James Jay Carney
Jay Carney, Ph.D. (The Catholic University of America)
Assistant Professor
Church History, Global Christianity
Courses (Fall 2012):
THL 100 (B & C): Christianity in Context
THL 356 Christianity in Africa
Office Hours
M W & F 1:00-3:00 p.m.
and by appointment
Contact:
Humanities 132
402-280-4736
Email
Background:
Jay Carney's research focuses on the modern Catholic experience in Africa. A revised version of his recent dissertation "From Democratization to Ethnic Revolution: Catholic Politics in Rwanda, 1950-1962" will be published by Oxford University Press in 2013. In addition to Rwandan Catholic history, Carney's research interests include the theology of reconciliation, political theology, mission history, and African ecclesiology. He has previously taught at the Catholic University of America and the University of Arkansas where he also served as a Catholic campus minister. Carney is a married father of three young children.
Recent Publications:
"Beyond Tribalism: The Hutu-Tutsi Question and Catholic Rhetoric in Colonial Rwanda," Journal of Religion in Africa 42.2 (2012): 172-202.
"'Far from having unity, we are tending towards total disunity': The Catholic Major Seminary in Rwanda, 1950-1962," Studies in World Christianity 18.1 (2012): 82-102.
"Roads to Reconciliation: An Emerging Paradigm of African Theology," Modern Theology 26.4 (2010): 549-569.
"Waters of Baptism, Blood of Tribalism?" African Ecclesial Review 50.1 (2008): 9-30.