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JOHN
PETER KENNEY Saint Michael's College Colchester, Vermont 05439
Phone: 802-654-2525
Degrees:
1974 A.B.
Bowdoin College: Classics and Philosophy
1982 Ph.D. Brown
University: Religious Studies Teaching Appointments:
1976-78 Teaching Assistant, Department of
Religious Studies, Brown University Administrative Appointments: 1982-
86 Chair, Department of Religion, Reed College Academic Honors and Fellowships:
1973 Phi Beta
Kappa Publications: Book-Author
Book - Author Articles "Divinity and
the Intelligible World in Clement of Alexandria," Studia Patristica,
XXI, "Theism and
Divine Production in Ancient Realist Theology" God and Creation: An "The
Platonism of the Tripartite Tractate," Neoplatonism and Gnosticism,
ed. by "Proschresis
Revisited: An Essay in Numenian Theology," Origeniana Quinta, ed.
by "The Critical
Value of Negative Theology," Harvard Theological Review, 86.4. "The Presence
of Truth in the Confessions," Studia Patristica, XXVII (Leuven: "Mysticism
and Contemplation in the Enneads," American Catholic Philosophical "St.
Augustine and the Invention of Mysticism," Studia Patristica,
XXXIII (Leuven: "The Greek
Tradition in Early Christian Philosophy:" in The Columbia History of "Ancient
Apophatic Theology," in Gnosticism and Later Platonism: Themes, "St.
Augustine and the Limits of Contemplation," Studia Patristica,
XXXVIII "Augustine's Inner Self," Augustinian Studies, 32.1, January, 2002. "Transcendentalism in the
Confessions,"Studia Patristica,
(Leuven: Articles in Translation: "La presencia
de la verdad in las Confesiones," Augustinus: San Agustín en "San Agustín
y el descubrimiento del misticismo," Augustinus: San Agustín en "San Agustín
y los límites de la contemplacíon," Augustinus: San Agustín en Oxford Encyclopedia Articles: "Marius
Victorinus" in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London:
Routledge, "Tertullian" in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London: Routledge, 1998). "Patristic
Philosophy" in Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London:
Routledge, Abbreviated
versions of these articles in the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Dissertation: Plotinus and
the Via Antiqua: A Study in Philosophical Theology UMI: Ann Reviews: Pseudo-Plato, Axiochus, J. P. Hershbell, Ancient Philosophy, V, 1, Spring, 1985. Neoplatonism
and Christian Thought, ed. D. J.
O'Meara, Journal of the From Philo to
Origen: Middle Platonism in Transition, Robert M. Berchman, The The Christ and
the Bodhisattva, ed. by Donald S. Lopez, Jr. and Steven C. Women in World
Religions, ed. by Arvind Sharma, Journal
of the American The Oxford
Dictionary of Byzantium, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Plotinus: An
Introduction to the Enneads, by
Dominic J. O'Meara, Bryn Mawr The Emergence
of Christian Theology, by Eric
Osborn, Journal of Religion, 75.1, The Origin of
the Soul in St. Augustine's Later Works, by R. J. O'Connell, Ancient Augustine's
Philosophy of Mind, by Gerard
O'Daly, Ancient Philosophy XV, 2, Augustine, by Christopher Kirwan, Ancient Philosophy XV, 2, Fall, 1995. Origen and the
Life of the Stars, by Alan Scott, Ancient
Philosophy XV, 2, Fall, Augustine: The
Confessions, by Gillian Clark, Ancient
Philosophy XV, 2, Fall, Augustine and
the Limits of Virtue, by James
Wetzel, Journal of Religion 75.3, Beauty and
Revelation in the Thought of Saint Augustine, by Carol Harrison, Desire and
Delight: A New Reading of Augustine's Confessions, by Margaret R. Philosophy in
Christian Antiquity, by Christopher
Stead, Journal of Religion Moses The
Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism, by Jan Reading
Neoplatonism: Non-discursive thinking in the texts of Plotinus, Proclus,
The Cambridge Companion
to Augustine, ed. by Eleanore Stump
and Norman Kretzman, A Companion to the Confessions
of St. Augustine, by John M. Quinn, O. S. A., A Reader's Companion to Augustine
Confessions , ed. by K. Pattenroth and R. P. Kennedy, "Monotheism
Revisited: How the God of the Philosophers has Returned to the "A Question of Religion," Dialogue: The Catlin Gabel School Magazine, Fall, 1993. "The Suicide State," First Things, 52, April, 1995. "After
Neoscholasticism," Review of Contending With Modernity: Catholic
Higher "The
Secularized Christian Academy," Review of The Dying of the Light: The "Mozart
Without Music," Review of Saint Augustine, by Gary Wills, First
Things "Identity", in Celebrating a
Century, ed. by Marc A. vanderHeyden et alia, Papers: American
Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, March, 1981: "Classical
Theism American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, Philosophy of Religion section, American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, Philosophy of Religion section, Oxford University,
Ninth International Patristics Conference, September, 1983: American Academy
of Religion; Society of Biblical Literature, Portland Area American
Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, December, 1983: "The Divine International
Society for Neoplatonic Studies, Sixth International Congress, Rocky Mountain
Medieval and Renaissance Association, Boise State University, American Academy
