Brother John M. Crawford, F.S.C., PhD
Professor of Religion
Contact Information
Office: McShain 209
Phone: 215-951-5116
Email: crawford76@lasalle.edu
Profile
A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Brother John joined the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1974 and spent over twenty years as a teacher and administrator in high schools and in service to court-adjudicated youth in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Brother John earned a doctorate in Religion and Education from the Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, School of Theology and Ministry, at Boston College, completing a dissertation on the use of Lasallian texts as the basis for a contemporary spirituality of the teacher under the mentorship of Dr. Thomas Groome.
Brother John has been on the faculty of La Salle University since 2008.
Areas of Expertise
- Religious Education
- Spirituality of Teaching
- Lasallian Pedagogy
Education
- BA English-Education, La Salle
- MA Religious Education, LaSalle
- MEd Administrative Leadership, Catholic School Leadership Program, Boston College
- PhD Religion and Education, IREPM, STM, Boston College
Teaching
- RLE 710 Religious Imagination and Models of Religious Education
- RLE 711 Leadership and Religious Education
- THD 700 The Lasallian Tradition
Research
Dissertation
- “Extending Lasallian Charism: Its Texts and Lived Contexts for the Spirituality of Teachers” Boston College, 2008
Publications
- “Women in the Lasallian World” De La Salle Today, Vol. VII, No. 2, Summer, 2011: 18-22.
- “The Conduct of Gratuitous Schools Today: Realities and Challenges” De La Salle Today, Vol. V, No. 2, Summer, 2009, 13-16.
Presentation
- “Sharing Our Bread and Ourselves: New Possibilities for International Religious Education Assisted by Electronic Communication Technologies” Presented November 2010 Annual Convention of the Religious Education Association/Association of Professors and Professional Researchers in Religious Education (REA/APPRRE), Denver, CO.
Francis Berna, OFM, Ph.D.
Director
Theology and Ministry Graduate Studies
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141 USA
Phone: 215.951.1346
Fax: 215.951.1665
E-mail: religion@lasalle.edu
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