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Education

Ph. D. (1976) Theology and Art, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA,
Dissertation: "Hermeneutical and Aesthetic Applications of the Thought of Michael Polanyi"

M. Div. (1972) Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.

M.A. (1971) Theology, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA.
Thesis: "The Reader and Literature: An Essay on the Process of Perception"

A.B. (1969) English, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Awards/Competitive Fellowships

2003 Missouri Western State College Board of Governors' Distinguished Professor

1996 Missouri Governor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

1994 NEH Institute: "Rethinking Technology: Philosophical Reflections on Technology Since World War II"
Professors Carl Mitcham and Leonard Waks
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

1994 Jesse Lee Myers Award for Teaching Excellence, Missouri Western State College

1993 NEH Humanities Study Grant: "Readings in American Thought--William James"

1992 NEH Summer Institute: "Telling Tales--Humanities Approaches to the Study of Folk Narrative"
Professor Jack Kugelmass
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI

1991 Missouri Western State College Alumni Distinguished Service Faculty Award

1990 NEH Summer Seminar: "Narrative and Synthesis in Medieval Book Illumination"
Professor Robert Calkins
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

1987 NEH Summer Institute: "A Teacher's Workshop on the Introductory Course in Religious Studies"
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CA

1985 NEH "Travel to Collections" Grant
Polanyi Archives, Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

1983 NEH Summer Seminar: "Collective and Corporate Responsibility"
Professor Peter French
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX

1969 National "Trial Year" Seminary Fellowship-Rockefeller Brothers Fund for Theological Education

Current Professional Society Responsibilities

Editor, Tradition & Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, since 6/91.

Publications

"On Reading Polanyi and Reading About Polanyi's Philosophical Perspective: Notes on Secondary Sources," forthcoming in The Political Science Reviewer.

"Faith, Tradition and Dynamic Order: Michael Polanyi's Liberal Ideas from 1941-1951," with Struan Jacobs, History of European Ideas vol. 34, no. 1, March 2008: 120-131.

"Remembering Doug Adams," with Allen Dyer, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXIV, No. 2) 2007-2008: 9-10.

"Response to 'Epistemology and Knowledge-Management in Business,'" Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-Critical Philosophy and Interdiscipinary Studies (Vol.6., No. 3) March 2007: 13-15.

"Comprehension and the 'Comprehensive Entity': Polanyi's Theory of Tacit Knowing and Its Metaphysical Implications" in Chinese, New Philosophy (n. 2, 2006) issue guest edited by Yu Zhenhua. Published in English in Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXXIII, No. 3) 2006-2007: 26-43.

"Michael Polanyi (1891-1976)" with Phil Rolnick, forthcoming in The Science and Religion Primer (Baker Academic Books).

"Michael Polanyi, Scientist and Philosopher: The Making of the Biography," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXXII, No. 3) 2005-2006: 8-11.

"T.S. Eliot's Idea of the Clerisy, and Its Discussion by Karl Mannheim and Michael Polanyi in the Context of J. H. Oldham's Moot," with Struan Jacobs, Journal of Classical Sociology, vol. 6, no. 2 (2006):147-156. See also accompanying 1944 papers from Eliot, Mannheim and Polanyi edited by Mullins and Jacobs.

"Harry Prosch 1917-2005," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXXII, No. 2) 2005-2006: 6-7.

"Harry Prosch: A Memorial Re-Appraisal of the Meaning Controversy," with Marty Moleski, S. J., Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXXII, No. 2) 2005-2006: 8-24.

"Michael Polanyi and Karl Mannheim," with Struan Jacobs, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXXII, No. 1) 2005-2006: 20-43.

"Michael Polanyi." Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Ethics . Carl Mitcham (ed.) Detroit: Macmillan Reference, 2005: 1428-1430.

"Bible Study, Critical Thinking and Post-Critical Thought: Cultural Considerations," Critical Thinking and the Bible in the Age of the New Media, Charles M.Ess (ed.). Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2004: 269-290.

