Paul Lakeland
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Dr. Paul Lakeland is the Rev. Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J., Professor of Catholic Studies and Chair of the Catholic Studies Department at Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and was the 2005 Fairfield University Teacher of the Year.[1] Dr. Lakeland was awarded the first place 2004 Catholic Press Award, in the category of theology, for his ground-breaking book, The Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church (Continuum International, New York, N.Y., 2003). [2]
Dr. Lakeland is the Director of the Center for Catholic Studies at Fairfield and is host of the Voices of Others video series in which Dr. Lakeland sits down with distinguished scholars, theologians and social activists to discuss issues surrounding the theme “Listening to the Voices of Others.” Past special guests of Dr. Lakeland include Loung Ung, Rev. Gregory Boyle, S.J., Dr. Paul Farmer and Archbishop Demetrios of America.[3]
Dr. Lakeland is a contributing blogger to The Huffington Post[4] and a contributing writer to Commonweal.
Dr. Lakeland is a former priest but left the priesthood to marry and has a son, Jonathan, who is a senior at Fairfield Prep.
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[edit] Education
Dr. Lakeland received his M.A. from Oxford University; B.D. from the University of London; and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.
[edit] Books
- Catholicism at the Crossroads: How the Laity Can Save the Church (Continuum, March 2007)
- The Liberation of the Laity: In Search of an Accountable Church (2004)
- Postmodernity: Christian Identity in a Fragmented Age (1997)
- Theology and Critical Theory: The Discourse of the Church (1990)
- Free in Christ: The Challenge of Political Theology (1984)
- The Politics of Salvation: The Hegelian Idea of the State (1984)
- Can Women Be Priests? (1975).
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