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James W Skehan

Academic Title: Professor Emeritus

Name: James W Skehan

 

Department: Department of Geology & Geophysics

Department Website: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/geo/

Institution: Boston College

 

Address: Devlin Hall 213
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467

 

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Expertise: 1. Regional Geology and Tectonics of New England & the continental margins of the Atlantic Ocean; Assembly and Breakup of Supercontinents.
2. Geological education of primary & secondary school teachers and students and of the interested public, principally by preparation of field guides and study trips.
3. Jesuit Spirituality: Spirituality of Learning and Research; Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola in daily life; the career and spirituality of the geologist, Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. (1881-1955); individual & mutual impact of Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. & theologian Henri de Lubac, S.J. and on Vatican Council II.
4. Interpretations of Genesis in modern biblical theology vs creation- science`s fundamentalist interpretatons; ways of knowing and the validity of Intelligent Design hypothesis

 

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