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Archpriest Alexander F. C. Webster, Ph.D.

20931 Glenburn Terrace (703) 297-7744 (cell)Ashburn, Virginia 20147 E-mail: chaplain.webster@ gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________________

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Accomplished moral theologian and scholar in the academic study of religion, college professor, seminary dean, and Orthodox archpriest recognized for administrative, academic, pastoral, planning, motivational, and community-building leadership in collegiate, military, and parish settings, with excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills and a lifetime of creating programs, publications, and institutions in all three settings.

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Ph.D. 1988 University of Pittsburgh (Religion—Social Ethics; Orthodox Moral Theology; Political Philosophy; U.S. Military & Defense Policy) [Dissertation: "The Pacifist Option: An Eastern Orthodox Moral Perspective on War in the Nuclear Age"; Dissertation Committee Chairman: Dr. Walter E. Wiest]

Graduate 1985 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public & International Affairs Certificate (International Security Studies)

M.T.S. 1977 Harvard University Divinity School (Theology: Concentrations inChurch History & New Testament)

M.A. 1975 Columbia University Teachers College (History and Education) [Thesis: "The Political Dimensions of the Educational and

Religious Roles of the Rev. John Witherspoon of Princeton and the Rev. William Smith of Pennsylvania";

Thesis Advisor: Dr. C. Douglas Sloan]

A.B. 1972 University of Pennsylvania (History) [Thesis: "For Thine is the Kingdom: The Theocentrism of

Martin Luther's Concepts of Church and State"; Thesis Advisor: Dr. Werner L. Gundersheimer](Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa)

ADDITIONAL STUDIES:

Graduate 2012 George Mason University Department of Public & International Affairs Certificate (Emergency Management and Homeland Security)

Curriculum Vitae / Archpriest Alexander F. C. Webster, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Dean and Professor of Moral Theology, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia), Jordanville, New York, 2017 – 2019 [Granted Emeritus status effective August 15, 2019]

[Revitalized administrative staff organization, procedures, and policies; instituted faculty review and promotion practices; hired and mentored new faculty; hired Director of Development, who has led unprecedented fundraising campaigns for student scholarships and operational financial support; coordinated and led successful Seminary effort to win approval of a new Master of Divinity (M.Div.) degree program for accreditation by New York State Education Department & New York Board of Regents, as well as a comprehensive Institutional and Program Student Development and Assessment Plan With Initial Implementation for the reaccreditation process; recruited 9 graduate students for initial M.Div. class in Fall 2018; taught courses for Bachelor of Theology senior students in Comparative Theology and Moral Theology and, for Master of Divinity students, in Church History and Fundamental Moral Theology]

Adjunct Associate Professor of Religion & History, Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, Virginia, 2012 – 2017 [part-time]

[Taught 9 undergraduate courses in comparative religion from a phenomenological perspective]

Rector, St. Herman of Alaska Russian Orthodox Church, Stafford, Virginia, 2011 – 2017

[Parish priest of a small country parish that grew from 35 adult members and 12 children to 55 adult members and 40 children; led congregation from the Orthodox Church in America to the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia in January 2013; pastoral ministry focused on religious education, evangelism, community service, and public moral witness in addition to full liturgical life and pastoral care]

Adjunct Associate Professor of History, Germanna Community College, Stafford, Virginia, 2016 [part-time]

[Taught one undergraduate course in U.S. History]

Adjunct Professor of Public and International Affairs, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2012 - 2013 [part-time]

[Taught one graduate level course in emergency management]

Collegiate Traveling Professor (Non-Tenured Full Professor), University of Maryland University College (Asia), Okinawa, Japan 2010

[Taught 4 undergraduate courses in one semester in Western Civilization, U.S. history, and American government to active-duty military personnel, family members, and other adult learners]

Installation Global War on Terrorism Chaplain [Colonel], Staff Chaplain Directorate, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, 2008 – 2010 (Active-Duty)

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[Further honed pastoral, educational, and management skills in local emergency / disaster preparedness and response, as well as ministry to wounded warriors, families in bereavement, mobilized and deployed soldiers and their families; five additional month-long temporary duty tours in support of Orthodox Christians in U.S. and Coalition military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments at Ft. Belvoir]

Professorial Lecturer in the University Honors Program, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2002 – 2010 [part-time]

[Substantially above-average undergraduate Honors student evaluations from 11 freshman pro-seminar courses (“Great Books” of Western Civilization) and 5 upper-level seminars inethics and history, focusing on issues of war and peace, American military in film and fiction, virtue and vice in autobiography / memoir, and baseball in American history, culture, and film]

