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Teaching Personnel

Bonneau, Normand   Bonneau, Normand
Full Professor
Program: Biblical Studies
Office : GIG 272
Phone: 613-236-1393, ext.: 2278
Email: nbonneau@ustpaul.ca

Research Activities:

Pauline Studies; Synoptic Gospels; Sunday Lectionary

Education:

B.A., M.Div., Dipl. Sup. d'Études Bibliques, Th.D. (Institut Catholique de Paris)
Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Courses taught:

Gospel Interpretation: Mark

Publications:


- Books authored/edited



  • Il Lezionario Domenicale. Origine, struttura, teologia (Studi e ricerche di liturgia, 28).Trad. Romeo Fabbri. Bologna, Edizioni Dehoniane Bologna, 2012

  • Le lectionnaire dominical. Parole ritualisée, modèle pascal. Montréal, Novalis - Paris, Éditions du Cerf, 2010

  • Editor and director of On Narrative / Autour de la Narrativité, Special Issue of THEOFORUM 32/3 (October 2001)


  • The Sunday Lectionary: Ritual Word, Paschal Shape. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1998


  • Preparing the Table of the Word. Ottawa: Novalis / Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1997



- Chapters in books



  • "Reading and Rereading: Being Transported," in Actes du Colloque RRENAB, Louvain-la-Neuve 2012," (Peeters, 2013 -- à paraître en 2013)


  • "Évangile de Marc : récit, Histoire, théologie," in Actes du Symposium RRENAB, Ottawa 2011 (Lessius, à paraître en 2013)


  • "Le dynamisme narratif de Genèse 15 dans Romains 4," in Claire Clivaz, Corina Combet-Galland, Jean-Daniel Macchi, et Christophe Nihan, eds., Écritures et réécritures. La reprise interprétative des traditions fondatrices par la littérature biblique et extra-biblique. Cinquième colloque international du RRENAB, Universités de Genève et Lausanne, 10-12 juin 2010, Leuven - Paris - Walpole, MA, Peeters, 2012, p. 363-375.

  • “Mise en intrigue et suspense dans Mc 5,1-20,” in Anne Pasquier, Daniel Marguerat, André Wénin, éds. L’intrigue dans le récit biblique. Quatrième colloque international du RRENAB, Université Laval, Québec, 29 mai-1er juin, 2008. Leuven - Paris - Walpole, MA : Peeters, 2010, p. 231-243.

  • “Lectionary” in the New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol 3. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, general editor. Nashville: Abingdon, 2008, pp. 629-631.


  • “Explorations du fait narratif et son effet théologique dans 1 Th 1-3,” in Camille Focant and André Wénin, eds. Analyse Narrative et Bible: Deuxième Colloque International du RRENAB, Louvain-la-Neuve, Avril 2004. BETL, 191; Leuven: University Press / Peeters, 2005, pp. 437-48.


  • “Bible and Liturgy,” in The International Bible Commentary, William Farmer, editor. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1998, pp. 138-146.


  • “Fulfilled in Our Hearing: The Dynamism of Scripture in Liturgical Proclamation,” in Bernadette Gasslein, ed. Shaping a Priestly People: A Collection in Honour of Archbishop Hayes. Ottawa: Novalis, 1994, pp. 118-133.


  • “Reflections on the Mystery of God and the AIDS Crisis,” in N. Bonneau et al. AIDS and Faith. Ottawa: Novalis, 1993, pp. 9-38.


  • “Images of God(s) in the New Testament World,” in J. Abromaitis and B. Gasslein (eds), Roots: Finding Strength in Biblical Tradition. Part II. Ottawa: CCCB, 1993, pp. 163-171.



    • - Papers in refereed Journals



    • “The Pauline Letters in the Sunday Lectionary: The Paschal Mystery and the Ekklèsia, Questions Liturgiques/Studies in Liturgy 90 (2009) 3-22.


    • “Suspense in Mark 5:21-43: A Narrative-Critical Study of Two Healing Stories,” THEOFORUM 36 (2005) 131-154.


    • “Jesus and Human Contingency in Mark: A Narrative-Critical Reading of Three Healing Stories,” THEOFORUM 32: 321-40, 2001.


    • “The Illusion of Immediacy: An Exploration of the Bible’s Predilection for Direct Discourse,” THEOFORUM 31:131-151, 2000.


    • “The Logic of Paul’s Argument on the Curse of the Law in Galatians 3:10-14,” Novum Testamentum 39:1-21, 1997.


    • “The Sunday Lectionary: Underlying Principles and Patterns,” liturgical ministry 5:49-58, 1996.


    • “En mensaje del SIDA a la luz del nuevo ritual de la unción de los enfermos,” Selecciones de Teología 33:321-326, 1994.


    • “The Synoptic Gospels in the Sunday Lectionary: Ordinary Time,” Questions Liturgiques / Studies in Liturgy 75:154-169, 1994.


    • “The Logic of Paul’s Argument on the Resurrection Body in 1 Cor 15:35-44a,” Science et Esprit 45:79-92, 1993.


    • (with L. G. Bloomquist and J. K. Coyle, “Prolegomena to a Sociological Study of Early Christianty: The Example of the Study of Early Christian Leadership,” Social Compass 39:221-39, 1992.


    • “Réflexions sur le mystère de Dieu et la crise du sida,” Église et Théologie 23:305-24, 1992


    • “Stages of Salvation History in Romans 1:16-3:26,” Église et Théologie 23:177-94, 1992


    - Other Publications




    • “Luke’s Distinctive Sunday Lectionary Profile,” The Bible Today 38 (2000) 337-342


    • “Nehemiah 8 and Liturgical Proclamation: Reading Ezra Reading,” The Bible Today 37 (1999) 223-37.


    • “The Gospel: God’s Power for Salvation (Romans 1:16-3:31),” The Bible Today 35 (1997) 77-82


    • “Preaching the Paschal Mystery,” Celebrate! 36/4 (July-August 1997) 21-24

    • “Sharing at the Table of God’s Word: The Sunday Lectionary,” Ecumenism 122 (June 1996) 21-23


    • “Partager la table de la parole de Dieu: le lectionnaire dominical,” Œcuménisme 122 (juin 1996) 21-23.