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BEVERLY J. LANZETTA
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Fordham University 1988. Historical Theology & Contemporary Religious Thought.
Field: Medieval Mysticism and Interreligious Dialogue; Constructive Theology; Feminist Theology and Spirituality; Nonviolence and Human Rights; Religion and Ecology.
University of Virginia. Postgraduate Studies 1984-85. Human rights, emphasis in international human rights covenants, religion and human rights, and ethics.
M.A. University of Arizona 1984. Sociology.
Field: Sociology of Religion, Political Sociology, Social Movements, Human Rights, and Peace Activism.
B.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1967. Botany/Ecology.
Field: Emphasis in biochemical research, genetics, and cellular pathology.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of New Mexico. Feminist Research Institute-Religious Studies. Albuquerque, NM. Research Scholar, 2007 - present.
University of Arizona. Southwest Institute for Research on Women. Tucson, Arizona. Research Scholar, 1996 - 2007.
Grinnell College, Prescott College, Villanova University. Religious Studies Professor. 1988 - 2004.
Northern Arizona University, Master of Liberal Studies Program; Loyola Marymount University, Department of Theology. Adjunct Faculty. 2000 – 2005.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION & VOCATION
Spiritual Director, 1976 – present.
Ordained Interfaith Minister, 1993.
Profession of Vows Contemplative Monk, 2001.
FOUNDING SPIRITUAL INITIATIVES
Desert Interfaith Church, 1993.
Interfaith Theological Seminary, 1997.
Joint Program, Interfaith Theological Seminary-Prescott College, 1997.
Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, 2001.
Schola Divina, 2005.
PUBLISHED BOOKS
• Forty Day Journey with Joan Chittister. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2007.
• Emerging Heart: Global Spirituality and the Sacred. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2007.
• Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2005.
• The Other Side of Nothingness: Toward a Theology of Radical Openness. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001.
• Path of the Heart. New York: Paragon House, 1986.
PUBLISHED ARTICLES and CHAPTERS IN BOOKS(Selections):
• "Women, Soul Wounds, and Integrative Medicine," in Women and Integrative Medicine, eds. Victoria Maizes and Tieraona Lowdog. New York: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, Spring 2010.
• “Spirituality: Women, Soul Wounds and Integrative Medicine,” in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine Jan/Feb 2010, vol. 16, no. 1: 20-15.
• "Mystical Union in the Global Community: Thomas Merton's Radical Interiority," in American Benedictine Community Proceedings, Fall 2008.
• “Wound of Love: Feminine Theosis and Embodied Mysticism in Teresa of Avila,” in The Participatory Turn: Spirituality, Mysticism, and Religious Studies, eds. Jorge Ferrer &Jacob Sherman. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, November, 2008.
• “Wisdom” in Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity, Daniel Patte, ed. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2009.
• “Love in Women Mystics,” in Encyclopedia of Love in World Religions, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, November 2007.
• “Introduction,” St. Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle. New York: Barnes & Noble, June 2005.
• “Contemplative Ethics: Intimacy, Amor Mundi, and Dignification in Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila.” Spiritus: The Journal of Christian Spirituality5, (Spring 2005) 1: 1-18;
and in: Archiv für Religionsgeschichte 9 (2007), pp. 51–72. (Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, Berlin – New York)
“The Mystical Element in Panikkar's Cosmotheandrism,” in The Intercultural Challenge of Raimon Panikkar, Joseph Prahbu, ed. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1996.
“Sacred Art: Byzantine Iconography,” Metanoia; The Journal of Global Spirituality 2, no.2 (Spring 1994): 10-16.
• “Three Categories of Nothingness in Eckhart.” The Journal of Religion 72., no. 2 (April 1992): 248-268.
SELECTED ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
“The Emerging Heart of Faith in a Multi-Religious World.” Co-Sponsored by Institute for Progressive Spirituality and Office of the Chaplain, Willamette University. Salem and Portland, Oregon, October 9-11, 2009.
“The Emerging Heart of Faith in a Multi-Religious World.” Sponsored by The Chicago Center for Global Ministries, Spirituality, Meditation, and Mission. Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, March 26 – 27, 2009.
“Spiritual Journey and Integrative Oncology.” Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, January 29, 2009.
"The Role of the Divine Feminine in an Emerging Global Spirituality." Sponsored by the Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch, Santa Fe, NM, October 31, 2008.
"Imagining a New Global Spirituality: Mysticism, Faith, and Ethics in the 21st Century." FAITHANDREASON(c) SEMINAR, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, October 3-4, 2008.