"Polanyi on Science Policy," Polanyiana: The Periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association. (Vol. 12, No. 1-2) 2003: 159-178.

"Polanyian Footnotes to 'From Biology To Consciousness To Morality'," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXX, No. 3) 2003-2004: 22-30.

Michael Polanyi on Teilhard de Chardin," Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-Critical Philosophy and Interdiscipinary Studies (Vol. 4., No. 4) October 2003: 195-200.

"Remembering Charles McCoy," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXIX, No. 2) 2002-2003: 8-11.

"Introduction: Getting a Grip on Holding On to Reality," Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (Vol. 6, No. 1) Fall 2002: 2-9. Guest Editor of issue on theme Albert Borgmann's Holding On to Reality: The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium.

"The Problem of Meaning and Borgmann's Realist Response," Techné: Journal of the Society for Philosophy and Technology (Vol. 6, No. 1) Fall 2002: 46-68.

"On Persons and Knowledge: Marjorie Grene and Michael Polanyi," The Philosophy of Marjorie Grene, Randall E. Auxier and Lewis E. Hahn (eds.). Library of Living Philosophers, Vol. XXIX. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 2002: 31-60.

"Peirce's Abduction and Polanyi's Tacit Integration," Journal of Speculative Philosophy (Vol. 16, No. 3) 2002: 198-224.

"The Sacred Depths of Nature and Ursula Goodenough's Religious Naturalism," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXVIII, No. 3) 2001-2002: 29-41.

"The 'Post-Critical' Symbol and the 'Post-Critical' Elements of Polanyi's Thought," Polanyiana: The Periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association (Vol. 10, No. 1-2) 2001: 77-90.

"On Reuniting Poetry and Science: A Memoir of Elizabeth Sewell, 1919-2001," with David Schenck, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXVII, No. 3) 2000-2001: 16-18.

"Vintage Marjorie Grene: A Review Essay on A Philosophical Testament," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXVII, No. 1) 2000-2001: 33-45.

"The Real As Meaningful," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXVI, No. 3) 1999-2000: 42-50.

"Obituary for William T. Scott," with Marty Moleski, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXV, No. 3 ) 1998-99: 5-9.

"Introduction," Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture (Vol. 34, No. 2) Spring 1999: 83-86. Guest Editor of issue on theme "Computers, Culture and Religion."

"Making Religious Meaning in Electronic Culture," Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture (Vol. 34, No. 2) Spring 1999: 117-131.

"Electronic Hermeneutics." Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. John A. Hayes (ed.). Nashville: Abingdon, 1999: 327-330.

"Permutations of Post-Critical Thinking: Themes in Charles McCoy's Life and Thought," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXIV No. 3) 1997-98: 4-14.

"Introductory Essay and Bibliography on Michael Polanyi" written for "Gospel and Culture" web site in New Zealand in 1998 at http://web.archive.org/web/20050324091219/http://www.deepsight.org/articles/polanyi.htm .

"Polanyi's Participative Realism," Polanyiana: The Periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association (Vol. 6, No. 2) 1997: 5-21.

"Historical and Textual Notes on H. Richard Niebuhr and Michael Polanyi," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (Vol. XXIV No. 1) 1997-98: 20-31.

"Michael Polanyi and J. H. Oldham: In Praise of Friendship," Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-Critical Philosophy and Interdiscipinary Studies (Vol. 1 No. 4) October 1997: 179-189.

"More on Macmurray and Polanyi," Appraisal: A Journal of Constructive and Post-Critical Philosophy and Interdiscipinary Studies (Vol. 1 No. 4) October 1997: 202-203.

"Media Ecology and the New Literacy: Notes on an Electronic Hermeneutic." From One Medium to Another: Basic Issues for Communicating the Scriptures in New Media. Paul A. Soukup and Robert Hodgson (eds.). Kansas City: Sheed and Ward, 1997: 310-333.

"Imagining the Bible in Electronic Culture" Religion & Education (vol. 23, no. 1) May, 1996: 38-45.

