John Alonzo Dick

John DICK is an American who has lived in Belgium for nearly thirty years. He holds licentiates in historical theology from the University of Nijmegen and the KU Leuven and doctorates in religious studies (PhD) and historical theology (STD) from the KU Leuven. Among books he has written or edited are: The Malines Conversations Revisited, From Malines to ARCIC, and a three-volume philosophical series, Tradition and Renewal. For thirteen years he was Director of Continuing Education and Academic Dean at the American College of Leuven. He was the third person to hold the Chair for the Study of Religion and Values in American Society at the KU Leuven. For more than  twenty years he has taught courses about religion and values in American culture, and for several years was professor and staff member at the KU Leuven European Centre for Ethics. Currently he is professor of religion in American society in the Inter-University Master’s Program in American Studies (Center for American Studies, Brussels) and professor of historical theology at St. Michael’s University in Vermont. He is also setting up, as its executive director, the Jean Jadot Chair for the Study of Religion and Values in Society at the KU Leuven and the UCL.  John writes regularly about American culture and trends in American society for Tertio and The National Catholic Reporter (USA). He lectures in Europe and the United States about religion, fundamentalism, and civic virtue in the United States. He is currently working on a book – The Half-Way Covenant – about the use of religion in American history.