"Mystical Union in the Global Community: Thomas Merton's Radical Interiority," American Benedictine Academy Conference, Sacred Heart Monastery, Yankton, South Dakota, August 8, 2008.
“Intercontemplative Dialogue: Spiritual Pilgrimage and Global Theosis in Thomas Merton and Bede Griffiths,” American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 19, 2007.
“Emerging Images of God: Intimacy and Via Feminina,” Emerging Images of God Conference, sponsored by Raimon Panikkar, Costa Brava, Spain, Sept. 24-29, 2007.
“Mysticism and Politics: Emerging Consciousness of Engaged Action,” University of Arizona, SIROW Scholars, Tucson, April 16, 2006.
“The Deconstructive Movement in the Dark Night of St. John of the Cross,” Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, American Academy of Religion (AAR) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, November 18, 2005.
“Via Feminina: The Mystical Path of the Feminine,” Haverford College, Bi-college Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, November 17, 2005.
“The Longing Heart: Journey with the Mystics,” St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota. Ten lectures and retreat. June 11-17, 2005.
“Communion that Surpasses Words: Pluralism, Oppression, and Intercontemplative Dialogue,” AAR Western Region (WESTCOR), Arizona State University, March 14, 2005.
“Julian and Teresa as Cartographers of the Soul: A Contemplative Feminist Hermeneutic,” AAR Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, November 25, 2003.
“Spiritual Nonviolence in the Social Mystics,” Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, August 1, 2003.
“Contemplative Ethics: Intimacy, Amor Mundi, and Dignification in Julian of Norwich and Teresa of Avila,” Princeton University, May 17, 2003. An Interdisciplinary Colloquium on the Moral Implications of Mysticism in the World’s Religions.
“The Soul of Woman and the Dark Night of the Feminine in St. Teresa of Avila,” AAR Western Region (WESCOR), UC Davis, March 23, 2003.
“Spirituality, Medicine, and Healing: A Mystical Perspective,” Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. January 26, February 19, and March 4, 2002.
“Spiritual Oppression: The Religious Roots of Violence Against Women,” Weaving a Web of Hope: Domestic Violence Awareness Conference. Pima County/Tucson Women’s Commission, Tucson Arizona October 17, 2001
“The Hermeneutics of Suffering and the Language of the Heart,” University of Arizona, Lecture Series, November 22, 2001.
“Theology as Deconstruction: Meister Eckhart and a Heretical God,” University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. January 27, 2001.
“The Soul of Woman and the Dark Night of the Feminine,” St. Benedict’s College, St. Joseph, Minnesota. October 18, 2000.
“The Dignification and Empowerment of Women in St. Teresa of Avila,” St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. October 25, 2000.
“The Role of Spirituality in Physician Care and Patient Health,” Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson. September 17, 2000.
“Women and Contemplation: The Symbol of the Enclosure.” St. Benedict’s College, St. Joseph, Minnesota. July 16, 2000.
“Religion and Pluralism: Education as Transformation.” Maricopa Community Colleges, Phoenix, Arizona. June 5-9, 2000.
“Spiritual Transformation and Stages of the Journey.” Spirituality, Healing, and Health: A Transformative Vision, University of Arizona. April 12, 1999.
Workshop and paper presentation, “Training for Ministry in a Religiously Plural World.” Education as Transformation Conference, Wellesley College. September 26 - 28, 1998.
“Interfaith Spiritual Direction: Searching for Common Ground.” Benedictine Monastery, Tucson, Arizona. September 16, 1998.
Series of lectures on Liberation Theologies and Peace. New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Raleigh, Seattle, Tampa, Portland, Maine. January 1997 - August 1998.
“Liberating God: Spirituality for the Third Millenium.” Prescott College, Master of Arts Program lecture series, Tucson, Arizona. February 1998.
“Radical Pedagogies: Education as Transformation.” Prescott College, MAP lecture series. June 1998.
“Human Rights and Spiritual Oppression.” Workshop and lecture, Iowa Peace Institute, Grinnell, Iowa. April 1996.
“Theologies of Nonviolence: The Legacies of Gandhi, King, & Day.” University Lecture Series, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. February 1996.
Presented paper, “Mysticism as a Subversion of Ultimate Truth Claims.” Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Conference. SUNY: Binghampton. October 20-22, 1995.
“World Spirituality: New Directions.” Global Spirituality Conference, Fordham University, Bronx, New York. June 23, 1990.
Presented summary of contemporary debates in the field, and chaired the panel, “The Future of Mysticism in Light of The Problem of Pure Consciousness.” American Academy of Religion, New Orleans. November 18, 1990.
