E-mail:
carruth@cord.edu

Office Phone:
218-299-3422 

Office:
Academy 203

DR. SHAWN CARRUTH,  OSB

Education:

• Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 1992 
• Field: New Testament
• Dissertation: "Persuasion in Q: A Rhetorical Critical Study of Q 6:20-49"
• M.A., St. John‚s University, Collegeville, MN, 1982 
• B.A., College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, 1972 
• Major: French 

Professional Experience:

• Associate Professor of Religion, Concordia College, 1989-
• Visiting Lecturer in Religion  Scripps College  Claremont, CA, Fall 1996
• Director of Ongoing Formation for Sisters of St. Benedict, Mount St. Benedict Monastery, Crookston, MN, 1982-1985
• Instructor in New Testament, Old Testament, and Leadership Skills, Mount St. Benedict Center, Crookston, MN, 1982-1988
• Teacher of French and Religion, grades 9-12, Mount St. Benedict High School, Crookston, MN, 1972-1980
• Teacher in parochial elementary schools in northern Minnesota and St. Paul area, grades 1-8, 1963-1971

Other Experience:

Memberships:

• Society of Biblical Literature 
• Executive Secretary: International Q Project  1989-1997
• Steering Committee Member: Q Section  1989-
• Co-Chair of Q Section  1993-1998 
• American Benedictine Academy 
• Member of Board of Directors  1984-1992
• President 1988-1990
• Catholic Biblical Association

Honors and Scholarships:

• Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society ) 1971
• Kappa Gamma Pi (Leadership Honor Society) 1972
• Phi Beta Kappa 1972
• Elena Cornaro Piscopia Scholarship 1987
• Ole and Lucy Flaat Distinguished Scholarship Award 1998-1999

Scholarly Interests:

• Sources of the Synoptic Gospels
• Greco-Roman Rhetoric
• Feminist Studies
• Benedictine Monastic Studies

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