THE SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL SCIENTISTS
Friday and Saturday, October 26-27, 2007
The St. John’s University School of Law
Peter Amato
Peter Amato has worked in higher education for over 30 years,including St. John's University-currently,St.Francis College, Brooklyn NY; Briarcliffe College,LI; Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY;Bard College,Annandale-on-Hudson, NY;Penn State University,University Park, PA; and Brooklyn College,Brooklyn,NY. He has M.A.degrees in Anthropology (Penn State University),and Theology (Seminary of The Immaculate Conception,Huntington,NY, and extensive doctoral studies in Philosophy (Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, NY, NY).Academic areas of interest: Systematic Theology, Christology, Biblical Hermeneutics,Bio-medical Ethics, and Continental Philosophy.He has lectured at Churches,Colleges and Universities,Hospitals,Nursing Homes, and is a published author in Ethics and poetry. He has also participated in many radio programs for the Catholic Alternative Program-WHPC 90.3-of Nassau
County Community College-Catholic Studies Program. He is currently a member of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
Servant Christology
This paper explores the call to service and servanthood for the Catholic Church today, because of the life of Jesus, especially as proclaimed in the Gospel of Mark 9:35 " if anyone wishes to be first,he should be the last of all and the servant of all". The theological and historical meaning of the term servant is explored, showing and grounding the term and in scripture, as steaming from the historical Jesus, thereby demonstrating validity and veracity for this message and the implications for the universal Catholic Church today.