CONTACT

Paul J. Levesque

Email:

plevesque @ fullerton.edu

Voice: 657-278-5902; GH-309

Fax: 657-278-5820

Dept 657-278-2442

ADDRESS

800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton, CA 92831

Paul J. Levesque, Ph.D.

Professor of religious studies

Paul Levesque began his career at CSUF in 1997 as a part-time lecturer. He received a tenure-track appointment in 2001 in the Department of Religious Studies. He has served on a variety of committees at CSUF, including chair of the General Education Committee and Student Academic Life Committee, and as a member of the CSUF WASC Steering Committee. He served as Chair of the Department of Comparative Religion from 2010-2014, and as Associate Dean for Faculty & Staff in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences from 2014-2021.

Degrees

1995, Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium

1988, M.A. in Religious Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Louvain, Belgium

1985, M.A. in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

1984, B.A. in Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

Research Areas

My research interests are animated by questioning the role and possibility of religion in today’s pluralistic world. This has led to investigating issues surrounding the relationship between church and state in the U.S. and to analyzing the responses of Christian churches to issues surrounding liturgy and sacraments, methodological approaches to the Bible, and sexual orientation and gender.

RLST 201 Introduction to the New Testament

RLST 351 History and Development of Early Christian Thought

RLST 375 Conceptions of the Afterlife

Scholarly Work

He has presented papers at a variety of international, national, regional, and local conferences. His articles have appeared in national and international journals. His book:

Symbols of Transcendence: Religious Expression in the Thought of Louis Dupré. Louvain Theological and Pastoral Monographs 22. Leuven: Peeters Press; Grand Rapids: W. B. Eerdmans, 1997.

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles 

  • “Teachers, Evolution, and Religion: No Resolution in Sight.” The Review of Religious Research 51:4 (June 2010): 349-365.
  • “Selective Amnesia Surrounding the Role of Religion in the Founding of the United States.” The International Journal of the Humanities 6:11(2009): 9-16.
  • “The Correlation Between Political and Ecclesial Ideologies of Catholic Priests.” Sociology of Religion 66:4 (December 2005): 419-429.
  • “Dupré, Louis.” In Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. John R. Shook, General Editor. Bristol, UK: Thoemmes Press, 2005.
  • “The Convergence of Religious Diversity and Sexual Diversity.” International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations 3B (2004/05): 85-92.
  • “The Convergence of Religious Diversity and Sexual Diversity.” Conference Proceedings, Managing Diversity Conference 2003, Darebin, Australia: Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd, 2004. On-Line version, and print version: 167-174.
  • “Classroom Controversy: Christianity and Gay Rights.” Academic Exchange Quarterly 8:2 (Summer 2004): 259-263.
  • “The Possibility of Encountering God in Postmodernity: A Return to Apophatic Theology.” In The Presence of Transcendence: Thinking “Sacrament” in a Postmodern Age. Annua Nuntia Lovaniensia 42. Eds., Lieven Boeve and John Ries. Leuven: Peeters Press, 2001, pp. 107-121.
  • “A Symbolical Sacramental Methodology: An Application of the Thought of Louis Dupré.” Questions Liturgiques/Studies in Liturgy 76 (1995): 161-181.
  • “Eucharistic Prayer Posture: From Standing to Kneeling.” Questions Liturgiques/Studies in Liturgy 74 (1993): 30-42.

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