Robert J. Miller

Robert J. Miller was born in Michigan in 1950. After seminary studies in WI & NY, he degrees in Philosophy, Masters of Religious Education & Masters of Divinity. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in June 1976, and has since ministered throughout the Midwest. Presently, he is in his 26th year of ministering in inner-city Chicago, pastoring at St. Dorothy Catholic Church on Chicago's south side (previously Holy Angels and St. Joachim Churches).

He has long been active in community issues, taught Church History (Ecclesiology), and founded Genesis Housing Development Corporation (a faith-based group working for affordable housing). From 2003-2006, he held offices in the Civil War Round Table, culminating in helping lead two battlefield tours, and becoming President of that group in 2005-06. He remains a popular speaker and lecturer around the Midwest in areas of spirituality, Scripture, Faith and Civil War religion.

Rev. Miller has written six books:

* Finding Your Place in the Universe

* GriefQuest - Reflections for Men Coping With Loss (out of print)

* Falling into Faith

* Fire in the Deep

* Surprised by Love

* Both Prayed to the Same God - Religion and Faith in the Civil War

These last three books are a popular Scripture and Faith meditation & "lectio divina" series which highlight the Sunday Scriptures. In 2007, his 6th book entitled "'Both Prayed to the same God' - Religion and Faith in the American Civil War" was published by Lexington Publishers. It remains the first and only comprehensive overview of the long neglected aspect of religion and faith in the American Civil War. He is presently researching a 7th book on the Catholic priest-chaplains on the Civil War - which will be the first in-depth study of this fascinating subset of Civil War chaplains.