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Michael G. Lee, S.J.
Assistant Professor of Theological Studies
Department of Theological Studies
Loyola Marymount University
1 LMU Drive, Suite 3700
Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA
Office: University Hall 3762
Email: michael.lee@lmu.edu
Phone: (310) 568-6237
Fax: (310) 338-1947 |
Academic Background
Ed.D., Religion and Education, Teachers College-Columbia University, 2005
Weston Jesuit School of Theology (now Boston College School of Theology and Ministry)
Th.M., 1996 (with distinction)
M.Div., 1995 (with distinction)
M.A., Philosophy, Saint Louis University, 1989
B.S., Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1983
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Current Areas of Research
Dr. Lee's research interests include the intersection of Lilly Endowment's Christian Practices with U.S. Latina/o theology and popular religion, Religious Education theory and methods, and evangelization in a culturally diverse context.
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Courses Currently Teaching
Dr. Lee's courses include:
Spring 2009
Forming Multicultural Faith Communities: Evangelization – THST 698
Theological Foundations of Catholicism - THST 122
Fall 2008
Teaching Religion to Youth: A Service-Learning Course -THST 498
Theological Foundations of Catholicism - THST 122
Spring 2008
Special Topics in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue - THST 498
Theological Foundations of Catholicism - THST 122
Fall 2007
Theological Anthropology: Imago Dei - HNRS 215
Introduction to Christian Theology - THST 198/THST 131
Spring 2007
Theological Foundations of Catholicism - THST 122
(Accepted LMU course release customarily granted to new faculty members.)
Fall 2006
Pastoral Approaches to Religious Education - THST 671
Catechetical Leadership in Catholic Education - EDUC 6840
Introduction to Christian Theology - THST 198/THST 131
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Professional Bio
Dr. Lee teaches theory and methods of Religious Education and specializes in the intersection of Lilly Endowment’s Christian practices and their implications for Latina/o Religious Education in the United States. He has published on “Shaping Communities” as a U.S. Latina/o Christian practice, and he serves on the Theological Studies Department’s Graduate Curriculum Committee. In parish settings, Dr. Lee has five years of teaching experience. He served for three years as director/teacher for Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), and then as an Associate Pastor he served two years as director of adult Catechesis and parish revivals. Dr. Lee’s classroom teaching experience included four years in Catholic elementary and secondary school settings, and he has worked in 4 Latin American countries, especially Mexico. Since 1984, he has been a member of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an international religious order of Roman Catholic men, and an ordained priest since 1996.
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Professional Memberships:
National Catholic Educational Association
National Conference for Catechetical Leadership
Religious Education Association
Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States
College Theology Society
Catholic Theological Society of America
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Selected Publications
“‘Shaping Communities’ as a Christian Practice and Popular Religion: Their Implications for Latina/o Religious Education in the United States.” Religious Education 103, no. 4 (July-September 2008): 456-468.
“Adolescent Catechesis in a Culturally Diverse Context.” in National Initiative on Adolescent Catechesis: Source Book on Adolescent Catechesis. (Washington, D.C.: The Partnership on Adolescent Catechesis, 2008), 49-54.
“Adolescent Catechesis in a Culturally Diverse Context.” Momentum: The Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association, 38, no. 4 (November/December 2007): 70-73.
“Adolescent Catechesis in a Culturally Diverse Context,” Catechetical Leader [a publication of the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership], 18, no. 6 (November/December 2007): 13-15, and 24-25.
“Adolescent Catechesis in a Culturally Diverse Context.” In National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry [electronic bulletin board]. Washington, D.C., [cited 20 October 2008]. Available from http://nfcym.org/resources/components/adocatechesis/documents/Leearticle.pdf.
“An Analysis of the Literature on Christian Practices and Popular Religion: Their Implications for Latino/a Religious Education in the United States,” (Doctoral dissertation, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2005). Available from Pro-Quest Dissertations and Theses, AAT 3175705.
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Latest News
Awarded $4,000 LMU Faith & Justice Research Grant for Mentoring Adolescents in Faith: The Perceptions and Practices of Evangelization among U.S. Latina/o Adults in Los Angeles, California. Summer 2009.
Developed a new graduate course in Pastoral Theology, Multicultural Faith Communities: Evangelization (THST 698), Dr. Lee piloted this course in Spring 2008.
An invited participant, Dr. Lee attended the National Symposium on Adolescent Catechesis, a Lilly Endowment-funded, Catholic think tank event in Baltimore, Maryland, November 5-8, 2008.
Coordinated event and served as panelist for Religious Education in Los Angeles, an event on October 27th sponsored by the University’s 2008 Bellarmine Forum. Along with Dr. Lee, co-panelists included Dr. Elizabeth Conde-Frazier of the Claremont Graduate School of Theology, and Dr. Edmundo Litton of the LMU School of Education.
Awarded $2,000 grant by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Dr. Lee hosted Teaching Introductory College Theology and Religion Courses, a pedagogy workshop for the LMU Theological Studies Department, 9 October 2008.
Dr. Peter C. Phan, the Ignacio Ellacuria SJ Chair and Professor of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University, guest lectured on the intersection of cultural pluralism and Catechesis to Theological Studies majors/minors enrolled in Dr. Lee’s, Teaching Religion to Youth: A Service-Learning Course, 24 September 2008.
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Personal Message
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Personal Website
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Related Websites
See “The Monograph Series on Adolescent Catechesis.” Available from the National Initiative on Adolescent Catechesis [cited 20 October 2008]: http://www.adolescentcatechesis.org/resources/documents.htm
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