“Three Categories of Nothingness in Meister Eckhart.” Department of Philosophy Lecture Series, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. October 14, 1990.
“Emptiness and Spiritual Traditions.” Assembly of World Religions, San Francisco, California. August 10, 1990.
Co-Chair, “Religion and Spirituality” for an 8-part series of lectures by Thomas Berry on his books, The New Cosmology and The Dream of the Earth. Wainright House, Rye, NY. February 16 - June 23, 1989.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS IN RETREATS AND WORKSHOPS
"Mystical Path of Benevolence," and "Mystic Soul: Hidden Dimension of Spiritual Direction," Schola Divina Retreat, Santa Fe, NM, February 2 - 15, 2010.
"Called by God," "The Monastic Personality," Integration of a New Monastic Way I-III," Schola Divina Contemplative Retreat, Sangre de Cristo Center, Santa Fe, NM, July 28-August 4, 2008.
“New Monasticism,” “Embodied Monasticism,” “Transformation of Soul,” “Descent of the Great Mother,” “Rule of Life in Multireligious Practice.” Schola Divina Contemplative Retreat, Sangre de Cristo Center, Santa Fe, NM, August 9-14, 2007.
“In the Beginning,” “Blessed Solitude,” “Wound of Love,” “Days of Awe,” Contemplation & Loving God.” Schola Divina Contemplative Retreat, Sangre de Cristo Center, Santa Fe, NM, August 5-11, 2006.
“The Longing Heart: Journey with the Mystics,” 10 Conferences, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, MN, June 6–10, 2005.
“Engaged Contemplation: An Integration of the Spiritual Life,” four seminars, Tucson, AZ, October 11-December 20, 2005.
“Medicine, Healing, and the Spiritual Traditions,” IHM Conference and Retreat Center, Santa Fe, NM. July 14-17, 2005.
“Via Feminina: The Mystical Path of the Feminine,” Franciscan Renewal Center, Phoenix, AZ. March 17-21, 2005; Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. November 8-12, 2004.
“Energy, Healing, and Spirituality,” Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. January 15, 2004.
“The Role of Spiritual Practices in Soul Development,” St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, MN. March 12, 2004.
“Spiritual Healing in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity,” Picture Rocks Retreat Center, May 3-4, 2004.
“The Inner Way: Spiritual Direction and Religious Experience,” Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. January 21, 2003.
“Cloud of Unknowing and Contemplative Prayer,” Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. January 6, 2003.
“Spiritual Direction in St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila,” Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. April 25, 2002.
“The Monastic Heart: Interfaith Spirituality and Spiritual Direction,” Workshop for Arizona Spiritual Directors, Tucson, AZ. January 28, 2002.
“Ministry and Spiritual Direction in Pastoral Care,” St. Philips in the Hills, Tucson, AZ. April 9, 2002.
“Intentio: The Desert Fathers’ Understanding of Spiritual Discernment,” Redemptorist Retreat and Renewal Center, Tucson, AZ. April 10, 2002.
“Feminism, Mysticism, and the Journey toward God,” Cornerstone Center, Phoenix, AZ. April 12, 2002.
Meister Eckhart as Spiritual Guide,” Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, Picture Rocks Retreat Center, Tucson, AZ. April 15, 2002.
“Contemplation and Healing: Silence and Health,” Canyon Ranch, Program in Spirituality, Tucson, Arizona. September 12, 2000.
“Purity of Heart: A Mystical Approach to Mind-Body Integration.” and “Themes in Women’s Monastic Life,” St. Phillips in the Hills Forum, Tucson, Arizona. Sept.-Nov. 2000.
“Spiritual Direction and the Mystical Life,” Studium, St. Benedict’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minnesota, June 15, 2000.
“Buddhist influences on Western Mysticism.” St. Phillips in the Hills Forum, Tucson, Arizona. September 26, 1999.
“Hindu and Buddhist Spirituality: A Resource for Christian Contemplatives.” St. Thomas Apostle Church, Tucson, Arizona. October 1997.
“The Contemplative in Action - An Application of Classical Mystical Texts from the World's Religions to Modern Life.” Westport, CT. August to December 1995.
“The Crossroads of Unity--A Personal Pilgrimage in Interfaith Dialogue.” Mercy Center, Madison, CT. June 1992.
BOOK REVIEWS (Selections)
“Mystics: What They Can Teach Us About God, Prayer, and Our Hard-to-Read Hearts.”Manuscript Review, Oxford University Press, 2005.
