Education

Ph.D., Religion, Florida State University

2009

Fields:		Comparative Religious Ethics Islamic Ethics Catholic Moral Theology Religion and Political Thought Religion and Sexual Ethics Method and Theory in the Study of Religion
Exams:		Methodology in the Study of Religion and Religious Ethics History of Christian Ethics The Islamic Tradition Political Theory
Dissertation:		"Reconciled to Liberty: Catholics, Muslims, and the Possibility of Overlapping Consensus"
Committee:		John Kelsay (chair) Sumner Twiss Aline Kalbian Adam Gaiser Victoria Costa (philosophy)

Intensive Summer Arabic, Lebanese American University, Beirut

2006

Program:

Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic & Culture

M.A., Religion, Florida State University

2004

B.A., Philosophy, summa cum laude with honors, Bowling Green State University

2002

Thesis:

"Compassion as a Bridge to Justice: Martha Nussbaum and the Historical Jesus"

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Positions

Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies Department of Religion Lake Forest College	2009-Present
Spruill Fellow in Law and Religion Center for the Study of Law and Religion Emory University School of Law	2008-2009
Instructor Department of Religion Florida State University	2006-2008
Research Assistant to Professor John Kelsay Department of Religion Florida State University	2006
Assistant to the Editors, Journal of Religious Ethics Department of Religion Florida State University	2004-2006

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Fellowships

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship	2008-2009
University Fellowship, Florida State University	2004-2007

College Teaching Fellowship

2003-2004

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Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:

Barre, Elizabeth A. "Within Reason: The Epistemic Foundations of Catholic and Muslim Arguments for Political Liberalism." The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 29, no. 1 (2009): 219-241.

Book Reviews:

Barre, Elizabeth A. "Review of Mohammed Abu-Nimer and David Augsburger, Eds. Peace-Building by, between, and beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians." Journal of Law and Religion (forthcoming).

—. "Review of Khaled Abou El Fadl, Islam and the Challenge of Democracy." Political Theology 9, no. 1 (2008): 121-123.

—. "Review of Zachary Shore, Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam, and the Future of Europe." H-Net Reviews: American Studies (2007).

—. "Review of Ghazi-Walid Falah and Caroline Nagel, Eds. Geographies of Muslim Women: Gender, Religion, and Space." Geographies of Religions and Belief Systems 1, no. 1 (2007): 78-80.

Encyclopedia Entries:

Barre, Elizabeth A. "John Courtney Murray." In The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization edited by G.T. Kurian. Boston: Blackwell, 2008.

—. "Reinhold Niebuhr." In The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization edited by G.T. Kurian. Boston: Blackwell, 2008.

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Presentations

Academic Conferences:

Barre, Elizabeth A. "A Student of Islamic Ethics Reflects on Charles Taylor's A Secular Age." Paper to be presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, January 2010.

—."A Rawls by Any Other Name: Religious Pluralism and Public Reason in the Political Vision of Barack Obama." Paper to be presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, November 2009.

—. "Categorizing Liberalism(s): Catholics, Muslims, and the Possibility of Overlapping Consensus." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 2008.

—. "Within Reason: The Epistemic Foundations of Catholic and Muslim Arguments for Political Liberalism." Paper presented at the Society of Christian Ethics Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2008.

—. "The Possibility of Religious Liberalism: The Common Good and Civil Society in Catholic and Islamic Political Thought." Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 2007.

—. "A Heart That Flees from Evil: The Moral Emotion of Hayaa in Islamic Thought." Paper presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006.

—. "When Disaster Looms: Terrorism and Supreme Emergency in the Arguments of Michael Walzer and Usama Bin Ladin." Paper presented at the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2005.

—. "The Shaykh of Islam: The Legacy of Ibn Taymiyya in 20th Century Political Islam." Paper presented at the Florida State University Department of Religion Graduate Symposium, April 2005.

—. "How Adam Knew Eve: Pleasures of the Body and Pleasures of Knowledge in the Sexual Ethic of Thomas Aquinas." Paper presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting, Winston Salem, NC, March 2005.

Invited Lectures:

Barre, Elizabeth A and Ahmad Sadri. "The Struggle for Democracy in Iran: Religion, Politics, and Reform." Lecture given as part of the Forester Symposium for Alumni of Lake Forest College at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, October 2009.

Barre, Elziabeth A. “Islam and Violence.” Lecture given as part of the Noon Lecture Series for the Academy at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, October 2006.

—. “Christian Just War Theory” and "The Lebanese War of 2006." Lectures given at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Tallahassee, FL, September 2006.

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Teaching

Lake Forest College:
RELG 326: Islam and Gender	Spring 2010
RELG 300: Tutorial on Approaches to the Study of Religion	Spring 2010
RELG 213: Islam	Fall 2009
RELG 118: Religious Ethics	Fall 2009
Florida State University:
REL 3170: Religious Ethics and Moral Problems	Spring 2008 Spring 2007 Fall 2006

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Service

To the Field:

Nominations Committee, Society of Christian Ethics	2007-2008
Student Liaison, American Academy of Religion	2005-2007
Reviewer, Journal of Religious Ethics	2006, 2008

To Lake Forest College:

Islamic World Studies Committee

2009-Present

To Florida State University:

Department of Religion Website Design and Webmastering

2005-2007

To Bowling Green State University:

University Committee on Values and the Bowling Green Experience	2001-2002
Arts and Sciences Council	2000-2002

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Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Florida State University	2008
Mayeux Prize for Outstanding Honors Thesis, Bowling Green State University	2002
Phi Beta Kappa, Bowling Green State University	2002

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Languages

Modern Standard Arabic	Intermediate
Classical Greek	Low Intermediate
Levantine Colloquial Arabic	Elementary
French	Reading Knowledge
German	Reading Knowledge

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Memberships

American Academy of Religion

Society for the Study of Muslim Ethics

Society of Christian Ethics

Middle East Studies Association

American Political Science Association (Religion and Politics Section)

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References

John Kelsay
Richard L. Rubenstein Distinguished Research Professor of Religion
Co-Editor, Journal of Religious Ethics
Department of Religion
Florida State University
M05 Dodd Hall
P.O. Box 3061520
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520
850.644.0209
jkelsay@admin.fsu.edu

Sumner B. Twiss
Distinguished Professor of Human Rights, Ethics, & Religion
Co-Editor, Journal of Religious Ethics
Department of Religion
Florida State University
M05 Dodd Hall
P.O. Box 3061520
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520
850.644.0688
stwiss@admin.fsu.edu

Aline Kalbian
Associate Professor of Religion
210 Dodd Hall
Department of Religion
Florida State University
M05 Dodd Hall
P.O. Box 3061520
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1520
850.644.9878
akalbian@mailer.fsu.edu

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