Assistant Professor
Theology and Religious Studies
St.John Hall B20 Cubicle 10
(718) 990-5429
mallonc@stjohns.edu
Educational Background
2002 Ph.D. in Systematic and Philosophical Theology, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.
1995 M.A. in Theology, University of San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA.
1987 California Secondary Teaching Credential, Mount St.
Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA.
1979 B.A. in Liberal Studies, Minor in Biology, California
State University, Hayward.
Scholarship
My areas of scholarship and research include ecclesiology, with
particular focus on tradition, discipleship and Catholic identity;
globalization and inculturation as they relate to mission
theology and missiology; the theology of Yves Congar, OP and
Vatican II; theology and the concerns of women.
My dissertation, “Traditioning Disciples: The
Contributions of Cultural Anthropology to Ecclesial Identity,”
argues for a semiotic approach to sacred tradition that utilizes
discipleship as the interpretative key for assessing the
tradition’s transformative capacities.
Awards
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, 2005
Center for Teaching and Learning Technology Fellow, St. John’s
University, 2005-2007
Invited participant, Catholic Scholars’ Consultation on
Catholic Theology and the Environment, USCCB, 2004
Faculty Recognition Award, St. John’s University, 2003
Summer Research Grant ($7000), St. John’s University, 2003
Publications
Book Review (invited), Constructive Theology by Paul Lakeland and
Serene Jones, forthcoming in Horizons: The Journal of the
College Theology Society, 2006.
“Resurrection of the Body in a Global Church: Images from
Africa and Latin America.” Report forthcoming in Proceedings
of the 60th Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society
of America, ed. Dick Sparks, SP, 2005.
“A Dominican Theological Vocation: A Letter to the Order.”
Cutting the Distances: Dominicans Doing Theology Together,
Rome, Italy: Angelicum Press, May 2005 (Italian);
forthcoming in English, Fall 2005.
“Globalization at Large: Approaching the Ecclesial
Question of Tradition in the Twenty-First Century.” New
Horizons in Theology, Fiftieth Anniversary Volume of the College
Theology Society, ed. Terrence Tilley, New York: Orbis Books,
2005: 135-161.
“Mission and Reconciliation.” Report published in
Proceedings of the 59th Annual Convention of the Catholic
Theological Society of America, ed. Dick Sparks, SP,
2004: 109-111.
“Yves Congar’s Incarnational Approach to Theology,”
Doctrine and Life 54:10 (2004): 31-39.
“Ecclesial Discipleship: Applying the Requirements of the Gospel
to the Church as Social Institution,” Louvain Studies 28
(2003): 344-362.
Book Review of Roger Haight’s Jesus Symbol of God, dialog Fall
2001.
Presentations
“Hope in the Signs of These Times”, Molloy College’s Women of
Spirit Symposium, “Shaping and Re-shaping: The Process of
Theological Understanding.” April 21, 2006.
“One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: the Spirit in the
Church Today.” A theological inservice for secondary teachers
and catechists of the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York. November
and December 2005.
IV Encuentro Latinoamericano Y II Interamericano de Teólogas
CODALC, Santiago, Chile, Sept 28-Oct 2, 2005.
“Visioning Today’s Church: Three Strategies to
Consider.” Paper presented for the Faith Narratives Group of
the College Theology Society. Springhill College, Mobile,
Alabama, June 2005.
“The Global-Human Predicament: Assessing the Emerging
World (Dis)order for Theological Significance.” Paper
presented at the Junior Faculty Research Colloquium. St.
John’s University, New York, December 2004.
“Catholic Social Tradition in a Global Context.”
Presentation for the Religious Orders Partnership at the United
Nations. New York, New York, October 2004.
“Yves Congar, Theology in Service of the Truth.” Paper
presented at the 8th Biennial Colloquium for Dominicans in Higher
Education. Dominican University, River Forest, IL, June
2004.
“Globalization at Large.” Paper presented for the
Religion and Society Group at the Annual Meeting of the College
Theology Society. Catholic University of America, Washington,
D.C., June 2004.
“The Dominican Theological Vocation of Yves Congar.” Paper
chosen for Selected Session, Theologians in the Order of Preachers,
Catholic Theological Society of America. Cincinnati, OH, June
2003.
“Theology for the Preaching: Crossing Boundaries, Transforming
Methods.” Paper chosen for Selected Session,
Globalization and the Concerns of Women, Catholic Theological
Society of America. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 2002.
“Women’s Work: Feminist Theologies’ Contribution to Christian
Life and Faith,” Lecture, Queen of the Holy Rosary College, Fall
Lecture Series, 2001.
“The Church in the 21st Century: Changing Contexts,” Lecture,
Queen of the Holy Rosary College, January
2002.
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Religion
Catholic Theological Society of America
College Theological Society
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Courses: St.
John’s University
Theol 1000C Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic
Approach
Honors 1050C Perspectives on Christianity: A Catholic
Approach
Theo 2205 Jesus in Christian Faith
Theo 2210 Perspectives on the Church
Graduate Courses: St. John’s
University
Theo 402 Jesus the Christ
Graduate Courses: Other
Universities and Colleges
Dominican Theologians of the 20th Century, Barry University,
Summer 2002
Discipleship in the Theologies of Yves Congar and Edward
Schillebeeckx, Aquinas Institute, Summer 2006