A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life, by Wayne Teasdale. Book review for Religions in Dialogue, 2003.
The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man From Whom God Hid Nothing, by Bernard McGinn. Book review for The Catholic Historical Review, 2002.
The Community of Religions, Wayne Teasdale and George Cairns, eds. Book Review for Shofar, 1997.
“Mysticism: Forgetting or Remembering?” Manuscript review, SUNY Press, October 1995.
“The Impurity of Christian Mysticism.” Article review for Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society, September 1993.
“Mysticism: East and West.” Manuscript review for SUNY Press, November 1990.
“Meister Eckhart and Art.” Article review for Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society, August 1990.
“Beyond the Masks of God.” Manuscript review for SUNY Press, April 1989.
God Within: The Mystical Tradition of Northern Europe, by Oliver Davies. Reviewed for Horizons, October 1989.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
2001-2004 – Associate Director, Redemptorist Renewal Center, Tucson AZ. Founder and Director, Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors.
1997 - Founding Director and Faculty, Prescott College-Interfaith Theological Seminary Joint Program. Director of program, selected and hired faculty, and proposed, designed and developed full curriculum for two-year program that combines academic study with contemplative practice and social justice/pastoral internships, leading to master’s of arts degree in religion and ordination as interfaith chaplains.
1995- Rosenthal Center for International Affairs, Grinnell College. Worked with the Department of Religious Studies and the Rosenthal Center to develop programs in human rights, nonviolence, and religion.
1995- Iowa Peace Institute, Grinnell, Iowa. Part of a team that developed an internship program between the Iowa Peace Institute and Grinnell College students.
1993- Steering and Admissions Committees, Master of Arts Program (MAP), Prescott College. Graduate faculty involved with the academic mission and development of program.
1992- Founding Faculty, Master of Arts Program, Prescott College. Involved with curricular development, academic integrity, and overall mission of the program.
1991- Founding Faculty, Religious Studies Concentration, Prescott College. Designed curricular offerings in an interdisciplinary context, developed educational materials and brochures, recruited students, wrote mission statements and academic requirements for concentration; interviewed and hired adjunct faculty.
1990- Peace and Justice Program, Villlanova University. Mandate to increase university participation in the program, redesign course offerings and overall academic integrity, and build a strong component in peace and justice.
1990- Graduate Curriculum Committee, faculty, Villanova University. Development of a new mission and standard of academic excellence for the Master's program, in accordance with accreditation guidelines and recommendations.
1989- Rank and Tenure Committee, Villanova University. Member of committee charged to solicit, collect, evaluate and present to the Academic Vice-President the recommendations of tenured faculty on issues of tenure and promotion.
1989- Humanities Seminars and Honor Seminars, Villanova University. Taught in the University-wide program of interdisciplinary humanities and honor seminar; participated in on-going committee work of the seminar program.
AREAS OF TEACHING (undergraduate and graduate)
World Religions
Constructive Theologies
Philosophy of Religion
Feminist, Third World, Ecotheologies
Postmodernism and Religion
Nonviolence and Human Rights
Sociology of Religion
Interreligious Dialogue
Comparative Religions Religion and Social Ethics
Christian Tradition
Pastoral Theology
Spirituality & Mysticism
Spiritual Direction Training
Historical Theology
Spiritual Formation for Ministry
Social Justice and Ethics
Feminist Spirituality
Contemporary Christian Thought
Theology of Prayer
SELECTION OF SENIOR AND MASTER’S THESES DIRECTED
“Teresa of Avila and Christian Feminists.”
“Emptiness of Self: A Comparison of Zen and Benedictine Spiritual Practices.”
“An Analysis of Howard Thurman’s Concept of the Religion of Jesus.”
“Spirituality and Ministry: A Study of Pastoral Theology.”
“Mother is Name Enough: Toward a Theology of Birth in Second Isaiah.”
“Tangled in Indra’s Net: A Discussion of Buddhist and Environmental Ethics.”
“Nonviolence in Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu Practices.”
“Francis, Bonaventure, and Exemplarity.”
“Meister Eckhart and Buddhist Nothingness: A Comparative Study.”
“Magnus Medicus and Soteriology in Hildegard of Bingen.”
