Stephen F. Schneck

Stephen Frederick Schneck (born 1953) is an American Catholic activist, associate professor at The Catholic University of America (CUA), and Director of CUA's Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. A public speaker and lecturer, Schneck is a frequent source of media analysis on issues involving Catholicism and public policy.^[1][2][3] He was chair of the Department of Politics from 1995-2007 and Acting Undergraduate Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences in 1988.^[1] From 2012-2013 he was appointed as the Acting Dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service at Catholic University.^[4]

Schneck's academic work has focused on political philosophy, with special emphases on 18th century American political thought and contemporary continental political theory.^[1] More recently he has focused on the role of religion in democracy.^[1] He is the author of several books and articles in the field of political philosophy; notable publications include two books on the political theory of Max Scheler, an edited volume on the work of Fred Dallmayr, and articles and book chapters examining such figures as Tocqueville, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas, among others.^[5] Schneck is currently writing a book on Catholic social teachings and political theory.^[6]

Education

Schneck attended Rockhurst University where he received a B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy in 1976. He earned his masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Notre Dame in 1981 and 1984, respectively.^[7]

Public service

Schneck is a well-known activist for Catholic issues in public life. He was an organizer and board member for Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, for Sojourners, and for Democrats for Life of America.^[8][9] He served as a national co-chair of Catholics for Obama in 2012.^[10] In 2015, Schneck was appointed to President Barack Obama's third Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.^[11]

Selected works

Books

• Letting Be: Fred Dallmayr’s Cosmopolitical Vision. Editor. (Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 2006)
• Max Scheler's Acting Persons: New Perspectives. Editor. (Amsterdam: Rodopi Press, 2002)
• Italy in Transition: The Long Road from the First to the Second Republic. Co-Edited (with Ambassador Paolo Janni) with Introduction. (Washington, D. C.: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, 1998)
• Person & Polis: Max Scheler's Personalism as Political Theory. (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1988)

Journal articles

• “Religion and the American Framing,” Journal of Dharma (Spring 2007)
• “Kalaki da Sopeli,” (“City and Village”) Chveni Mtserloba [in Georgian](Spring 2006)
• “The End of History and the Human Sciences,” International Journal of Philosophy (Summer 1997)
• “New Readings of Tocqueville's America,” Polity (Fall 1993)
• “Habits of the Head: Tocqueville's America,” Political Theory (Fall 1990)
• “William Connolly's Post-Modern Liberalism,” The Review of Politics (Spring 1989)
• “Michel Foucault on power/discourse, theory and practice,” Human Studies (Summer 1987)

References

External links

• The Catholic University of America
• Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies
• Stephen Schneck

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