Jonathan Weidenbaum
Faculty
Division of General Education
Interview Resources, Humanities Faculty
Interview Topics
Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Humor, Asian Philosophies, Classical American Philosophy
Media Contact
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Education
BA, State University of New York, Albany
PhD, State University of New York, Buffalo
Professional and Teaching Experience
- Faculty, Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Liberal Arts, Berkeley College, January 2005 - present
- Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Philosophy and Critical Thinking, LaGuardia Community College, September 2012 – 2015
- Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Philosophy and Religions, Hofstra University, September – December 2004
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Philosophy, Nassau Community College, September 2002 – August 2004
- Adjunct Faculty, Departments of Philosophy and Religions, Hofstra University, September 2000 – May 2002
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Philosophy, University of Buffalo, April - August 2000
Presentations, Publications, Research
- “The Holy Versus the Sacred: Offering a Little Trouble for a Multiple Religious Belonging.” In Open Theology (De Gruyter). Vol. 3, Issue 1, February 2017, pages 134-143.
- Incarnating the Unhappy Consciousness: Hegel, Dewey, and the Relevance of Film for Healing the Spiritual Self,” In Glimpse; Phenomenology and Media. Vol. 18, 2017, pages 95-102.
- “A ‘No’ at the Core of Life: Doing Transreligious Theology with William James.” In Open Theology (De Gruyter). Vol. 2, Issue 1, April 2016, pages 229-235.
- “Achieving Purpose in an Open Cosmos: The Continuing Relevance of William James for Relational and Interpersonal Theory,” in Making our Ideas Clear: Pragmatism in Psychoanalysis (Information Age Publishing, 2015)
- “Alterity, Transcendence and the One: Levinas and the Perennial Philosophy,” Annual Meeting of the North American Levinas Society, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2013
- “William James’s Argument for a Finite Theism,” in Models of God and Alternative Other Ultimate Realities (Springer Publishing, 2013)
Awards and Recognitions
- Excellence in Teaching Award, Berkeley College, 2018
- Faculty of the Year Award, Berkeley College, 2007
Professional Affiliations
- Member, American Philosophical Association
Other Skills and Interests
- Avid traveler who spent entire 2011 sabbatical in China; his third trip to India was in 2013. These experiences regularly enter into his teaching and writing – as does the heavily international nature of the student body.
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