Above: A section of the Berlin Wall, displayed in the Western Brown Line
"L" station in historically German Lincoln Square district of Chicago


The following articles are all copyrighted by the relevant journals or myself (if not submitted).  By clicking on the (PDF) links, you agree to the aforementioned terms.  I invite you to read them through and offer your comments, especially on the papers already submitted to journals or being readied for submission. You can email me your comments (see Contact).

Published or Forthcoming Writings

Hacking into the Church Mainframe: A Theological Engagement of the Post-Informational World
(2010) Princeton Theological Review 16 (2)
:: Forthcoming

Option Pricing Using Arbitrage and Stochastic Calculus
with: Dr. Paul Isihara, Drew Bixby, Michael Kerins, Daniel Slye, and Michael Izatt.
(2009) The UMAP Journal 30 (1)
:: Journal available for purchase at COMAP or should be accessible from your own academic library.


Current Projects

Note: Your thoughts are especially important.  If you wish to collaborate, please contact me by email.

Good Food and Christian Spirituality

This is an "informal" research, if you will, where I attempt to discuss the Church's attitude towards food in the past, and how a more informed understanding (and enjoyment) of food can help us understand what the Christian life should aspire towards.

The Theological Ethics of Short Selling

In Kathryn Tanner's The Economy of Grace she presents an "ideal" economy centered around the idea of grace and gift.  In her ideal economy there is no short-selling in investment.  Is that ideal?

A Theology of Risk

Any effort towards a theological finance requires an understanding of risk and its proper role within life.  Of course, the Christian understanding is that trusting in God is essentially risk-less... or is it?  From a theological understanding of risk, how do we move on towards a theological finance?

Toward a Theological Finance

The 2008 Financial Crisis showed that mathematical bases for investment behavior has limitations.  How can we theologically reinterpret the purpose of finance so that its insights can lead to better investments?

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Submitted Writings

When the Shaking Stops:
On Recovering Solidarity Against an Individualist Hermeneutic
(2010) Sub: The Other Journal (peer review)
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The Financial Crisis of 2008:
Hope Restoring a Shattered Faith
(2009) Sub: The Other Journal (peer review)
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The Theological Virtues and the Theory of the Firm
supervised by: Dr. Deirdre N. McCloskey
(2008) Sub: Journal of Markets and Morality (peer review)
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The Multi-Peg Tower of Hanoi Problem
with: Micah Bucy, Dr. Paul Isihara, Dan Lecocq, Dr. John Wallbaum
(2005) Sub: The Math Intelligencer
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Other Papers

Economic Justice:
Mark 12: 28-34 and its Implications Past and Present
supervised by: Dr. Gene L. Green
(2006) Not published- integrated to future research.
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