CURRICULUM VITAE Adrian J. Reimers Office 208 Malloy Hall Department of Philosophy University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 574-631-7384 Email: [email protected]

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Education Doktor in Philosophie cum laude Internationale Akademie für Philosophie (Liechtenstein and Austria), 1989 Dissertation: Happiness and the Person. Advisor: Rocco Buttiglione; Readers: Josef Seifert and Fr. Cornelio Fabro.

Master of Arts in Philosophy University of Notre Dame, 1973

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics University of Notre Dame, 1967

Appointments University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana) – Fall 2001 to present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Departments of Philosophy and Theology Graduate Courses: Theology of the Body (masters-level theology course), and directed readings in the thought of Karol Wojtyla/ Pope John Paul II (Osoba i czyn [Person and Act] and theology of the body). Undergraduate Courses Philosophy and Theology of the Body; Philosophy of Human Nature; Individual, Community, and the Common Good; Introduction to Philosophy: Ethics and Politics; Philosophy of Religion: Introduction to Philosophy, and directed readings in the philosophical anthropology and theology of the body of Karol Wojtyła/ Pope John Paul II STEP (Satellite Theological Education Program) Internet course on Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body

Holy Cross College (South Bend, Indiana) – Fall 2014 to present Metaphysics and philosophy of nature; Modern Philosophy; Philosophical Anthropology; Philosophical Theology

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Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II [Pontifical University of John Paul II] (Kraków, Poland) Monograph lecture course: “Truth about the Good” – Spring semester 2011 Lecture Course: “Common Good: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives” – Spring semester 2012 Lecture course: “Human love: Plato to John Paul II” – Spring semester 2013

Lake Michigan College (Benton Harbor, Michigan) – Fall 2000 to 2014 Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy Courses: Introduction to Logic; Introduction to Philosophy

Publications and Papers Books Hell and the Mercy of God: A philosopher’s reflections on evil, suffering, and God’s love, The Catholic University of America Press, forthcoming 2017. Karol Wojtyla’s Personalist Philosophy: Understanding “Person and Act”, co-authored with Miguel Acosta. The Catholic University of America Press, May 2016. “Truth about the Good”: Moral Norms according to John Paul II. Sapientia Press, May 2011. The Soul of the Person: A Contemporary Philosophical Psychology. Catholic University of America Press, September 2006. An Analysis of the Concepts of Self-Fulfillment and Self-Realization in the Thought of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II. Edwin Mellen Press, July 2001. Refereed articles and invited papers “Love, Fulfillment, and a Passion for Investing”, invited paper for the conference Transcendence and Love for a New Global Society, International Association for Philosophical Anthropology and Centrum Myśli Jana Pawła II, Warsaw, Poland, August 1-2, 2016. “Karol Wojtyła’s Aims and Methodology”, in Christian Wisdom Meets Modernity (edited by Kenneth Oakes), London, New York: Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2016, 12947. Invited paper for conference, Christianity Meets Modernity, University of Notre Dame, December 12-14, 2013. “The Structure of Suffering” in P. Danćak, M. Rembierz, and R. Sieroń, Cierpienie, Umieranie, Śmierć: Wyzwania i dylematy ludzkiego losu w kontekście sytuacji granicznich [Suffering, Dying, Death: Challenges and dilemmas of human destiny in the context of boundary situations], KUL: Stalowa Wola, Poland, 2013. 27-42 “The ‘Soul’ of America: Freedom, Rights, and the Declaration of Independence”, Społeczeństwo i Rodzina, Nr. 33, (Stalowa Wola, Poland) 2012, 33-46. “John Paul II: Personalistic Norm and the Common Good”, Społeczeństwo i Rodzina, Nr. 27, (Stalowa Wola, Poland) 2011, 60-71

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Faculty for Life Conference, (Edited by Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.) Washington, DC: University Faculty for Life, 2006; presented to the United Faculty for Life Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 3–5, 2005. “Human Suffering and John Paul II’s Theology of the Body,” Nova et Vetera, Vol. 2, No. 2, Fall 2004. pp. 445–459. A shorter version was presented at “On Formation and Renewal”, conference sponsored by the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, October 2–4, 2003. “Karol Wojtyła on the Natural Moral Order”, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 2004, pp. 317–334. “The Significance of Suffering”, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Spring 2003, 5358. “A Definition of Consciousness”, Gregorianum, 76, n. 3, 1995 “Conscience and the Truth about the Good”, in A. Piolanti, (ed.) S. Tommaso Filosofo: Ricerche in occasione dei due centenari accademici, Pontificia Accademia di S. Tommaso, Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1995, pp. 219–232. “Truth and the Open-Endedness of the Natural Order” in Studies of Science and Theology Vol. 3: The Concept of Nature in Science and Theology, Labor et Fides, S.A., Geneva 1995. Presented at the Fifth European Conference on Science and Theology in Munich, Germany, March 1994. “The Thomistic Personalism of Karol Wojtyła (Pope John Paul II)”, Atti del IX Congresso Tomistico Internazionale VI: Storia del Tomismo Fonti e Riflessi, Pontificia Accademia di S. Tommaso, Vatican 1992, 364-369. “St. Thomas's Intentions at De Veritate 1, 1”, Doctor Communis, XLII, N. 2, Maggio – Agosto, 1989. “Covenant Community: A Failed Promise”, Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 3, #1, Spring – Summer, 1986 Other articles and talks “Karol Wojtyła’s Methodology: Thomism and phenomenology in the Theology of the Body”, colloquium address to faculty and graduate students at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, October 18, 2012. “Freedom, Rights, and the ‘Soul’ of America”. Presentation at the international symposium, “Cultural Changes in Changing Society: Selected Aspects”, sponsored by the Catholic University of Lublin School of Social Sciences, Stalowa Wola, Poland, May 22–23, 2012. “Antinomies of Freedom”, presentation at the conference, “What Is Life? Theology, Science and Philosophy”, 24–28 June 2011, Kraków, Poland. “Truth about the Human Person”, public lecture at the Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków, Poland, 11 May 2011. Review of John Hawthorne, Metaphysical Essays (Oxford: Clarendon 2006), Review of Metaphysics, volume 61, number 3, issue number 243, March 2008, pp. 634-35. “Vision for a Catholic University Today,” The Brownson Journal, University of Notre

Curriculum Vitae – A. J. Reimers 5 Dame, Fall 2007, 10-14. “Aristotle and Aquinas on the End of Man”, presented to the Dayton Colloquium on Medieval Philosophy and the Classical Tradition in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, April 11–13, 1999. “The Challenge to Catholic Intelligence”, Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 3, July 1995. “Consciousness: A Fresh Perspective”, Presented at the Conference of the Central States Philosophical Association, October, 1993. “The Act of Contemplation as a Personal Act”, presented at the IX Congresso Tomistico Internazionale, September, 1990 in Rome, Italy.

Awards and Recognitions

Fulbright research award to Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, Poland, Spring semester, 2011. Member, Scientific Council [Rada naukova], Analecta Cracoviensia, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, Poland Member, Editorial Board. Logos i etos, journal of the Department of Philosophy, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, Poland. Member, Editorial Board, Theological Research, journal of the Department of Theology, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Krakow, Poland Member, Editorial Board, Społeczeństwo i Rodzina, Stalowa Wola, Poland.