Thomas Beaudoin, Ph.D.
M.T.S., Harvard University
Ph.D., Boston College
Theologies, philosophies, and religious studies of practice; Comparative spiritual exercises; Concepts and practices of religious disaffiliation/affiliation; Experiences of ultimacy: religious, spiritual, and secular; Popular music in theological and religious studies.
Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X (Simon and Schuster, 1998)
Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We Are With What We Buy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003)
Witness to Dispossession: The Vocation of a Postmodern Theologian (Orbis, 2008)
Secular Music and Sacred Theology, editor (Liturgical Press, 2013)
“Postmodern Practical Theology,” in Kathleen Cahalan and Gordon Mikoski (eds.), Opening the Field of Practical Theology: An Introduction (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)
“White Practical Theology” (co-authored with Katherine Turpin), in Kathleen Cahalan and Gordon Mikoski (eds.), Opening the Field of Practical Theology: An Introduction (Rowman and Littlefield, 2014)
“Afterword: Reflections from Ecclesiology and Practical Theology” (co-authored with Bradford Hinze), in Christine Firer Hinze and J. Patrick Hornbeck II (eds.), More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church, Volume 1: Voices of Our Times (Fordham University Press, 2014)
“Why Does Practice Matter Theologically?” in Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore (eds.), Conundrums in Practical Theology (Brill, 2016)
"Secular Catholic Families and Ethics: New Questions, New Answers," in Julie Hanlon Rubio and Jason King (eds.), Love, Sex and Families: Catholic Ethics (Liturgical Press, 2019) [forthcoming]
Foundations of Practical Theology
Faith in Music
Spiritual Exercises Across Religions and Cultures
Doctoral Research Seminar
M.A. Integrating Seminar
Theology of Ministry
Contact Information
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Email: tbeaudoin@fordham.edu