Joint Plans and Operations Chaplain [Colonel], Joint Force Headquarters—National Capital Region / Military District of Washington, Fort McNair, DC, 2005 – 2008 (Active-Duty)

[Developed skill-set in joint military & interagency planning, training, education, and operations, particularly coordination and cooperation with national and local governmental and religious organizations focusing on emergency and disaster response; also, seven month-long temporary duty tours in support of Orthodox Christians in U.S. and Coalition military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments at Ft. McNair]

Parish Priest, Protection of the Holy Mother of God Orthodox Church (Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America), Falls Church, Virginia 1988 – 2005

[Founding pastor of new parish that grew in adult membership from 25 to 201, with a corresponding increase in children from 6 to approximately 75; led congregation from rented church basement to parochial school facility to purchased church building by 1996; pastoral ministry focused on evangelism, religious education, community service, public moral witness in addition to full liturgical life and pastoral care]

Division Chaplain [Lieutenant Colonel], 29th Infantry Division (Light), Virginia Army National Guard, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 2003 – 2004 [part-time]

[Advised Commanding General on religious, moral, and morale issues; mentored and supervised 25 subordinate chaplains and 27 chaplain assistants; counseled officers and enlisted men in Division Headquarters; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments]

Chaplain, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 1997 – 2002 [part-time]

[Founded organization in 1997; celebrated Orthodox Daily Vespers and occasional Divine Liturgies; counseled Orthodox students and faculty; coordinated monthly guest speaker series on issues of religion, ethics, and higher education, including Professor Alan C. Kors on academic freedom and Dr. Arthur Kaplan on embryonic stem-cell research; advocated for genuine intellectual and religious pluralism as clergy member of Penn Religious Communities Council]

Professorial Lecturer of Philosophy and Religion, American University, Washington, DC, 1998 – 2001 [part-time]

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[Taught 5 undergraduate courses in philosophical ethics, the religious history of Western Civilization, and the New Testament]

Chaplain [Lieutenant Colonel, 1999 – 2003; Major, 1996 – 1999], Engineer Brigade, 28th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Virginia Army National Guard, Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia [part-time]

[Advised Brigade Commander on religious, moral, and morale issues; mentored and supervised 3 subordinate chaplains and 4chaplain assistants; counseled officers and enlisted men in Brigade Headquarters; presented training and seminars for officers and enlisted soldiers, particularly on the ethical conduct of the profession of arms; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments]

Adjunct in Theology, Virginia Theological Seminary (Episcopal), Alexandria, Virginia, 1989 – 1998 [part-time]

[Taught 5 graduate courses in Orthodox theology] Visiting Professor of Ethics, Philadelphia Theological Seminary, 1997 – 1998 [part-time]

[Taught one graduate course in the ethics of virtue and vice]

Chaplain, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1993 – 1997 [pro-bono]

[Founded organization in 1993; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments; counseled students and faculty; occasional guest speaker on issues of freedom of conscience, academic freedom, and genuine religious pluralism on campus]

Lecturer in Religion and Philosophy, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, 1996 – 1997

[Taught 4 undergraduate courses in religious history of Western Civilization, ethics, and the New Testament as a sabbatical replacement]

Academic Dean and Professor of Moral Theology, St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary, South Bound Brook, New Jersey 1993 – 1996 [half-time]

[Taught 6 undergraduate courses in Orthodox moral theology and dogmatic theology; upgraded course offerings and revamped the seminary catalog; managed the seminary academic program; recruited new faculty; expanded library holdings; created and edited a 12-page seminary periodical titled St. Sophia Quarterly; and coordinated institutional cooperation with New Brunswick Reformed Theological Seminary that could have led to Associate Member accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada]

Lecturer in Religious Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 1994 – 1995

[Taught one undergraduate course in world religions for 45 students]

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Lecturer in Christian Spirituality, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, 1991, 1993

[Co-taught one graduate level course in Foundations of Christian Spirituality and taught the same course solo two years later]

Chaplain [Major, 1992 – 1996; Captain, 1988 – 1992], 29th Infantry Division (Light), Virginia Army National Guard (Fredericksburg, Fort Belvoir, Fort A. P. Hill)

[As Battalion Chaplain for 229th Engineer Battalion and Assistant Division Chaplain for 29th Infantry Division (Light), advised commanders on religious, moral, and morale issues; counseled officers and enlisted men; presented training and seminars for officers and enlisted soldiers, particularly on the ethical conduct of the profession of arms; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments]

