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Stephen Brown
Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. St. Bonaventure University
M.A. Franciscan Institute
Ph.L. and Ph.D. Universit de Louvain

Medieval church history; medieval theology and philosophy, including works of Thomas Aquinas, Henry of Ghent and William of Ockham; the development of theology in the Middle Ages; man's knowledge of God; man's freedom; divine foreknowledge, will and power. Editorial board member, Medieval Philosophy and Theology. Author of the books Christianity and Judaism.

617.552.0436
stephen.brown.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/sbrown.html

Lisa Sowle Cahill
J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor of Theology
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. University of Santa Clara
M.A. and Ph.D. University of Chicago

Catholic Church; Catholic Church and women and gender issues; analysis of pastoral letters and public statements by the Pope; Catholic Church stance in relation to medical/health issues; bioethics; sex, gender and the family; marriage and divorce; "just war" theory. Past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Society of Christian Ethics. A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author of the books Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics; Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism and Just War Theory; and Between the Sexes: Toward a Christian Ethics of Sexuality; co-author of the book Religion and Artificial Reproduction: Inquiry into the Vatican Instruction on Human Life. Author of numerous articles on marriage, feminism, artificial reproduction and human sexuality. Courses have included: "Christian Perspectives on Bioethics"; "Christian Ethics: Contemporary Figures" and "Critical Realism and Christian Ethics."

617.552.3890
lisa.cahill.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/lcahill.html

Richard Clifford, SJ
Dean
School of Theology & Ministry
AB, MA, STL, PhD Harvard University

Old Testament, biblical languages ancient Near Eastern religion and culture, and the literary and theological appreciation of biblical texts. The author of seven books, including Psalms 1-72; Psalms 72-150 and Proverbs: A Commentary. Courses have included: "Great Themes of the Bible" and "The Prophets."

617.552.6501
richard.clifford.1@bc.edu

Donald Dietrich
Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.S. Canisius College
M.A. and Ph.D. University of Minnesota

Christianity in Europe; the modern Catholic Church; the roots of anti-Semitism in European civilizatio ; the eugenics movement; contemporary Jewish-Christian relations. Author of the books God and Humanity in Auschwitz: Jewish-Christian Relations and Sanctioned Murder and Catholic Citizens in the Third Reich: Psycho-Social Principles and Moral Reasoning. Author of articles including "Catholic Resistance to Biological and Racist Eugenics in the Third Reich." Courses have included: "Hitler, the Churches and the Holocaust."

617.552.4799
donald.dietrich.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/ddietrich.html

Harvey Egan, SJ
Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.S. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
M.A. Boston College
A.M Catholic University
Th.M. Woodstock College
Th.D. University of Munster (Germany)

Theology of Christian mysticism in Old and New Testaments; Christian mysteries and apparitions and their relationship to each other and the Christian faith; saints and miracles; works of theologian Karl Rahner. Author of the book Ignatius Loyola the Mystic, Christian Mysticism: The Future of a Tradition. Author of articles including "Bernard Lonergan and the Future of Spiritual and Mystical Theology." Courses have included: "Theology of Christian Mysticism".

617.552.8109
harvey.egan.1@bc.edu

http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/hegan.html

Thomas Groome
Director, Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry
School of Theology & Ministry
B.A. St. Patrick's College, Ireland
M.A. Fordham University
Ed.D. Columbia Teachers College
Ph.D. Columbia University/Union Theological Seminary

General issues of church, theology and religious education; Catholic education. Director of the Boston College Institute for Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry, which offers graduate degree programs for individuals pursuing academic or professional careers in religious education or pastoral ministry. Author of the books What Makes Us Catholic: Eight Gifts for Life and Educating for Life: A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent. Author of textbooks, including a series titled Coming to God, used in elementary and secondary religious education.

617.552.8449
thomas.groome.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/stm/irepm/community/facstaff/tgroome.html

Daniel J. Harrington, SJ
Professor
School of Theology & Ministry
A.B.; M.A.; B.D.; PhD., Harvard University

Old Testament; New Testament; biblical interpretation in antiquity, modern biblical interpretation, and the relation between exegesis and preaching. Author or coauthor of many publications, including How do Catholics Read the Bible?; Jesus and Virtue Ethics, and Why Do We Suffer? A Scriptural Approach to the Human Condition. Editor of New Testament Abstracts and a regular contributor to America magazine. Courses have included: "The Gospel of Matthew" and "New Testament and Ethics."

