Peter Herman is a PhD candidate at Georgetown University studying theological and religious studies. He has published several refereed journal articles and book reviews on topics comparing Buddhism and Christianity. Herman has taught courses on Buddhism, theology, and religious inquiry at Georgetown University and Marymount University. He is currently completing his dissertation titled "Overcoming Whiteness: A Critical Comparison of James Cone's Black Liberation Theology and Shinran's Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism."

1. PETER CHARLES HERMAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
Georgetown University
Department of Theology
Box 571135
37th and O Streets NW
Washington, DC 20057-1135
1343 S Columbus St.
Arlington, VA 22204
peter.c.herman@gmail.com
ph274@georgetown.edu
774 . 253 . 6000
EDUCATION
2017 (expected) PhD, Georgetown University, Theological and Religious Studies
Dissertation: “Overcoming Whiteness: A Critical Comparison of James
Cone’s Black Liberation Theology and Shinran’s Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism”
2011 MDiv, Union Theological Seminary, Systematic Theology
1998 BA, Drew University, Philosophy
WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
2014 “We are the Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman’s Zombies and Buddhist Body Image” Implicit
Religion 17.4 (2014) pp 433-442
2013 “Reverse-Engineering Belonging: A Foucauldian Archaeology of Multiple Religious Identity”
Journal of Ecumenical Studies 48:3 (2013) pp 328-342
Book Reviews:
2015 The Prophet and the Bodhisattva: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh and the Ethics of Peace
and Justice, Reviewed in Journal of Buddhist Ethics 22
(http://blogs.dickinson.edu/buddhistethics/)
Other Publications:
2015 “Another Debate, More Bad Christianity” at Huffington Post
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/another-debate-more-bad-
christianity_b_8527518.html)
“It’s Never as Simple as ‘Religion is Bad’” at Huffington Post
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/its-never-as-simple-as-religion-is-

2. bad_b_8566104.html)
2013 Finding Common Ground Between Buddhism and Christianity at Huffington Post
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-herman/finding-common-ground-between-
buddhism-and-christianity_b_3143133.html)
2011 “Occupation, Compassion, and Justice, Parts 1 & 2” at Theology Salon
(http://theologysalon.org/2011/10/30/occupation-compassion-and-justice-part-1-of-2/
http://theologysalon.org/2011/11/12/occupation-compassion-and-justice-part-2-of-2/)
2009 Dry Bones and Oil Spills: The Dangerous Memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa at Religion
Dispatches
(http://http://religiondispatches.org/irdpulpiti-dry-bones-oil-spills-the-dangerous-memory-
of-ken-saro-wiwa/)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Charles Augustus Briggs Award, Union Theological Seminary
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2016 “Speaking Silence to Power: Zen Buddhism, Quaker, Power and Authority”,
Power + Liturgy (College Theology Society annual meeting), June 1-5
2015 “Trees as Parishioners? Lessons of Thai Buddhism for Christian Ecological Reflection”,
An Unexpected Wilderness: Seeking God on a Changing Planet (College Theology Society
annual meeting), May 28-31
2014 “Concepts of ‘Faith’ and ‘Other-power’ in Shinran and Ignatius of Loyola”, God has begun a
Great Work in Us: The Embodiment of Love in Contemporary Consecrated Life and New
Ecclesial Movements (College Theology Society annual meeting), May 28-June 1
2013 “Rotting Corpses in Pulp Horror: Reading Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead as Buddhist
Charnel Ground Meditation”, American Academy of Religion annual meeting, November
23-26
“Expanding Nirvana and the Problem of Ethical Ambivalence in Jodo Shinshu”
The Pure Land in Buddhist Cultures: History, Image, Praxis, Thought, May 31-June 2,
“Nested Nations: Nationalism Theory and Japanese Buddhism”, Politics and Religion

3. (Florida State University Graduate Student Symposium) February 21-24
2012 “Method in Comparative Theology”, Engaging Particularities, March 30-
April 1
“Toward an Apophatic Inclusivism”, Where We Dwell in Common, April 17-22
“Reverse Engineering Multiplicity: A Foucauldian Archaeology of Multiple Religious
Belonging”, Understanding Religious Pluralism: Perspectives From Religious
Studies and Theology, May 23-25
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught:
2016 (Fall) “Theological Inquiry”, Marymount University
2015 (Fall) “Problem of God”, Georgetown Unviersity
2015 (Spring) “Introduction to Buddhism”, Georgetown University
Teaching Assistant:
2014 (Spring) “Introduction to Buddhism”, Georgetown University
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant:
2013-2014 Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and Global Affairs
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
2014-2015 Organizing committee, Vatican II - Remembering the Future: Ecumenical, Interfaith
and Secular Perspectives on the Council’s Impact and Promise (Ecclesiological
Investigations International Research Network annual meeting)
LANGUAGES
French (written, read)
Japanese (read)
Spanish (read)

4. CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Religion
International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies
College Theology Society
Society for Comparative Theology
REFERENCES
Peter C. Phan (pcp5@georgetown.edu)
Benjamin Bogin (bbogin@skidmore.edu)
Leo Lefebure (ll253@georgetown.edu)
Francisca Cho (chof@georgetown.edu)