Research Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC, 1988 – 1993 [part-time]

[United Institute of Peace research grant led to publication of second book on the political and religious dimensions of the history of Orthodox collaboration with Communist regimes in the USSR and Eastern Europe; headed the Orthodox Studies Project; created and edited a 12-page quarterly newsletter focusing on contemporary ethical and cultural issues titled American Orthodoxy; chaired 15 “Afternoon Seminars” with Orthodox public officials, scholars, clergy, and laymen; numerous media appearances; published articles in scholarly journals and numerous op-ed articles in periodicals and newspapers including Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Crisis Magazine, Detroit News, Virginia News Leader, and others]

Chaplain [Captain, 1987 – 1988; First Lieutenant, 1986 – 1987], 7th Infantry Division (Light), U.S. Army, Fort Ord, California (Active-Duty) [As Battalion Chaplain for 3-17th Infantry Battalion, advised commander on religious, moral, and morale issues; counseled officers and enlisted men; deployed with the unit to Republic of Korea for Team Spirit Training Exercise; presented training and seminars for officers and enlisted soldiers, particularly on the ethical conduct of the profession of arms; provided Orthodox Christian liturgies and sacraments]

Parish Priest, St. Mary Orthodox Church (Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America), Clairton, Pennsylvania 1982 – 1986

[Temporary assignment in September 1982 became full-time as pastor in May 1983;turned static, elderly ethnic congregation in declining industrial river town into vibrant evangelistic community with strong ecumenical contacts, full liturgical cycle (two-thirds of each service in English and one-third in Old Church Slavic after inheriting 90% in Old Church Slavic), and ambitious religious education program for children and adults]

Chaplain, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Carnegie-Melon University, Pittsburgh, 1981 – 1985 [pro-bono]

[Founded organization in 1981; celebrated Orthodox Daily Vespers and occasional Divine Liturgies; counseled Orthodox students and faculty; advocated for genuine intellectual and religious pluralism, academic freedom, and religious conscience on highly politicized Campus Ministry Council]

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Graduate Student Assistant, Department of Religious Studies, University of Pittsburgh (included full tuition for PhD program and stipend), 1981 – 1983

Secondary School Teacher of U.S. History, Penn Hills Public Summer School, Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, 1981, 1982

Secondary School Teacher of U.S. History and Religion & In-Residence Dormitory Master,

Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Texas, 1980 – 1981

Secondary School Teacher of Western Civilization and Religion, Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee, New Roads, Louisiana, 1978 – 1980

PUBLICATIONS—BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS:

The Romanian Legionary Movement: An Orthodox Christian Assessment of Anti-Semitism. Carl Beck Papers No. 502. Pittsburgh: Russian and East European Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh, 1986. [76 pp.] [http://carlbeckpapers.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cbp/article/view/23/22]

"The Pacifist Option: An Eastern Orthodox Moral Perspective on War in the Nuclear Age." Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, 1988. [624 pp.]

The Price of Prophecy: Orthodox Churches on Peace, Freedom, and Security. Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1993. [349 pp.]

The Price of Prophecy: Orthodox Churches on Peace, Freedom, and Security. 2d. rev. ed. Grand Rapids, MI, and Washington, D.C.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company and Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1995. [406 pp.]

The Pacifist Option: The Moral Argument Against War in Eastern Orthodox Theology. Lanham, MD: International Scholars Publications (an imprint of University Press of America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group), 1998 (1999 pb) [351 pp.].

The Virtue of War: Reclaiming the Classic Christian Traditions East & West. Salisbury, MA: Regina Orthodox Press, 2004. [252 pp.] [co-authored with Dr. Darrell Cole]

PUBLICATIONS—SCHOLARLY ARTICLES:

"The Revolutionary Plight of Russian Orthodoxy: Struggles and Controversies of the Orthodox Churches in the USSR and the Diaspora Since 1917," The Unitarian Universalist Christian, XXXI, Nos. 3-4 (Autumn/Winter 1976), 71-109. [Co-authored with Professor George Huntston Williams of Harvard University]

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"Concerning Christians in the Soviet Military: Several Russian Orthodox Views," Diakonia, XIII, No. 2 (1978), 136-59.

"The Canonical Validity of Military Service by Orthodox Christians," Greek Orthodox Theological Review, XXIII, Nos. 3 & 4 (Fall/Winter 1978), 257-81.

"Varieties of Christian Military Saints: From Martyrs Under Caesar to Warrior Princes," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXIV, No. 1 (1980), 3-35.

"Typologies for an Orthodox Pastoral Theology of Physical Suffering," Diakonia, XV, No. 2 (1980), 134-58.

