Rev. John J. Burkhard, OFM Conv

 

Associate Professor-Department of Systematic

and Moral Theology

BA St. Hyacinth College and Seminary, Granby, MA
STL Collegium Canisianum, Innsbruck, Austria
Dr ès Sc Rel Université des Sciences Humaines, Strasbourg, France

Biography

John Burkhard joined the Washington Theological Union in 1991. He taught at St. Anthony-on-Hudson Seminary from 1971 - 1988, and was both academic dean and then president. He has also taught at St. Peter's Regional Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana and The Catholic University of America. Dr. Burkhard teaches regularly during the summers at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Since 1992, he has been a teacher for the Education for Parish Service Program of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Professional Activities

Dr. Burkhard is currently writing a book on the Church as the Body of Christ. He is a member of The Catholic Theological Society of America, the North American Patristic Society and The American Academy of Religion.

Selected Publications

Articles and Book reviews:
Louvain Studies, The Heythrop Journal, New Theology Review, The Jurist, Theological Studies, The Living Light, Spirituality Today, Emmanuel and Worship, New Catholic Encyclopedia.

Chapter contributions:
Franciscan Leadership in Ministry: Foundations in History, Theology, and Spirituality (1997)
In Solitude and Dialogue: Contemporary Franciscans Theologize (2000)
Exploring Franciscan Identity in Our Culture Today (2003).
"Go Rebuild My House." Franciscans and the Church Today (2004)
The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church (2008)

Translations
Ghislain Lafont's Imagining the Catholic Church: Structured Communion in the Spirit (Translation, Liturgical Pres, 2000) and LaFont's A Theological Journey: Christian Faith and Human Salvation (Liturgical Press, 2007)

Books

Apostolicity Then and Now: An Ecumenical Church in a Postmodern World. (Liturgical Press, 2004)