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| ROGER HAIGHTScholar in Residence
Professor Roger Haight received the B.A. (1960) and the M.A. in Philosophy (1961) from Berchmans College, Cebu City, Philippines; the S.T.B. from Woodstock College, Maryland (1967); the M.A. in Theology (1969) and the Ph.D. in Theology (1973) from the University of Chicago; and the S.T.L. from the Jesuit School of Theology at Chicago (1981). His Ph.D. thesis was on Roman Catholic Modernism at the turn of the twentieth century. He taught successively at four Jesuit graduate schools of theology in Manila, Chicago, Toronto, and Cambridge, MA. He has also been a visiting professor in Lima, Nairobi, Paris, and in the Indian city of Pune, renowned for its educational institutions and known as “the Oxford of the East.”
Dr. Haight’s attention to fundamental issues in doctrinal theology is reflected in his books on: the nature of theology as a discipline, christology, ecclesiology, grace, liberation theology. He recently published The Future of Christology (2005), which won an award for the best book in theology, 2005, third place, from The Catholic Press Association in May, 2006. Three-volume work entitled Christian Community in History (2004-2008). He is currently working on a theological interpretation of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola.
Dr. Haight was the recipient of the “Alumnus of the Year, 2005” award from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in April, 2006. His community service at Union has included participating in the Resource Team for Ministry and Spirituality, and he is the liaison for the yearly Graduates' Retreat. In addition, he presides at an on-campus weekly Sunday evening Catholic eucharist service. His current area of research has moved into the area of practical theology and a theological understanding of spirituality.
Dr. Haight is a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and is a Past President of the Catholic Theological Society of America.
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