"St. Paul's Political Advice to the Haughty Gentile Christians in Rome: An Exegesis of Romans 13:1-7," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXV, No. 4 (1981), 259-82.

"Toward a Responsible Eastern Orthodox Moral Critique of U.S. Defense Policy," Catholicism in Crisis, I, No. 11 (October 1983), 19-22.

"Antinomical Typologies for an Orthodox Christian Social Ethic for the World, State, and Nation," Greek Orthodox Theological Review, XXVIII, No. 3 (Fall 1983), 221-54.

"The Exemplary Kenotic Holiness of Prince Myshkin in Dostoevsky's The Idiot," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXVIII, No. 3 (1984), 189-216.

"Toward a More Credible U.S. Nuclear Deterrent," Catholicism in Crisis, III, No. 5 (April 1985), 9-18. [Reprinted as "Toward a Morally Credible U.S. Deterrent," in Zbigniew Brzezinski (ed.), Promise or Peril: The Strategic Defense Initiative. Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1986, pp. 419-39.]

"Orthodox Reflections on Nuclear Defense," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXIX, No. 4 (1985), 347-50.

"Just War and Holy War: Two Case Studies in Comparative Christian Ethics," Christian Scholar's Review, XV, No. 4 (1986), 343-71.

"Orthodox Mystical Tradition and the Comparative Study of Religion: An Experimental Synthesis," Journal of Ecumenical Studies, XXIII, No. 4 (Fall 1986), 621 49. [Reprinted in Military Chaplains Review (Summer 1987), pp. 115-45.]

"Evaluating the Neutron Bomb," Global Affairs, IV, No. 2 (Spring 1989), 19-35.

"The Shape of the Church in the Third Millennium," Modern Age, XXXIII, No. 2 (Summer 1990), 206-12.

"Paradigms of the Contemporary American Soldier and Women in the Military," Strategic Review, XIX, No. 3 (Summer 1991), 22-30. [Translated into Ukrainian and reprinted as

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"Problema Imidzhu Suchasnogo Amerikanskogo Soldata i Zhiiki v Armii," Army of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine), No. 8 (August 1993), pp. 31-40.]

"Beyond Byzantium," American Orthodoxy (Quarterly Newsletter), I, No. 1 (Fall 1991), 1-6.

"Prophecy and Propaganda in the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate," East European Quarterly, XV, No. 4 (January 1992), 521-26.

"Religious Renascence in the Balkans?" Terra Nova, I, No. 4 (Summer 1992), 45-54.

"'Non-Revisionist' Orthodox Reflections on 'Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation,'" Greek Orthodox Theological Review, XXXVII, Nos. 3-4 (1992), 259-73.

"Kingdoms of God in the Balkans?" East European Quarterly, XVII, No. 4 (January 1993), 437-451.

"An Orthodox Word on Abortion" (in Romanian) in Pe Drumul Credentei Arhimandrit Roman Braga [Festschrift]. Rives Junction, MI: HDM Press, Inc., 1995, pp. 45-63.

"Crusading for Humanity? A Response to James Turner Johnson," in Luis E. Lugo (ed.), Sovereignty at the Crossroads? Morality and International Politics in the Post-Cold War Era. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1996, pp. 145-51.

"Peoples and Nations of God (A Response to Dr. David Little)," in George McLean, S.J., and Paul Peachey (eds.), Abrahamic Faiths: Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict. Washington, D.C.: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 1997.

"Beyond Byzantium: Eastern Orthodoxy in the American Public Square." St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XLI, No. 4 (1997), 337-52.

"Models of Self-Emptying Love," In Communion (Journal of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship [Amsterdam, The Netherlands]), No. 20 (Summer 2000), 1-8.

“Between Western Crusades and Islamic ‘Crescades,’” in Jack Figel (ed.), Byzantine Christianity and Islam. Fairfax, VA: Eastern Christian Publications, Inc., 2002, pp. 181-198.

“Justifiable War as a ‘Lesser Good’ in Eastern Orthodox Moral Tradition,” St. Vladimir’s Theological Quarterly, XLVII, No. 1 (2003), 3-57.

“Justifiable War in Eastern Orthodox Christianity,” in Paul Robinson (ed.), Just War in Comparative Perspective. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate Press, 2003, pp. 40-61.

“Terrorism and Its Civilized Discontents: An Eastern Orthodox Ethical Reflection on Torture as Counter-Terrorism,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, XXV, No. 4 (July / August 2012), 45-54.

