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EDUCATION
Siena College, B.A. in history, 1971
Washington Theological Union, M.A. in theology, 1975
Duke University, Ph.D. in religion and public policy, 1981
BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Prior to joining the faculty at Boston College, Himes taught at Washington Theological Union. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Virginia, Howard University Divinity School and St. John’s University (NY) where he held the Paul McKeever Chair. A member of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) he has held a number of leadership positions within his religious community.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
His research interests are in the history of Catholic social teaching, the role of the U.S. Catholic community in American social reform, the ethics of warfare, and the relationship of religion and politics in the nation’s public life.
TEACHING
The Moral Dimension of the Christian Life
History of Catholic Social Teaching
Texts in Fundamental Moral Theology
American Catholicism and Social Reform
Ethical Questions on War and Peace
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Himes has served as President of the Catholic Theological Society of America (2000-2001) and is also a member of the Society of Christian Ethics. He was on the editorial board of New Theology Review and was editor of that journal from 1998-2002. He was a fellow of the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ during 1992. For several years he acted as theological consultant for the Office of Social Development and World Peace at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Publications include An Introduction to Christian Ethics (edited with Ronald Hamel, 1989); Fullness of Faith: the public significance of theology (authored with Michael Himes, 1993); Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching (2001).
Forthcoming is an edited volume Catholic Social Teachings: commentaries and essays (Georgetown University Press, 2005).
PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2002
“Moral Notes: Consumerism” Theological Studies 68 (forthcoming March, 2007)
“Hard Questions About Just War” America 193 (October 30, 2006): 13-15
“’Two There Are’: Religion and Politics in a Polarized Society” New Theology Review 19/1 (August 2006): 5-13
“Vatican II and Contemporary Politics” in Paul Manuel, Lawrence Reardon and Clyde Wilcox, eds. The Catholic Church and the Nation-State: Comparative Perspectives (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2006) pp. 15-32
“Reality Check: Can’t Afford a Vacation” Preach (July/August, 2006): 7-8
Editor, Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005)
“Introduction” in Kenneth R. Himes, ed. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, pp. 1-6
“Commentary on Justitia in Mundo” in Kenneth R. Himes, ed. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, pp. 333-362
co-author, “Commentary on Sollicitudo Rei Socialis” in Kenneth R. Himes, ed. Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, pp. 415-435
“To Inspire and Inform” America 192 (June 6, 2005): 7-10
A Job Half Done” Foreign Policy (May/June 2005): 65-66. Reprinted and Translated (Bulgarian) Foreign Policy (June/July 2005): 32-33
“Catholic Social Teaching on Peace Since Gaudium et Spes” New Theology Review 18/1 (February, 2005): 36-45
“The Indissolubility of Marriage: Reasons to Reconsider” Theological Studies 65 (2004): 453-499
“Intervention, Just War, and U.S. National Security” Theological Studies 65 (2004): 141-157. Reprinted and Translated (Japanese) in Shingaku Digest 98 (Summer 2005): 23-35
“Human Failing: the Meanings and Metaphors of Sin” in James Keating, ed. Moral Theology: New Directions and Fundamental Issues (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) pp. 145-161
“Roman Catholicism - Just War Doctrine” in Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez, ed. Encyclopedia of Religion and War (Great Barrington, MA: Routledge, 2003) p. 59
“Les Divorcés Remariés et L’Eucharistie” in Maurice Brouard, ed. Eucharistia: Encyclopédie de L’Eucharistie (Paris: Editions du Cerf, 2003) pp. 613-617
“Hierarchical Catholic Social Teaching: analysis and interpretation” in Timothy O’Connell, Thomas Shannon and James Walter, eds. A Call to Fidelity: On the Moral Theology of Charles E. Curran (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002) pp. 155-172
“Globalization’s Next Phase” Origins 32 (2002): 17, 19-22
“The Challenge of Peace and Economic Justice For All: Reflections Twenty Years Later” in David Stosur, ed. Unfailing Patience and Sound Teaching: Reflections on Episcopal Ministry in Honor of Rembert G.Weakland, O.S.B. (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002} pp. 213-235 | 
