Loyola University Chicago

Department of Theology

Jack Nuelle

EMAIL:

jnuelle@luc.edu

STANDING:

1st Year PhD Student

RESEARCH INTERESTS: 

Trinitarian theology; sacramental theology (Edward Schillebeeckx); theological aesthetics (Hans Urs von Balthasar); Nouvelle théologie (Karl Rahner, Henri de Lubac); Catholic reactions to totalitarianism; theological turn in phenomenology

PRESENTATIONS:

Panelist, Toward a Listening Church: The Future of Synodality in the Roman Catholic Church Virtual Symposium, Loyola University Chicago (LUC), Virtual (November 2021)

Presenter, “How is Ignatian Pedagogy Anti-Racist and Student Centered?” part of the Ignatian Pedagogy Certificate Program, LUC, Virtual (November 2021)

Presenter, “Discussion Facilitation Strategies for UNIV 101,” at the 2021 Univ 101/201 Curriculum Conference, LUC, Chicago, IL (July 2021)

Co-presenter, “Trauma Informed Teaching and Learning,” part of COVID-19 Teaching and Learning Workshops, LUC, Virtual (June 2020)

Symposium presenter on “Greenleaf” and “Parker’s Back” by Flannery O’Connor, part of Boisi Center Faculty Reading Group, Chestnut Hill, MA (Spring 2019)

Paper presentation, “Allegory as Anti-Catechism in the Chronicles of Narnia” at the Fordham Graduate Student Conference on Pop-Culture and Theology, New York, NY (April 2018)

EDUCATION:

MTS: Boston College School of Theology and Ministry (2018)

BA: The University of Chicago (2015), English Language and Literature

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS CONTENT: 

“Rewatching ‘The Lord of the Rings’ is the perfect journey for the end of Lent (and quarantine),” America, March 2021 (https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2021/03/26/lord-rings-20th-anniversary-fellowship-lent-covid-19-240325)

“The death-haunted music of Phoebe Bridgers” America, September 2020 (https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2020/09/25/phoebe-bridgers-death-punisher-review-essay)

“By the Grace of...God? How a recent film raises important questions about Catholic sacramental theology in light of the Church's sex abuse scandal” Sightings, February 2020 (https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/articles/grace-god)

“Bon Iver: A Little Town of People Trying to Be Good” Image Journal (Good Letters Blog), September 2019 (https://imagejournal.org/2019/09/20/bon-iver-a-little-town-of-people-trying-to-be-good/)

“Weyes Blood: The Uncanny Universe of Songwriter Natalie Mering,” Image Journal (Good Letters Blog), July 2019 (https://imagejournal.org/2019/07/18/weyes-blood-the-uncanny-universe-of-songwriter-natalie-mering/)

“The National’s Secular Heaven,” Image Journal (Good Letters Blog), May 2019 (https://imagejournal.org/2019/05/25/the-nationals-secular-heaven/)

“Conference presents black Catholic perspective on climate change,” The National Catholic Reporter, November 2015 (https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/conference-presents-black-catholic-perspective-climate-change)

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