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“Have Icon, Will Travel: The Ministry of an Orthodox Army Chaplain in Southwest Asia Post-9/11,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, XXVI, No. 6 (November / December 2013), 40-44.

“Transfigure or Die Trying? American Orthodoxy in the Public Square,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, XXVIII, No. 3 (May/June 2015), 24-27.

“Icons of the Nuclear Family,” in David C. Ford, Mary C. Ford, and Alfred Kentigern Siewers (eds.), Glory and Honor: Orthodox Christian Resources on Marriage. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2016, pp. 171-182.

“Three Trojan Horses: Insider Attempts to Disorient the Orthodox,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, XXX, No. 3 (May-June 2017), 16-20.

Interview with Fyodor Lukyanov for Russia in Global Affairs: Протоиерей Александр Уэбстер, «Нам необходимо право на пророчество,» Россия в глобальной политике: №1, 2019 г (11 марта 2019): https://globalaffairs.ru/number/Nam-neobkhodimo-pravo-na-prorochestvo-19968 [awaiting English translation]

“Do You Know Your Child’s Doctor?” The Politicization of Pediatrics in America.” (To be published in Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity in December 2019.)

"'Benedict,' 'Constantine,' and 'Prophecy: Three Options for the Coming Storm" (To be published in 2020 in the proceedings from the Jordanville Conference in March 2019 on “Chastity, Purity, and Integrity: Orthodox Anthropology and Secular Culture.”)

PUBLICATIONS—BOOK REVIEWS AND REVIEW ESSAYS:

Review of George Huntston Williams, The Mind of John Paul II, in St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXVI, No. 3 (1982), 192-94.

Review of Gerald J. Bobango, Religion and Politics: Bishop Valerian Trifa and His Times, in Romanian Sources, VI-VIII (1981-1982), 26-40.

"Human Rights in the USSR: Two Views of Socialist Reality," Religious Humanism, XVII, No.1 (Winter 1983), 14-21. [Review essay of Valery Chalidze, To Defend These Rights: Human Rights and the Soviet Union, and Samuel Zivs, Human Rights: Continuing the Discussion.]

Review of James F. Childress, Moral Responsibility in Conflicts, in Christian Scholar's Review, XIII, No. 3 (Autumn 1984), 293-96.

Review of Louis J. Swift, The Early Fathers on War and Military Service, in Christian Scholar's Review, XV, No. 1 (Winter 1985), 86-88.

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"Wounding Our Troops Before They See a Battlefield," New York City Tribune, August 16, 1989, p. 12. [Review of George C. Wilson, Mud Soldiers: Life Inside the New American Army.]

Review of Vigen Guroian, Incarnate Love: Essays in Orthodox Ethics, in St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, XXIII, No. 3 (1989), 304-307.

Review of Brian Mitchell, Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military, in The American Spectator, XXII, No. 12 (December 1989), 54.

Review of Joseph W. Trigg, Biblical Interpretation, in Virginia Seminary Journal, XLI, No. 3 (November 1989), 37-38.

"Your Sister Wears Combat Boots," Strategic Review, XVII, No. 4 (Fall 1989), 72-74. [Review

of Brian Mitchell, Weak Link: The Feminization of the American Military.]

Review of Anthony Ugolnik, The Illuminating Icon, in Virginia Seminary Journal, XLIV, No. 2 (August 1991), 46-48.

"Whose Veritas?" Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, IX, No. 9 (October 1991), 48-49. [Review of Ari Goldman, The Search for God at Harvard.]

Review of Richard John Neuhaus, The Catholic Moment, in Virginia Seminary Journal, XLIV, No. 4 (December 1992), 72-73.

OPINION-EDITORIAL ARTICLES

"A New Prophet With an Old Message: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Resistance to Communism," The Word (Monthly Journal of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of New York), XXI, No. 4 (April 1977), 8-11.

"The Other Holocaust" (A "Voice of Orthodoxy" Radio Editorial), The Path of Orthodoxy (Monthly Newspaper of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.), XXI, No. 10 (October 1985), 8.

"Orthodox Church is Rent Over Dukakis," The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 1988, p. A22.

"The Last Straw," Solia (The Herald) (Monthly Magazine of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America), LII, No. 11 (November 1988), 4.

"The Liberal Crusaders of the District of Columbia," The Wanderer (National Catholic Weekly), CXXII, No. 2 (February 2, 1989), 3.

"Repackaging An Old Prejudice," The Wanderer, CXXII, No. 25 (June 22, 1989), 4.