617.552.6501
daniel.harrington.1@bc.edu

Charles Hefling, Jr.
Associate Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Harvard College
B.D., Th.D. Harvard Divinity School
Ph.D. Boston College

Systematic understanding of The Redemption and The Incarnation--the interrelation of the work and person of Jesus Christ in light of contemporary exigencies and doctrinal development. Member of the university's interdisciplinary seminar "God and the World of Science," which explores links between theological and scientific disciplines. Co-author of the book Bernard Lonergan's Essay in Circulation Analysis, and editor of Our Selves, Our Souls, Our Bodies: Anglican Essays Continuing the Dialogue on Sexuality. Courses have included: "On the Incarnation"; "Humanity as a Theological Problem"; "Lonergan's Method in Theology."

617.552.3547
charles.hefling@bc.edu

http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/chefling.html

Raymond Helmick, SJ
Adjunct Faculty, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Weston College
Hochschule Sankt Georgen
Union Theological Seminary

Conflict resolution. Involved in mediating international conflicts, including the Middle East and Northern Ireland, and instrumental in securing the release of three American prisoners of war during the 1999 Kosovo conflict. Northern Ireland conflict: its economic, social and political bases in history and contemporary consciousness; security problems, political options, legal systems and prospects of economic recovery in Northern Ireland; governmental and public opinion perceptions in Britain and in the Republic of Ireland; Lebanon; the Arab-Israeli conflict; the dynamic of distrust; apathy and violence as responses to issues of conflict; negotiation techniques; the history and concept of "just war"; general United Nations history and issues. Founder and senior associate member of the Conflict Analysis Center. Courses have included: "Principles of Conflict Resolution"; "Two Peoples, Three Faiths: Religions and Ethnicity in the Middle Eastern Conflict"; "Lebanon: Focal Point of Conflict"; "The Northern Ireland Conflict."

617.552.3880
raymond.helmick@bc.edu

David Hollenbach, SJ
University Chair in Human Rights and International Justice, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice
B.S. St. Joseph's University
M.A. Ph.L. St. Louis University
M.Div. Woodstock College
Ph.D. Yale University

Catholic ethics in a pluralistic society; moral theology; religion and politics; Christian ethics of war and peace; economic justice; nuclear war and deterrence; interaction of religious beliefs with the political sphere; role of the Catholic Church in society (US and globally); role of Christianity in the US. Director of BC's Center for Human Rights and International Justice. Served as the principal consultant for the US Catholic Bishops' 1986 report "Economic Justice for All." Has served as president of the Society of Christian Ethics and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics and The Human Rights Quarterly. Editor of and co-contributor to the book Catholicism and Liberalism: Contributions to American Public Philosophy. Author of books including Justice, Peace, and Human Rights: American Catholic Social Ethics in a Pluralistic World; Nuclear Ethics: A Christian Moral Argument; and Claims in Conflict: Retrieving and Renewing the Catholic Human Rights Tradition. Courses have included: "Contemporary Theories of Justice"; "Christian Ethics and Social Issues"; "Christian Ethics: Major Figures."

617.552.8855
david.hollenbach.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/dhollenbach.html

Ruth Langer
Associate Professor, Theology Department
Associate Director, Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Bryn Mawr College, M.A.H.L., M.Phil., Ph.D., Hebrew Union College

Jewish religious life and thought; issues of prayer and practice; Jewish-Christian relations. Judaism: questions of ritual and liturgy. An ordained rabbi. Author of the book To Worship God Properly: Tensions between Liturgical Custom and Halakhah in Judaism; author or co-author of numerous publications. Memberships include: Association for Jewish Studies and Central Conference of American Rabbis. Courses have included: "Judaism: Practice and Belief" and "Holy Text in Comparative Perspective." Associate director of BC's Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.

617.552.8492
ruth.langer.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/rlanger.html

John Makransky
Associate Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Yale University, Ph.D, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Buddhist thought and practices; Buddhism in America; Buddhist meditation; Buddhist-Christian dialogue; Tibet; Tibetan Buddhism. Author of book Buddhahood Embodied: Sources of Controversy in India and Tibet. Organizer and participant in numerous Buddhist-Christian dialogue groups, panels, retreats and services. Courses have included: "Buddhist Scriptures and Commentaries"; "Tibetan Buddhist Traditions."

617.552.4603
john.makransky.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/jmakransky.html

Thomas Massaro, SJ
Professor
School of Theology & Ministry
BA, MaHum, MDiv, STL, PhD Emory

Catholic social ethics, theories of economic justice, and the history of Christian political thought. Courses have included: "Catholic Social Ethics"; "Christian Political Thought."

617.552.6524
thomas.massaro.1@bc.edu

John McDargh
Associate Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. Emory University, Ph.D. Harvard University

Childhood and adult religious development; issues and problems of raising children in a religiously mixed marriage; psychology of religious development; psychiatry, psychology and religion; sexuality and spirituality. The "Woodstock Generation." Author of the book Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theory and the Study of Religion: On Faith and the Imaging of God. Courses have included: "Violence and Forgiveness" and "Psychotherapy and Spirituality."

