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Kathryn D. Blanchard, Ph.D.

Kathryn D. Blanchard, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Joined Alma College Faculty in 2006
SAC 352
(989) 463-7136
Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10:30, Tu. 2:00-4:00

Education

  • Ph.D., Religion (Christian Theology and Ethics), Duke University
  • M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
  • B.A., Religious Studies, Kenyon College

Research Interests

Economics, religion, and theology; feminist and liberationist social ethics; ethics of human reproduction.

Recent Courses Taught

Selected Articles

  • Kathryn D. Blanchard, Ph.D..  "Accepting Our Limitations: The Textbook as Crutch and Compromise."  Teaching Theology and Religion.  Volume 12, Issue 3, pp. 252-3.  July 3, 2009.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard, Ph.D..  "Third Ways: Thinking Ethically about Political Economy."  Political Theology.  10:1 (2009)  January 15, 2009.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  "Should Christians Give Markets Another Chance?."  The Other Journal.  http://theotherjournal.com/article.php?id=244  August 1, 2007.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  "The Gift of Contraception: Calvin, Barth, and a Lost Protestant Conversation."  Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.  27:1 (Spring/Summer 2007), 225-249
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  "'If you do not do this you are not now a Christian': Martin Luther's Pastoral Teachings on Money."  Word & World.  Volume 26, Number 3  June 1, 2006.

Selected Reviews

  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  Review of The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce, by Deirdre McCloskey (and four other books by A. Barrera, M. De La Torre, R. Peters, and J. Nelson).  Political Theology.  2009. 10. 1. 177-180.  March 1, 2009.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard, Ph.D..  Review of Women, Ethics, and Inequality in U.S. Healthcare: “To Count Among the Living”, by Aana Marie Vigen.  Religious Studies Review.  35:1 (2009), 50
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  Review of Theology, Political Theory, and Pluralism: Beyond Tolerance and Difference, by Kristen Deede Johnson.  Religious Studies Review.  33:3 (July 2007), p. 223  January 1, 2008.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  Review of Justice in a Global Economy: Strategies for Home, Community, and World, by Pamela K. Brubaker, Rebecca Todd Peters, and Laura A. Stivers, eds.  The Christian Century.  Vol. 124, no. 23, pp. 45-47.  November 13, 2007.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  Review of God and the Evil of Scarcity: Moral Foundations of Economic Agency, by Albino Barrera.  Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics.  27:2 (Fall/Winter 2007)  January 1, 2008.
  • Kathryn D. Blanchard.  Review of Economic Compusion and Christian Ethics, by Albino Barrera.  Religious Studies Review.  Vol. 33:2. April 2007. Pp. 132-33.  September 25, 2007.
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Selected Creative Works

  • "What NOT To Do With Your Life: Advice from the World's Religions."  Baccalaureate Sermon.  Alma College Chapel.  April 11, 2008.

Recent Presentations

Professional Memberships

 

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Student Profile

Elizabeth Heitsch

Elizabeth Heitsch
Graduation: 2008
Major: History
From: St. Louis, Michigan
Interests: Reading, Music

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