David Hollenbach, S.J.

EDUCATION
Yale University, Ph.D. in Religious Ethics, 1975

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Before coming to Boston College, Hollenbach taught at Georgetown University and at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, MA. He has been Visiting Professor of Social Ethics at Hekima College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, and at the Jesuit Philosophy Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In 1990, he conducted the annual Winter School of Theology in six cities in Southern Africa, sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Southern Africa.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
His research interests are in the foundation of Christian social ethics, particularly in the areas of the human rights, theory of justice, the common good, and the role of the religion in social and political life.

TEACHING
Ethics of War and Peacemaking
Christian Ethics and Social Issues
Human Rights
Ethics, Religion and International Politics
Niebuhr and Murray
Contemporary Theories of Justice
The Common Good

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Hollenbach served as President of the Society of Christian Ethics (1995-1996) and on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Theological Society of America (1982-1984). He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Religious Ethics and the steering committee of the Consultation of Religion and Human Rights of the American Academy of Religion. He assisted the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in drafting their 1986 pastoral letter Economic Justice for All: Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy. In 1979 he received a Walsh-Price Fellowship for travel in Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt to do research on religion and human rights in the Middle East. In 1996 he received a Fulbright Fellowship for research and teaching in Kenya. In June, 1998, Hollenbach received the John Courtney Murray Award for outstanding contributions to theology from the Catholic Theological Society of America.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
His publications include The Common Good and Christian Ethics (2002); Catholicism and Liberalism: Contributions to American Public Philosophy, edited with R. Bruce Douglass (1994); Justice, Peace, and Human Rights: American Catholic Social Ethics in a Pluralistic World (1988); Nuclear Ethics: A Christian Moral Argument (1983); Claims in Conflict: Retrieving and Renewing the Catholic Human Rights Tradition (1979). A new book, Faith, Politics, and Society: Essays on Christian Ethics, will be published by Georgetown University Press in 2003.

PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002
“Human Rights, Justice and the World Church,” America, October 30, 2006, 10-12.

“Globalization, Solidarity, and Justice,” East Asian Pastoral Review 43, 1 (Manila, Philippines, 2006): 21-38.

Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, edited with Kenneth R. Himes (lead editor), Lisa Sowle Cahill, Charles E. Curran, David Hollenbach, S.J. and Thomas Shannon. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2005. Includes D. Hollenbach, “Gaudium et Spes: Commentary and Interpretation,” 266-291.

“Joy and Hope, Grief and Anguish: ‘Gaudium et Spes’ 40 Years Later,” America, December 5, 2005, 12-14.

“Human Rights in Catholic Thought: A New Synthesis,” America, October 31, 2005, 16-18.

“Military Intervention in Darfur?” Vital Theology 1, no. 18, Feb. 1, 2005, 3.

“The Search for Universal Values: Religious Contributions.” In Universal Values: Proceedings of International Symposium in connection with the 2004 Olympics at the Academy of Athens, Loucas G. Christophorou and George Contopoulos, eds. Athens: Academy of Athens, 2004, 295-303. 

“A Response to Denise Ackermann’s ‘Reconciliation as Embodied Change: A South African Perspective,’” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America 59 (2004): 68-70.

“Freedom for Humanity--Response to Clifford Green.” In For the Sake of the World: Karl Barth and the Future of Ecclesial Theology, George Hunsinger, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004, 109-114.

“The Hard Lessons of Kakuma: The Suffering of Refugees Should Raise New Questions about the Use of Military Force,” America, February 9, 2004, 13-15.

The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics. Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press, 2003.

“Christianity in a Community of Freedom: An Interview with Professor David Hollenbach, S.J.”  Hekima Review 30 (Nairobi, Kenya: December, 2003): 92-99.

“Strength in Mission through Solidarity: Catholic Higher Education in a Divided World,” Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education 23, no. 2 (summer, 2003): 5-14.

“Mercados, Justicia y Bien Común,” Mensaje 52, no. 517 (Santiago, Chile: Marzo-Abril, 2003): 31-34.

“The Common Good and Christian Ethics,” Woodstock Report, 74 (June, 2003): 3-8. 

"Response" [to essays by Nancy Rosenblum, Miera and Sanford Levinson, and Amy Gutmann]. In School Choice: The Moral Debate, Alan Wolfe, ed.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003, 149-152.

The Common Good and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

"The Life of the Human Community: How Can We Pursue a Ministry of Solidarity," America November 4, 2002, 6-8.

“Globalization, Solidarity, and Justice,” East Asian Pastoral Review 43, 1 (Manila, Philippines, 2006): 21-38.

Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, edited with Kenneth R. Himes (lead editor), Lisa Sowle Cahill, Charles E. Curran, David Hollenbach, S.J. and Thomas Shannon. Washington, D.C., Georgetown University Press, 2005. Includes D. Hollenbach, “Gaudium et Spes: Commentary and Interpretation,” 266-291.

“Joy and Hope, Grief and Anguish: ‘Gaudium et Spes’ 40 Years Later,” America, December 5, 2005, 12-14.

“Human Rights in Catholic Thought: A New Synthesis,” America, October 31, 2005, 16-18.

“Military Intervention in Darfur?” Vital Theology 1, no. 18, Feb. 1, 2005, 3.

“The Search for Universal Values: Religious Contributions.” In Universal Values: Proceedings of International Symposium in connection with the 2004 Olympics at the Academy of Athens, Loucas G. Christophorou and George Contopoulos, eds. Athens: Academy of Athens, 2004, 295-303. 

“A Response to Denise Ackermann’s ‘Reconciliation as Embodied Change: A South African Perspective,’” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America 59 (2004): 68-70.

“Freedom for Humanity--Response to Clifford Green.” In For the Sake of the World: Karl Barth and the Future of Ecclesial Theology, George Hunsinger, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2004, 109-114.

“The Hard Lessons of Kakuma: The Suffering of Refugees Should Raise New Questions about the Use of Military Force,” America, February 9, 2004, 13-15.

The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics. Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press, 2003.

“Christianity in a Community of Freedom: An Interview with Professor David Hollenbach, S.J.”  Hekima Review 30 (Nairobi, Kenya: December, 2003): 92-99.

“Strength in Mission through Solidarity: Catholic Higher Education in a Divided World,” Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education 23, no. 2 (summer, 2003): 5-14.

“Mercados, Justicia y Bien Común,” Mensaje 52, no. 517 (Santiago, Chile: Marzo-Abril, 2003): 31-34.

“The Common Good and Christian Ethics,” Woodstock Report, 74 (June, 2003): 3-8. 

"Response" [to essays by Nancy Rosenblum, Miera and Sanford Levinson, and Amy Gutmann]. In School Choice: The Moral Debate, Alan Wolfe, ed.Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003, 149-152.

The Common Good and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

"The Life of the Human Community: How Can We Pursue a Ministry of Solidarity," America November 4, 2002, 6-8.