EDUCATION

STL, STD, Gregorian University, Rome
MDiv, Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, MA
BA, Fordham University, New York

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY

Jim Keenan has been a Jesuit of the New York Province since 1970 and an ordained priest since 1982.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fundamental moral theology; history of theological ethics; Thomas Aquinas; virtue ethics; HIV/AIDS; genetics; Church leadership ethics

TEACHING

Fundamental Moral Theology
Virtue Ethics
Twentieth Century Catholic Moral Theology
New Testament and Ethics
The Church and Ethics: Contemporary and Historical Cases
The Human Body
The Ethics of Thomas Aquinas
Ethical Issues of HIV/AIDS
Genetics Seminar

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS

• Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh.
• Fellow, Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton
• Grant and Faculty Fellowship, Association of Theological Schools,
• Tuohy Chair, John Carroll University;
• Gasson Chair, Boston College
• Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Award (2002) Catholic Ethicists on HIV/AIDS
  Prevention
• Consultant to National Conference of Catholic Bishops for the Revision of the Ethical Guidelines for Catholic Health Care Institutions. 1988-1995
• Editorial Board Member of Theological Studies. 1991-
• Series Editor, Moral Traditions, Georgetown University Press. 1993-
• Chair, Catholic Theological Coalition on HIV/AIDS Prevention. 1997-
• Board of Trustees, John Carroll University. 1999-2002
• Group Leader, Surgeon General’s Task Force on Responsible Sexual Conduct. 2000-2002
• Advisor, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance. 2000-
• Board of Directors, Society of Christian Ethics. 2001-
• Chair, Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church. 2003-
• Adjunct Professor, Gregorian University, Rome: Loyola School of Theology, Manila.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century: From Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences. (Continuum, 2010).

The Ethics of the Word: Voices in the Catholic Church Today. (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).

Edited With Agnes Brazal, Aloysius Cartagenas, and Eric Genilo, ed., Transformative Theological Ethics: East Asian Contexts (Quezon City: Ateoneo de Manila University Press, 2010).

Co-authored with Daniel Harrington, Paul and Virtue Ethics (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).

“Contemporary Contributions to Sexual Ethics,” Theological Studies 71 (2010) 148-167.

Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition. Second, revised edition (Sheed and Ward, 2009).

"HIV/AIDS: The Expanding Ethical Challenge," Eugene Duffy and Patrick Hannon, ed., Beauty, Truth and Love: Essays in Honour of Enda McDonagh (Dublin: Columba Press, 2009) 126-148.

"Impasse and Solidarity in Theological Ethics," Catholic Theological Society of America Proceedings 64 (2009) 47-60.

The Works of Mercy: The Heart of Catholicism. Second edition (Sheed and Ward, 2007).

Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church: The Plenary Papers from the First Cross-cultural Conference on Catholic Theological Ethics. (Continuum, 2007).