil Gibran and the Mystical Tradition,” International Conference on Mysticism: East and West, Henry Martyn Institute, Hyderabad, India, January 22 2012. Reworked and published: see ‘Publications in Books’ section above. 

 

74. Edward J. Alam, “Self-Identity and Cyberspace Challenges: A Dialogue between West Asian Syriac Tradition and Modernity,” Asian Cultures in Dialogue/International Conference,Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand, January 12 2012. Publication pending.

 

75. Edward J. Alam, “Reflections on the Idea of a World Government,” International Conference on the Philosophical Perspectives on Africa and the Global Change, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, November 15 2011. Publication pending.

 

76. Edward J. Alam, “Transhumanism? Philosophical Reflections,” 13^th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium (www.chicagotraumasymposium.com): Key-Note Paper, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, August 2011. Publication pending.

 

77. Edward J. Alam, “The Immaculate Conception and Catholic Culture: Reflections on Globalization, Interreligious Dialogue, and Fundamental Politics,” Distinguished Lecturer Series, Wyoming Catholic College, December 8 2010. Publication pending.

 

78. Edward J. Alam, “The Place of Interreligious Dialogue in the Dialogue of Civilizations,” International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia, November 2010. Publication pending.

 

79. Edward J. Alam, “The Role of Philosophy in the Development of Culture and the Family,” International UNESCO Day of World Philosophy, Tehran, Iran, November 2012.  Publication pending.

 

80. Edward J. Alam, “Philosophy and Healing: Restoring an Ancient Alliance,”12^th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium (www.chicagotraumasymposium.com): Key-Note Paper, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, August 5 2010. Publication pending.

 

81. Edward J. Alam, “Personal Identity in an Age of Globalization: Reflections on the Relation between Anthropology and Ethics,” International Conference on the Identity of the Person Personal in an Age of Globalization,Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine, June 29 2010. Publication pending.

 

82. Edward J. Alam, “An Exercise in Futility, An Optional Extra, or A Vital Necessity: Istanbul-ian Reflections on Muslim/Christian Dialogue,” International Conference Celebrating Istanbul—Europe’s Cultural Capital of the Year 2010, Istanbul, Turkey, April 15 2010. See ‘Publication in Refereed Journals’ section above.

 

83. Edward J. Alam, “Reflections on Intercultural Philosophy: Avoiding the Extremes,” International Conference on Universalism, Relativism, and Intercultural Philosophy, Cape Coast University, Cape Coast, Ghana, February 2010.  Publication pending.

 

84. Edward J. Alam, “Purifying the Concept of Development: The Vocation of Religion and Culture,” International Expert Group Meeting in honor of Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Day: Topics in Human Rights and Islam: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Beirut, Lebanon, August 5 2009.  Reworked and published as “Expanding the Human Rights Discourse: Religion, Culture, and Development: Purifying the Concept of Development: The Vocation of Religion and Culture” by Johns Hopkins The Protection Project’s Journal of Human Rights and Civil Society (Washington D.C., Fall 2010) Issue 3: pp. 125-130.

 

85. Edward J. Alam, “Freedom and the Free Market Economy: Philosophical Explorations in Catholic Social Doctrine,” International Conference on Social Responsibility in the context of the Market Economy, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, Hai Phong, Vietnam, February 2009. Publication pending.

 

86. Edward J. Alam, “Cambodian Philosophy Yesterday and Today: Opportunities and Challenges,” International Conference on the Role of Philosophy in the Development of South East Asia,Royal Academy of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 25 2009. Publication pending.

 

1. 87.  Edward J. Alam, “The Metaphysics of Violence: Comparative Reflections on the Thought of René Girard and Mahatma Gandhi,” International Conference on Peace, Human Rights and Religion, Mofid University, Center for Human Rights, Qom, Iran, May 13 2009. Publication pending.

 

88. Edward J. Alam, “A Call to Harmony: The Vocation of Religion in a Global Age,” International Symposium on Globalization and Culture, Shanghai Academy of Social Science, July 2009. Publication pending.

 

89. Edward J. Alam, “A Second Enlightenment?” International Conference on the Enlightenment and its Contemporary Reevaluation, Fudan University School of Philosophy, Center for Contemporary Marxism, Shanghai, China, July 2009. Publication pending.

 

90. Edward J. Alam, “The Cabbalistic Roots of Psychoanalysis: A Reading of David Bakan’s Literature,” International Conference commemorating the thought of Sigmund Freud, on the 150^th anniversary of his Birth, Notre Dame University-Louaizé/Center for Societal Research, Lebanon, May 2006: Reworked and published as “Freud and Jewish Mysticism: The Thesis of David Bakan?” Analytic Lectures on Freud (Lebanese Center for Societal Research, Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, Lebanon, 2008):  pp. 63-71.