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"Crisis in the Chaplaincy: Where Are the Soldiers of Christ?" Homiletic and Pastoral Review, LXXXIX, No. 10 (July 1989), 48-55.

"Orthodox Church Enters Public Debate Over Abortion," The Greek Star (The Voice of Chicago's Hellenic Community), LXXXV, No. 3284 (August 17, 1989), 3+.

"The Other Holocaust," Editorial in The Wanderer, CXXII, No. 36 (September 7, 1989), 4.

"New Reign of Terror on the Danube," The Wanderer, CXXIII, No. 2 (January 11, 1990), 4+. [Reprinted in Solia (The Herald), LV, No. 1 (January 1990), 7f.]

"Redrawing the Religious Map of the U.S.S.R.?" The Washington Times, January 16, 1990, p. F4. [Reprinted in Orthodox America, X, Nos. 8-9 (March-May 1990), 3. Also broadcast in Russian on "Voice of America" radio, January 8 and 12, 1990.]

"Romania's Bishops," The Christian Science Monitor, January 17, 1990, p. 19.

"Evangelicals vs. Orthodox in Romania," The Christian Century, CVII, No. 18 (May 30 - June 6, 1990), 560f.

"Church Election Will Truly Test Boundaries of Glasnost," New York City Tribune, June 6, 1990, p. 10.

"Orthodox Battle of the Patriarchs," The Washington Times, July 2, 1990, p. D3.

"What the Media Have Missed in Eastern Europe," The Washington Post, July 31, 1990, p. A25. [Reprinted in Newsday, August 9, 1990, p. 69.]

"Media Bias Makes Short Shrift of Orthodox Heritage in Eastern Europe," The Orthodox Church, XXVI, Nos. 7/8 (July-August 1990), 4 [Reprinted in Orthodox Christian Witness (Seattle) XXIII, No. 48 (September 2, 1990), 5f; The Path of Orthodoxy, XXV, No. 11 (November 1990), 3+; and Sourozh (London), No. 42 (November 1990), 35-37]

"Orthodox Profiles in Cowardice," A.L.L. About Issues, XII, Nos. 8-9 (August-September 1990), 40f.

"Church Provides Light in Gloomy Romania," New York City Tribune, November 14, 1990, p.9.

"Will Romania Erupt?" The Christian Science Monitor, December 18, 1990, p. 18 [co-authored with Florin Patriciu].

"The Turks in the Gulf War," The Hellenic Chronicle, LXXI, No. 6 (February 7, 1991), 5.

"War Criminal? Archbishop Trifa Unfairly Accused," The Detroit News, March 7, 1991,

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p. 22A. [Reprinted in Romanian American Heritage Center Information Bulletin, VIII, No. 4 (July-August 1991), 4.]

"Virginia Guardsmen Wanted to Fight," The Richmond News Leader, March 14, 1991, p. 15.

"Romanian Church Seeks to Cleanse Itself," The Christian Century, CVIII, No. 11 (April 3, 1991), 357f.

"Feminists Inside the Gates?" The Dawn (monthly newspaper of Diocese of the South, Orthodox Church in America), XIV, No.5 (June 1991), 1.

"Another Unorthodox Greek Exploits His Faith," The National Catholic Register, LXVII, No. 23 (June 9, 1991), 5.

"Greek Orthodox Give Notice," The National Catholic Register, LXVII, No. 32 (August 11, 1991), 5.

"Can the Patriarch, the Prince Save Yugoslavia?" The Detroit News, August 29, 1991, p, 22A.

"More Than a Whisper," The National Catholic Register, LXVII, No. 39 (September 29, 1991), 5.

"Yugoslavia" (Cultural Revolutions), Chronicles, XV, No. 10 (October 1991), 5f.

"Diogenes Inside the Beltway," The National Catholic Register, LXVIII, No. 7 (February 16, 1992), 4.

"Without A Vision," American Orthodoxy (Quarterly Newsletter), No. 2 (Winter 1992), pp. 1-4.

"Statement to SCOBA on NCC," Orthodox America, XI, Nos. 6-7 (January-February 1992), 22.

"The Price of Truth," American Orthodoxy, No. 3 (Spring 1992), pp. 1-3.

"Prophets With Honor," American Orthodoxy, No. 4 (Summer 1992), pp. 1-3.

"Serbian Sorrows," American Orthodoxy, No. 4 (Summer 1992), pp. 7-9. [Co-authored with Dr. Alex Dragnich, professor emeritus of Vanderbilt University] [Reprinted in OrthodoxAmerica, XIII, No. 2 (September 1992), 12, and in Russian translation in Pravnoslavnaya Rus' (June 1993)]

"Clintonethics," American Orthodoxy, No. 5 (Winter 1993), pp. 1-6.