“Feminist Spirituality and Spiritual Direction.”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Academy of Religion
Parliament of World Religions
Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
Spiritual Directors International
Amnesty International
ADDITIONAL INTERESTS
Study and Writing of Icons: Greek and Russian Style
Study and Painting of Retablos: New Mexican Santos
Walking in Nature
ENDORSEMENTS
I have had the privilege of being one of the adult learners in the Interfaith Theological Seminary, Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors, and the Via Feminina retreats; to a one, the educators, physicians, religious men and women, and psychotherapists in attendance have been astounded by the depth and power of Dr. Lanzetta's teaching. The transformative effect that Dr. Lanzetta has on those who study with her and engage with her scholarship correlates to the qualities she possesses of a deep integrity, a clear ethical and moral base, and that rare capacity to embody the principles and practices she imparts. What marks Dr. Lanzetta as an extraordinary teacher, however, is not simply her expert knowledge of the field. It has to do with the depth of her personal spirituality and its application to the groundbreaking scholarship and global transformation in which she is currently engaged.
~Sarah Stein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, and Assistant Head for Information Technology,
Department of Communications, North Carolina State University
The Contemplation and Healing Seminars (1999-2001) and my 2-year experience (2001-2003) in the Interfaith Theological Seminary continue to have profound impact not only on my personal spiritual journey, but on the reshaping of my professional career and redirection of my community service. As my continuing spiritual teacher and advisor, Beverly Lanzetta has provided me the pathway for a more intimate and awakened connectedness with my inner spirit. My practice of medicine is now far more inclusive of and sensitive to spiritual issues in my patients' lives, and I have redirected my time to include both hospice work and volunteer work at a free clinic for those without health care access. My ongoing spiritual training through Beverly Lanzetta's teachings is the solid foundation and thread within the path to Spirit I have chosen.
~Rev. Evan W. Kligman, MD.,
IfCM, Co-Director, Arizona Center on Aging,
Clinical Professor of Public Health and Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona
I have had the privilege of participating in the deeply inspiring and instructive work offered by Dr. Beverly Lanzetta , both in the Interfaith Theological Seminary as well as through her own private practice as spiritual director and teacher. The work, study, and spiritual deepening over many years have helped me to discover, acknowledge, refine, and share my own particular gifts and has increasingly engaged me in a process of ongoing discovery and commitment. This work has also enabled me to offer to my students in the College of Nursing at the University of Southern Maine both a broad and deep investigation into the personal and global spiritual journey, and the role that spirituality has in any healing process. Dr. Lanzetta is revealing and articulating a spiritual reality that sensitively heeds and is pertinent to the challenging times in which we live - ever moving us toward openness, understanding, and both active and contemplative engagement.
~Corinne Martin, MA,
Holistic Health Lecturer,
University of Southern Maine (Portland campus)
Beverly Lanzetta's spiritual teachings are profound. Her insights into the spiritual dimensions of being broaden perceptions of medicine and healing. She allows the physician healer to understand new dimensions of the patient who sits with him or her. I highly recommend her teaching to all physicians committed to deepening their own spiritual paths as well as heightening their understanding of and interactions with patients facing spiritual challenges.
~Victoria Maizes, MD,
Program in Integrative Medicine,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Family Medicine, and Public Health,
University of Arizona
I was first introduced to Beverly Lanzetta as part of the coursework on spirituality during my fellowship training in Integrative Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona. Beverly welcomed me into the Hesychia Interfaith program for Spiritual Directors the following year. I choose this program based on my experience of Beverly as a contemplative, articulate, and caring teacher whose breadth and depth of knowledge is outstanding. Beverly was sensitive to my personal needs and challenges as a physician in the midst of a classroom of professional clergy and monastics. As program director she managed the content and logistics of coursework and faculty while embodying her own spiritual presence. The historical foundations and principles from the great teachers are skillfully brought to focus in our present culture. One is continually encouraged to live out the intimacy and diaglogue of their personal spiritual journey within the context of our roles as professional healers, priests, and teachers in everyday walks of life. Through Beverly, I have become comfortable with my own life as a physician/mystic.
~Katharine Burleson, MD,
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
University of New Mexico
I have had the privilege of working with Beverly Lanzetta in a variety of ways since 1980. She has been a spiritual director, spiritual teacher, colleague, and friend to me. She is the founder and spiritual head of the Interfaith Theological Seminary through which I was ordained. Through all of these experiences, I have found Beverly to be a woman of enormous integrity, intellect, and spiritual wisdom. As a spiritual director, Beverly is unsurpassed. Her compassion is coupled with an amazing ability to see into the heart of a person's spiritual struggles. As a scholar, her work is profound, insightful, radically transformative and unlike any other I have encountered.
~Margaret Riordan, Ph.D.,
Faculty in Sociology,
Everett Community College, Washington
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