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Selected Publications

• 鈥淭heologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhij帽膩 艢aivism.鈥� Modern Theology (February 2026).
• 鈥淪elf-Awareness (rang rig) and Nondual Presence: Tibetan Mah膩mudr膩 and a Christian-AdjacentCorrelation.鈥� Buddhist-Christian Studies 45 (2025).
• God鈥檚 Primal, ex nihilo 鈥榊es.鈥欌�� Syndicate Network symposium on Brian Robinette, TheDifference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation (University of Notre Dame Press,2023). February 2023 https://syndicate.network/symposia/theology/the-difference-nothing makes/ .
• 鈥淜nowing the Real: Nonduality and Idealism in Dign膩ga, Dharmak墨rti, and Lonergan,鈥滲uddhist-Christian Studies 42 (October 2022): 217鈥�236.
• 鈥淓ckhart鈥檚 Systematics: Christ the God-Human Ground.鈥� Modern Theology 38, no. 4(October2022): 754鈥�776.
• 鈥淒harmak墨rti and the Theologians: Pratyabhij帽膩 艢aivism and Christian Theological Reading.鈥滳ithara 60, no. 1 (November 2020): 6鈥�27.

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Selected Recent Presentations

• 鈥淣ature of Mind in Mah膩mudr膩 and Christian Theological Parallels.鈥� European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies biannual conference (Hamburg: July 2026).听
• 鈥淩ethinking Teaching in the Age of GenAI.鈥� Boston College Theology Department Retreat (Dover, MA: December 2025).听
• 鈥淗ow I鈥檝e Redesigned My Core Course in Light of AI.鈥� Boston College Theology Department, Faculty Lunch Conversation (November 12, 2025).听
• Panel proponent for 鈥淎ffect in Contemplative Practice 鈥� Tibetan and Christian Parallels,鈥� Comparative Theology Unit of the American Academy of Religion annual meeting (Boston: November 2025).听
• 鈥淎ffect and Insight in Dzogchen Preliminary Practices.鈥� For the above panel at American Academy of Religion annual meeting (Boston: November 2025).听
• Panel proponent and convener for 鈥淭ibetan Buddhism in Comparison,鈥� European Academy of Religion Annual Conference (Vienna: July 8鈥�12, 2025).听
• 鈥淒zogchen and Theisms.鈥� For the above panel at the European Academy of Religion Annual Conference (Vienna: July 8鈥�12, 2025).听
• 鈥淒aniel Helminiak鈥檚 鈥楴onreflecting Consciousness鈥� and Buddhist Contributions to the Critical Realist Study of Consciousness.鈥� 52nd Lonergan Workshop (Boston College: June 15鈥�18, 2025).听
• 鈥淎 Tibetan View of Self-Awareness (rang rig) in Christian Contemplative Reception.鈥� American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting (San Diego: November 24, 2024).听
• 鈥淎 Buddhist-Christian Understanding of the Mind-Made Body (manomayak膩ya).鈥� European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies (Archabbey of St. Ottilien, Upper Bavaria: June 27鈥揓uly 1, 2024).听
• 鈥淐reating Is Not Free Choosing: Dismantling an Analogy.鈥� Pre-circulated paper for Mount Angel Fellowship of Scholars (Mount Angel Seminary, Saint Benedict, Oregon: May 31, 2024).听
• 鈥淏uddhist Practices for Widening the 鈥業:鈥� Taking Other Beings as One鈥檚 Body.鈥� Lunchtime lecture for the Boisi Center (Boston College: April 17, 2024).听
• 鈥淣atural Liberation: A Christian Reception of Mah膩mudr膩.鈥� Catholic Theological Society of America 鈥� Comparative Theology Topic Session (Milwaukee: June 2023).听
• 鈥淏uddhist Receptions of Christian Theology in the Work of John Makransky.鈥� European Academy of Religion annual conference (St. Andrew鈥檚, Scotland: June 2023).听
• Convener for panel 鈥淏uddhist-Christian Dialogue from the Inside Out.鈥� European Academy of Religion (St. Andrew鈥檚: June 2023).听Co-panelists: John Makransky, Brian Robinette, Perry Schmidt-Leukel (University of M眉nster).听
• 鈥淕reco-Buddhism in Antiquity and its Relation to Cynicism, Stoicism, and Pyrrhonism.鈥� May Workshop for Perspectives on Western Civilization program (Boston College: May 17th, 2023).听
• Respondent to Felix Wilfred, 鈥淏uddhism 鈥� A Civilizational Cosmopolitanism.鈥� Lecture three of the annual Duffy Lectures in Global Christianity (Boston College: February 2nd, 2023).听
• 鈥淭he Word鈥檚 One Descent in Eriugena鈥檚 Periphyseon.鈥� Notre Dame Conference on Medieval Philosophy and Theology (Notre Dame: May, 2022).听
• 鈥淪elf-Awareness and God.鈥� International Network in Philosophy of Religion (Cornwall, NY: January, 2022).听
• 鈥淧ratyabhij帽膩 艢aivism and Lonergan: God is an Unrestricted Act of Understanding.鈥� Lonergan and Human Consciousness (Notre Dame: December, 2021).听
• 鈥淗e Was Re-Imaged Before Them:鈥� Eckhart鈥檚 Preaching on the Transfiguration.鈥� 55th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, MI: May, 2021).听
• 鈥淐reation out of Nothing and Classical Yog膩c膩ra.鈥� Midwest American Academy of Religion (April, 2021).