"Homosexuals in Uniform?" Editorial in Christianity Today, XXXVII, No. 2 (February 8, 1993), 23.

"Requiem for the Serbian Past," Orthodox America, XIII, No. 7 (April 1993), 10.

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"Orthodoxy in Crisis," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 1 (Winter 1995), pp. 1-2.

"World of Orthodoxy," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 2 (Spring 1995), pp. 10-11.

"Lesser Morality," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 3 (Summer 1995), pp. 1-3.

"Spiritual Power," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 4 (Winter 1996), pp. 1-3.

"Partial Witness," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 5 (Spring 1996), pp. 1-3.

"World of Orthodoxy," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 5 (Spring 1996), p. 11. "Split Decision: The Orthodox Clash Over Estonia," The Christian Century, CXIII, No. 19 (June

5-12, 1996), 614-23.

"World of Orthodoxy," St. Sophia Quarterly, No. 6 (Autumn 1996), pp. 10-12.

"Coming of Age" (Orthodoxy Today Column), Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XIV, No. 9 (October 1996), 56.

"The Archbishop and the Archon" (Orthodoxy Today Column), Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XIV, No. 11 (December 1996), 56.

"God Save the Tsar!" (Orthodoxy Today Column), Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XV, No. 6 (June 1997), 54.

"Middle Course in Religious Discussion" (Guest Column), The Daily Pennsylvanian, CXIII, No. 94 (October 22, 1997), 6.

"Shoes of the Fishermen," Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XV, No. 11 (December 1997), 24-25.

"Cosmic Cowardice” (Orthodoxy Today Column)," Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XVI, No. 3 (March 1998), 56.

“Ode to the Quakers” (Guest Poem), The Daily Pennsylvanian, CXIV, No. 22 (March 3, 1998), 12.

“Death and Resurrection at the Palestra” (Guest Column), The Daily Pennsylvanian, CXV, No. 22 (March 2, 1999), 4.

“Proceeding Toward Reunion: Rome and Eastern Orthodoxy,” Crisis: Politics, Culture, and the Church, XVII, No. 4 (April 2000), 34-36.

“Politics is Not a Dirty Word,” Again Magazine, XXII, No. 3 (July-Sept. 2000), 4-7.

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“The Other Epiphany” (Houses of Worship guest column), The Wall Street Journal, January 5, 2001, p. W13.

“War and Peace: What does Orthodoxy teach us?” (An AGAIN Interview with Fr. Alexander F. C. Webster), Again Magazine, XXVI, No. 3 (Fall 2004), 21-24.

“Death of a Patriarch” (Houses of Worship commentary), The Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2005: http://www.opinionjournal.com/taste/?id=110006565.

“Attack Modes: An Unexpected and Refreshing Lesson in Ethics,” Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity, XXIX, No. 3 (March/April 2016), 20-21.

“Churches Must Oppose Female Conscription,” Crisis Magazine, May 30, 2016: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/churches-must-oppose-female-conscription[co-authored with Robert A. Miller, CAPT, USN, Ret.]

PUBLIC ACADEMIC LECTURES / PANEL PRESENTATIONS:

"'Benedict,' 'Constantine,' and 'Prophecy: Three Options for the Coming Storm." Presentation at the Jordanville Conference on “Chastity, Purity, and Integrity: Orthodox Anthropology and Secular Culture,” March 9, 2019.

“To Think as a Moral Philosopher / To Be a Moral Theologian.” Public Guest Lecture, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York, March 14, 2017.

“Terrorism and Its Civilized Discontents.” Panel Presentation for Near East / South Asian Center for Strategic Studies, National Defense University, Conference on “Lifting the Fog of War: Managing Political Violence in the Near East and South Asia,” Washington, DC, July 8, 2009.

“A Perfect Storm: Global Politics and Religion in the 21st Century.” Panelist for University Honors Program Fall Symposium, The George Washington University, October 24, 2008.

“The Importance of a Liberal Arts Education.” University Honors Program Freshman Orientation, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, August 30, 2003(followed by similar presentations in 2004 and 2005).