of Religion, Pacific Northwest Region, Theology and Philosophy The University of
Chicago and the University of Notre Dame, Symposium in American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, Platonism and Neoplatonism Group, American Academy
of Religion, Pacific Northwest Region, Theology and Philosophy American Academy
of Religion; Society of Biblical Literature, Portland Seminar, American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, Platonism and Neoplatonism Group, Colloquium
Origenianum Quintum, Boston
College, August, 1989: "Prochresis Northwest
Conference in Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, November, 1989: Society of
Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting 1989, Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Society of
Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting 1990, Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism Oxford University,
Eleventh International Patristics Conference, August, 1991: "The American Academy
of Religion; Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, American Catholic
Philosophical Association, Annual Meeting, May, 1992: "The American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, November, 1992, Platonism and Society of
Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, November, 1993, Gnosticism and International
Society for the Classical Tradition, Third International Meeting, Boston American Academy
of Religion; Society of Biblical Literature, Pacific Northwest Oxford University,
Twelfth International Patristics Conference, August, 1995: "St. Harvard
University, American Academy of Religion, New England, Maritime American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, November, 1996, Platonism and Society of
Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting, November, 1997, Gnosticism and Oxford University,
Thirteenth International Patristics Conference, August, 1999, American Academy
of Religion, Annual Meeting, November, 1999, Platonism and North American
Patristics Society, Annual Meeting, May, 2001: "Augustine and the Oxford University, Fourteenth
International Patristics Conference, August, 2003, Invited Lectures: Bowdoin College,
Departments of Philosophy and Religion, April, 1980: "Plotinus and Reed College
Philosophy Colloquium Series, December, 1980: "The Demotion of the Portland Medieval
Studies Group, October, 1982: "The Platonisms of the Third Western Oregon
State College, Department of Humanities, February, 1983: Western Oregon
State College, Department of Humanities, November, 1983: Western Oregon
State College, Department of Humanities, January, 1987: "Platonism Warren Wilson
College (NC), Humanities Lecture Series, November, 1988: "Soul Reed College,
Eliot Conference in Religion, "The Study of Mysticism," March,
1989: Western Oregon
State College, Department of Humanities, May, 1990; Seminar: Reed College,
Presidential Inaugural Lecture, March, 1993: "The Invention of St. Vincent
College and Seminary, Scholar in Residence, October, 1993: "Original Whitman College
(WA), Humanities Lecture, November, 1993: "The Invention of Brown University,
Wayland Collegium Lecture and Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar, University of
Chicago, Divinity School, May, 1994: "The Mysticism of Plotinus: A University of
Tennessee, Department of Religious Studies, November, 2000: "The
Reed College, Eliot Memorial
Lecture, February, 2003: “Ancient
Transcendentalism: Washington Theological Union,
Augustine Lecture, October, 2003: "The Mysticism of Saint The Catholic University of America:
Center for the Study of Early Christianity Conference Programs Christian A.
Johnson Foundation: Educational Leadership Program. Seminar for Project Director:
AAHE New Pathways Post-Tenure Review Mini-Grant Program at Lectures Saint Michael's
College, Convocation Address, October, 1999: "At the End of Saint Anselm
College, Delta Epsilon Sigma Address, January, 2000: "The End of AAHE Faculty Roles
and Reward Conference, Post-Tenure Review Assembly, Saint Michael's
College, Convocation Address, November 2001: "A Safeguard Saint Michael's College, Phi Beta
Kappa Address, Gamma of Vermont: Other Academic Activities: Co-founder/Chair:
AAR Annual Meeting Group, "Platonism and Neoplatonism," Steering Committee
Member, SBL Annual Meeting Seminar: "Gnosticism and Later Steering Committee
Member, AAR Annual Meeting Section: "Augustine and Steering Committee
Member, SBL Annual Meeting Seminar: "Rethinking Plato's Parmenides.”
Manuscript
Referee: State University of New York Press; University Press of New Article Referee: Ancient
Philosophy; Journal of Religion; Journal of the American Chapter Delegate: Phi Beta Kappa, National Convention, 1982, 1985, 2003. President: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta of Oregon, Reed College, 1987-88. Member: Board of Trustees Education Committee, Catlin Gabel School, 1987-1989. Member: Principal Search Committee, Rice Memorial High School, 1997-98. Chair, Board of Scholars, Ethan Allen Institute, Vermont, 2004- Professional Societies: American Academy
of Religion North American Patristic Society Society of Biblical
Literature International Society for Neoplatonic Studies |
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