Canisius College, Buffalo, New York
Last Modified: 28 August 2006

WELCOME!!! This page has three types of information available: material about my personal life and background; information for students in my courses, and pointers to some spots where you might find me on the Internet. I hope that you will find this information of interest.

PERSONAL: I was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Dumont (NJ). Subsequently I graduated from Fordham University (B.A., M.A.), Woodstock College (M.Div.)--now a Research Center, Yale University (S.T.M.), and The University of Chicago (Ph.D.). Currently I am Chair of the Department of Religious Studies & Theology at Canisius College and am a Jesuit and a Roman Catholic priest. Until its final release in January 1997 I also did beta testing for NCSA's Windows Mosaic.

PROFESSIONAL:

Fall 2006 Office Hours.

RST 101: Introduction to Religious Studies: The Syllabus for Fall 2006, the topic for the first Reflection Paper, and some Sample Questions for the first Test are available. In addition, the Course Outline, Introductory Material, Primal Religions, Judaism, and Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, is also available locally. Other resources for this course are available at Canisius' Blackboard site.

RST 225: Religion and Society: The Spring 1998 Syllabus, Sample Questions for the First and Second Tests, Questions for the Final Examination, and some sites of possible interest for members of this course. Samples of part of the course outline are also available locally for demonstration purposes.

RST 235: Religion and Politics: The Syllabus for Fall 2001, Sample Questions for the First and Second tests, and Helpful Internet Locations with information for this course are available. Class notes for the First, Second, Third, and Fourth parts of this course, and Stephen Carter's The Culture of Disbelief may be viewed locally.

HON 319: Religion and Politics--U.S. Roman Catholic Perspectives. The Syllabus for Fall 2004 is available. Other materials may be found on Blackboard.

ZPR 351: Contemporary Catholic Social Ethics: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives is an interdisciplinary 4 credit course that permits students to complete one Area Studies' course requirement in both Religious Studies (Area VI) and Philosophy (Area V). A copy in MS Word format of the Syllabus for Spring 2004 is now available. Other course information and materials may be found on Blackboard. [Please note that those who have already passed PHI 372, Catholic Social Thought, may not take this course.]

Additional information on the Religious Studies Department at Canisius College is also available at the Departmental Web site.

To Contact Me:

Voice or Phone mail: (716) 888-2831

Secretary: (716) 888-2820

Fax: (716) 886-6506

E-mail: lynchp@canisius.edu