“Legitimate & Illegitimate Wars.” Panel Discussion in “Professors in the Pub” Series, University Honors Program, George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 17, 2003 (followed by similar panel presentations and discussions at five additional “Professors in the Pub” events 2003 – 2006)

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“The Coming War in Iraq: Justifiable or Reckless?” Moderator of Panel Discussion, National Clergy Council, Arlington, Virginia, January 21, 2003

Convener of Concurrent Session (Richard B. Miller on “Virtue and Just War Tradition”), Annual Meeting of Society of Christian Ethics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 11, 2003

Chaired “Breakfast with an Author” Session (P. Travis Kroeker and Bruce K. Ward, Remembering the End: Dostoevsky as Prophet to Modernity), Annual Meeting of Society of Christian Ethics, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 11, 2003

“Justifiable War as a ‘Lesser Good’ in Eastern Orthodox Moral Tradition.” Academic Conference on Just War in Comparative Perspective, University of Hull (England), June 17, 2002

“Islam: Friend or Foe?” Panel Discussion, National Clergy Council, Arlington, Virginia, January 21, 2002 [Televised live on C-SPAN television network]

"Jihad or Just War? Religious Reflections on the Wars in Kosovo and Yugoslavia." Moderator of Panel Discussion, National Clergy Council, U.S. Senate Dirksen Building, Washington, DC, June 8, 1999

"Teach-In on Kosovo." Panelist on five-person panel at American University, chaired by Sanford Unger, Dean of School of Communications, American University, April 23, 1999

"Rules versus Virtues: A Misplaced Debate in Professional Military Ethics?" Debate with Dr. Nicholas Fotion of Emory University, First U.S. Army Mid-Atlantic Region Chaplains' Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, September 16, 1998

"The Mysterians: People of Passion, Virtue, and Holy Communion." Second Annual Eastern Churches Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2, 1996

"Beyond Byzantium: Eastern Orthodoxy in the American Public Square." Symposium on Church and State Issues, Orthodox Christian SYNERGY of Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1996

"Shoes of the Fishermen: Orthodox-Roman Catholic Relations in the Next Millennium." St. Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church Distinguished Lecture Series, Bethesda, Maryland, January 30, 1996

"Breakfast with an Author” Session (for my book The Price of Prophecy, Second Revised Edition). Annual Meeting of Society of Christian Ethics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 6, 1996

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"Crusading for Humanity?" Response to James Turner Johnson, Calvin College Conference on War and Peace, Grand Rapids, Michigan, October 1, 1994

"An Antinomical Spirituality of Power." Response to Stephen Charles Mott, Crossroads Conference of Evangelicals for Social Action, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Aug. 20, 1994

"Orthodox Churches in the Former Soviet Union: The Perils of Freedom." Coordinator and Moderator of Seven-Lecture Series, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, April 19 - June 7, 1994

"Veritatis Splendor and Issues in Moral Theology." Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, Wisconsin, December 3, 1993

"U.S. Intervention in Bosnia?" and "Collaboration and Resistance in the Orthodox East." Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri, April 1, 1993

"War in Bosnia: An Exercise in Christian Social Ethics." Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 20, 1993

"Kingdoms of God in the Balkans?" Panel Presentation at Annual Meeting of Society of Christian Ethics, Savannah, Georgia, January 9, 1993

"An Orthodox Word on Abortion." Consultation on the Church and Abortion, Princeton Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, February 28, 1992

"Non-Revisionist Orthodox Reflections on 'Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation.'" World Council of Churches workshop, Rhodes, Greece, October 24, 1991

"Peace and War in the Persian Gulf." Seminar on Peace, Young Adult League, Greek Orthodox Diocese of Pittsburgh, March 9, 1991

"Prophecy and Propaganda in the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate." Panel Presentation at 17th Annual Meeting of the Society for Romanian Studies, Washington, DC, October 20, 1990

"Icons of the Family." Conference on Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities, and Renewal," Biola University, Los Angeles, California, June 18, 1990

"Aspects of Transfiguration in Eastern Orthodox Worship." Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California, June 19, 1987

"Christian Positions on the Morality of War and Nuclear Weapons." Panel Presentation at Allies for Faith and Renewal Conference, Ypsilanti, Michigan, May 23, 1985

"Towards an Orthodox Socio-Political Ethic." University of Pittsburgh, April 5, 1984

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"The Anti-Semitism of Corneliu Z. Codreanu and the Romanian Legionary Movement: An Orthodox Christian Ethical Assessment." Panel Presentation at 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Romanian Studies, Kansas City, Missouri, October 23, 1983

SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING CERTIFICATION: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1978 (History & Social Studies)

MILITARY SERVICE:

Chaplain (Colonel), U.S. Army, Retired, after 24 ½ years of service, 1985-2010, on active-duty and in U.S. Army Reserve and Virginia Army National Guard, including 12 temporary duty tours in combat regions in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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