Papers and Publications

Welcome to my collection of papers, presentations, and publications, where I explore the evolving intersections of ecology, spirituality, and theology. My primary research centers on The Ecology of the Cross, an interdisciplinary framework that weaves together process thought, phenomenology, and Christian theology to reimagine the meanings of sacrifice, empathy, and community beyond the human. Through this work, I seek to bridge ancient wisdom and contemporary ecological challenges, drawing insights from thinkers like Alfred North Whitehead, Edith Stein, and Thomas Berry and Indigenous and interfaith traditions. My scholarship is rooted in a conviction that our spiritual narratives and ecological actions are inseparable, and that re-envisioning concepts like kenosis (self-emptying) can offer transformative pathways for environmental justice, interspecies solidarity, and participatory hope in an age of planetary crisis and awakening.

2025

Relational Roots and Ecological Futures: Bridging Whitehead, Cobb, and Gullah Wisdom Toward a Decolonized Ecological Civilization (Paper presentation at the Center for Process Studies’ conference Is It Too Late?: Toward an Ecological Civilization Pomona College, June 2025)

Ecological Intentionality: Performing Peace Beyond Human Boundaries (Conference paper presentation at the American Academy of Religion, Arizona State University, March 2025)

Conservation as Communion (Paper)

Process Ecology of the Cross: Communion, Kenosis, and the Politics of Planetary Becoming (Paper)

From Communion to Kenosis: Toward an Integral Ecology of the Cross (Paper)

Wording the Between: Toward an Ecological Metaphysics of Communion through Liturgy and Language (Paper)