617.552.3752
harry.mcdargh.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/jmcdargh.html

John McGinty
Director, Church in the 21st Century Center

Faith and community; relationship between the Jewish and Roman Catholic communities in the United States between 1900 and the end of the second Vatican Council.

617.552.0470
john.mcginty.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/church21/about/staff.html

Bruce T. Morrill, SJ
Associate Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A. College of the Holy Cross, M.A. Columbia University, M.Div. Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, California, Ph.D. Emory University

Liturgy and sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, including the Mass; forms of initiating believers; reconciliation in the Church; the role of the sacraments in the care of sick and elderly; the Roman Catholic approach to death and funeral rites. Political theology; the problem of suffering. Author of the book Anamnesis as Dangerous Memory: Political and Liturgical Theology in Dialogue. Contributing editor of Bodies of Worship: Explorations in Theroy and Practice; contributing co-editor to Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch Before God. Active member of Catholic Theological Society of America. Courses have included: "Suffering, Politics and Liberation"; "Liturgy, Sacraments and Church"; "Divine Worship and Human Healing."

617.552.8447
bruce.morrill.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/bmorrill.html

John Paris, SJ
Walsh Professor of Bioethics, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.S., M.A. Boston College, M.A. Harvard University, Ph.L. Weston College, M.A., Ph.D. University of Southern California,

Catholic ethics; medical ethics; bioethics; issues related to medical treatment termination; patient rights; research involving human subjects; "do-not-resuscitate" issues; death with dignity; definition of brain death; dilemmas in intensive care medicine; history of Vatican responses to termination of medical treatment issues; Catholic approaches to termination of life; compulsory medical treatment and religious freedom–specifically Jehovah's Witnesses or Christian Scientists; Catholic considerations of brain death and organ retrieval; Catholic tradition on use of nutrition and fluids to perpetuate life; physician refusal of requested treatment; health care policy. Frequently called as expert witness in legal cases involving termination of medical treatment; consultant and expert witness in many landmark biomedical cases. Served as consultant to the President's Commission for the Study of Ethics in Medicine, the United States Senate Committee on Aging, and the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. Author or co-author of more than 100 articles on the area of law, medicine and ethics, including "Ethics of Artificial Feeding"; "When the Doctor Says No: The Ethical Dilemma"; "Playing God and the Removal of Life-Prolonging Therapy"; "Ethical and Legal Issues in Intensive Care"; "Ethical Issues in Neotatology"; "Court Intervention and Diminution of Patients' Rights." Ethics Section Editor of The Journal of Perinatology. Courses have included: "Law, Medicine & Public Policy."

617.552.8434
john.paris.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/jparis.html

Stephen Pope
Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.A., Gonzaga University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Catholic ethics and social thought; forgiveness and reconciliation; science and theology; moral theology and social ethics; meaning and interpretation of the Catholic preferential option for the poor; marriage and family; social and economic justice; the Church and politics; liberation theology; human rights; war and peace; concern for the poor. Author of the book The Evolution of Altruism and the Ordering of Love. Author of articles including "Scientific and Natural Law Assessments of Homosexuality"; "The Preferential Option for the Poor: An Ethic for 'Saints and Heroes?'"; "Proper and Improper Partiality and the Preferential Option for the Poor," and "The Order of Love and Recent Catholic Ethics: A Constructive Proposal." Courses have included: "Prophets and Peacemakers"; "Science and Theological Ethics"; "The Ethics of St. Thomas Aquinas."

617.552.3892
stephen.pope@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/spope.html

Thomas Wangler
Associate Professor, Theology Department
College of Arts & Sciences
B.S., LeMoyne College; M.A. Ph.D., Marquette University

Major religious traditions and the ritual, faith, theology and ethical traditions that have had significant cultural impact in the US; history and culture of American Catholicism; beliefs and lifestyles of American Catholics from 18th century to present; American Catholic traditions expressed in catechisms, hymnals, liturgical, devotional and spiritual books, as well as sermons, church architecture and decoration, and heroic lifestyles; 20th century Boston Catholic religious life and traditions. Publications include "The First American Catholic Catechism"; "American Catholic Expansionism: 1886-1894" and "John Ireland and the Origins of Liberal Catholicism in the United States"; co-author of "The Religious Life of Boston Catholics in the Era of William Cardinal O'Connell." Current research project(s): A religious history of American Catholicism, 1772-1815; a study of the ways in which American Catholics believed and lived the Catholic faith, as imparted and accommodated. Courses have included: "Introduction to Catholicism"; A Religious History of American Catholicism"; "Religion in the United States."

617.552.3893
thomas.wangler@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/twangler.html