John von Heyking

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science
University of Lethbridge

4401 University Drive W.Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, CANADA

Education:

• Doctorate: University of Notre Dame (1999)
• Masters: University of Calgary (1993)
• Bachelors (Hons.): University of Calgary (1991)

Teaching Areas

• Political philosophy & religion and politics

Books:

• Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World. (University of Missouri Press, 2001)
• (Coeditor) The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. Vols. 7 & 8. (University of Missouri Press, 2003).
• (Coeditor) Friendship and Politics: Essays in Political Thought. (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008)
• (Coeditor) Civil Religion Then and Now: The Philosophical Legacy of Civil Religion and Its Enduring Relevance in North America (Catholic University of America Press, forthcoming)

Articles (by topic)

• Just war theory
• Religious freedom and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Aristotle on friendship
• Deliberative democracy
• Philosophical foundations of United States
• Politics and prophecy
• Islam and politics
• Political representation
• Canadian politics
• Political apocalypse in Iran
• Political philosophy of rodeo
• Several articles translated into Italian, German, and Chinese

Invited Lectures: throughout Canada and the United States, and in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Russia

Work in Preparation

• Agreement in Things Human and Divine: An Essay on Politics and Friendship. "Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Thought" (article)

Editorial Work

• Book Review Editor and Contributing Editor, www.voegelinview.com
• Since April 2006: Associate Editor for History, Theory, and Law of the new journal, Politics and Religion, published by Cambridge University Press