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Gonzaga University |
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Michael Woods |
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Dr. Michael Woods Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Phone: (509) 313-6799 Email: woodsm@gonzaga.edulinder@gonzaga.edu
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Biographical Information: Dr. Michael Woods, SJ, is currently Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Gonzaga University. Father Woods is a Jesuit of the Maryland Province, having been ordained in 2004. He received his doctorate from The Catholic University of America in Liturgical Studies (2008). His dissertation examined the intersection of the American liturgical movement and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, noting the ways Catholic agrarians made the liturgy the spiritual foundation of its social agenda. He has authored Cultivating Soil and Soul: Twentieth Century Catholic Agrarians Embrace the Liturgical Movement (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2009). His general academic interests focus on the relationship between liturgy and life. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy and Societas Liturgica. Fr. Woods is also deeply interested in issues of sustainability especially as they pertain to rural communities. He ministers in several rural parishes in the Diocese of Spokane, in addition to other pastoral work such as retreats and giving the Spiritual Exercises. He is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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