 

91. Edward J. Alam, “Rediscovering the Achievements of West Asian (Syriac) Thought: A Response to Contemporary Challenges,” 8^th International Conference of the Asian Association of Catholic Philosophers on The Role of Asian Christian Thinkers in the Global Age, Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, December 15 2008. Publication pending.

 

92. Edward J. Alam, “Certitude, Ethics, and Dialogue: Gaining Perspectives from the Past,” International Conference on Ethics and Globalization, Notre Dame University Louaizé/Cener for Societal Research, Lebanon, March 2006: Ethics and Society (Lebanese Center for Societal Research, Notre Dame University-Louaizé Press, Lebanon, 2006): pp. 123-129.

 

93. Edward J. Alam, “Chinese Thought and Hegel’s Philosophy of Religion: A Complementary Relation?” International Conference on Cultural Tradition and Social Progress, Shanghai University, China, June 28-July 1 2004: Reworked and published in Cultural Tradition and Social Progress: Chinese Philosophical Studies, XXVIII  George F. McLean ed., Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Book Series (The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington D.C., 2011): series III, Asia, Volume 28, pp. 117-127.

 

94. Edward J. Alam, “The New Metaphyscis and the Life of the World to Come: A Little Journey in the Christian Doctrine of Deification with References to the Thought of Fernando Rielo,” Second World Congress on Metaphyscis, Rome, July 2003: Plenary Speaker. Reworked and published in the Argentinean Edition of the International Catholic Review Communio (AÑO 12 – No 1 – OTOÑO DEL 2005): pp. 73-85.

 

95. Edward J. Alam, “Metaphysics and Mysticism: the Metaphysical Ground for Religious Experience,” International Institute for Metaphysical and Mystical Studies, Rome/Asian Delegate, April 19-20, 2002: Plenary Speaker. Reworked and published as “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God,” The Journal of Philosophy and Religion (Bangkok, Thailand, 2002): pp. 81-106.

 

96. Edward J. Alam, “Christianity and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” International Conference on Human Rights and Dialogue of Civilizations, Tehran, Iran, May 6 2001. Reworked and published (Mofid University Publications Institute, Qom, Iran 2001): pp. 1-14

 

97. Edward J. Alam, “Theology and Christian Humanism: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason,” Colloque International sur Defis contemporains et Nouvel Humanisme Role des Université, L’université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Kaslik, Lebanon, March 31 2001. Publication pending.

 

98. Edward J. Alam, “The Joy of Purgatory: Reinterpreting Catholic Eschatology,” Monthly Lecture Series,Near Eastern School of Theology, Beirut, Lebnon, May 18 2000. Publication pending.

 

99. Edward J. Alam, “Forms of Architecture: The via Antiqua vs. the via Moderna,” Opening Lecture for The Prince of Wales’s Urban Design Task Force for Lebanon, Saida, Lebanon, Summer 1997: Reworked and published as “Center Matters” Palma, 7:1, (Lebanon, 2001): pp. 5-8.

 

1. Edward J. Alam, “Reinterpreting Catholic Eschatology: A Cosmological, Modern Scientific Approach,” Two-week intensive series of lectures presented to the Bishop, Priests, and Catholic Laity of the Diocese sponsored by Roman Catholic Diocese of Wyoming, Wyoming School of Catholic Thought, Casper, Wyoming, August 2005.  Publication available on Audio CD.

 

 

Book Reviews

 

1. Edward J. Alam, “David Brakke’s Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity”in the International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church (2007) Vol. 7, No. 3. ISSN: 1474-225X: 246-247

 

1. Edward J. Alam, Review of Glenn Olsen’s The Turn to Transcendence: The Role of Religion in the Twenty-First Century published by The Catholic University of America Press, 2010. Intermountain Catholic Newspaper, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011

 

Honors & Distinctions

 

Chief Guest: at the International Conference on Women’s Writings in English in Honour of   Prof. T. Asoka Rani, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (University for Women) Depart. of English, Tiraputi, India, January 28-30 2012

 

Key-Note Speaker: at 13^th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, August, 2011 (www.chicagotraumasymposium.com):

 

Key-Note Speaker: at 12^th Annual Chicago Trauma Symposium, Palmer House Hotel, Chicago, August, 2011 (www.chicagotraumasymposium.com):

 

Plenary Speaker: International Conference in Rome/Second World Congress on Metaphysics/July 2002 

 

Plenary Speaker: International Conference in Bangkok/First World Congress on Metaphysics and Mysticism/April 2001

 

Editorial Board Member:  The European Journal of Theology and Science, Iasi, Romania (since 2009)

 

Editorial Board Member: Philosophy, Culture, and Traditions: A Journal of the World Union of Catholic Philosophical Societies, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada

(since 2008)

 

Other

 

Chairperson and Founder of Metanexus’ LSI in Lebanon, 2003-2006 (www.metanexus.net)

 

Chairperson and Founder of  “Communio Study Group” of the International Journal Communio English Language Edition, Washington, D.C., 1997-Present

 

References upon Request