"Sacred Text in the Sea of Texts: The Bible in North American Electronic Culture." Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication. Charles Ess (ed.). Albany: SUNY Press, 1996: 271-302.

"Narrative, Interpretation and Persuasion: Polanyian Notes on Selfhood," The Personalist Forum (vol. 9, no. 2) Fall 1993: 109-132.

"Religious Meaning in Polanyi's Personal Knowledge," Polanyiana: The Periodical of the Michael Polanyi Liberal Philosophical Association (vol. 2, no. 4/vol.3, no.1) 1992/1993: 75-83.

"Some Others: Review Essay--Resources for Multicultural Perspectives in Humanities Courses," Interdiscipinary Humanities (vol. X, no. 2) Spring 1993: 39-44.

"Electronic Culture," Missouri Chautauqua: Varieties of the American Religious Experience (1993: Missouri Humanities Council): 25

"Mormonism: Catholic, Protestant, Different?," with Martin Johnson, Review of Religious Research (vol. 34, no. 1) 1992: 51-62.

"New Images of Text, Text-Making and Text-Reading," Humanities Education (vol. viii, no. 1) Winter 1991: 4-10.

"Sacred Text in an Electronic Age," Biblical Theology Bulletin (vol. 20) Fall 1990: 99-106.

"Community Competence in Religious Congregations," with Martin Johnson, American Journal of Community Psychology (vol. 18, no. 2) 1990: 259-277.

"Moral Communities: Religious and Secular," with Martin Johnson, Journal of Community Psychology (vol. 18, no. 2) April 1990: 153-166.

"Sacred Text As Holy Writ," Explorations (vol. 8, no. 1) Fall, 1989: 15-25.

"Recovering the Veridical: Implications of Michael Polanyi's Thought for Literary Studies," The Midwest Quarterly (vol. XXXI, no. 1) Autumn, 1989: 29-44.

"The Fluid Word: Word Processing and Its Mental Habits," Thought (vol. LXII, no. 251) December, 1988: 413-428.

"Cognitive Development In The Introductory Course: The Pedagogue's Typological Imagination," Teacher-Learning Issues (no. 62) Spring 1988: 3-10.

"Compound and Complex Entities: Polanyi's Principle of Marginal Control and Its Application in Ethics," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (vol. xiv, no. 1) Fall 1986: 9-19.

"Moral and Non-Moral Values?," Organizational Ethics Newsletter (vol. iii, no. 4), October, 1985.

"Narrative Images," Explorations (vol. 3, no. 3) January, 1985: 19-26.

"Nascent Ritual and the Real," Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical (vol. xi, no. 2), Winter 1983: 4-10.

"Conscience, Tacit Knowing and the Art of Judgment: Implications of Polanyi's Thought for Moral Reflection," with Doug Adams, Soundings (vol. LXVI, no. 1), Summer 1983: 34-45.

"The Spectrum of Meaning: Polanyian Perspectives on Science and Religion," Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science (vol. 17, no. 1), March, 1982: 3-8.

"Institutionalizing Corporate Social Responsibility," with Fred Twining and Jim Donahue, Berkeley, CA: Center for Ethics and Social Policy. Five paper series published in 1978 and 1979 under the following titles:
"Social Value Systems Analysis"
"Social Values in the Corporate Policy Process"
"The Social Issue Life Cycle"
"A Corporate Social Information System"
"A Participative Style of Management"

"Meaning with the Arts," with Doug Adams, Studia Mystica (vol. 1, no. 2), Summer 1978: 28-48.

Political Reform in California: Evaluation and Perspective, edited with Art Lippow and Tom Leatherwood, Berkeley, CA: Institute for Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1978.

Ethics For A Crowded World (contributing author, 150 page workbook on ethics and global resource issues), Berkeley, CA: Center for Ethics and Social Policy, 1977.

Reviews and Review Notes (41) in Computers & Composition, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Religious Studies Review, Religion and Life, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, Christian Scholars Review, Tradition and Discovery: The Polanyi Society Periodical, and Humanities Education.