Joseph Dougherty

Joe Dougherty, a Brother of the Christian Schools (de la Salle Brother), teaches in the department of religion at La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He grew up in Philadelphia and its suburbs, and holds degrees from Princeton, the University of Virginia, La Salle University, and the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, USA. He is active in the liturgical visitation program of the Philadelphia Liturgical Institute, and his major areas of interest are pilgrimage and silence in ritual contexts.