Theology Department Faculty
James Keenan, S.J.
Canisius Professor; Director of The Jesuit Institute
James Keenan, S.J.
S.T.D.
Contact
Stokes Hall 331N
Telephone: 617-552-3765
Email: james.keenan.2@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Fordham University
- M.Div., Weston Jesuit School of Theology
- S.T.L., Gergorian University, Rome
- S.T.D., Georgorian University, Rome
Courses
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
Catholic Theological Ethics, twelfth through eighteenth centuries
John and Virtue Ethics
Research Interests
university ethics, fundamental moral theology; history of theological ethics; Thomas Aquinas; virtue ethics; HIV/AIDS; Church leadership ethics
Office Hours
M 2-3 p.m., 4:30-5 p.m.; Tu 12-1 p.m.; W 2-3 p.m.
Department
Books
Doing Catholic Theological Ethics in a Cross Cultural and Interreligious Asian Context edited with Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan and Shaji George Kochuthara (Bangalore: Dharmaram Press, 2016), forthcoming.
The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics edited with Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan and Ronaldo Zacharias (Orbis Press, 2016), forthcoming.
A Brief History of Catholic Ethics (Paulist Press, 2016), forthcoming.
University Ethics: Why Colleges Need A Culture of Ethics (Rowman and Littlefield, May 2015).
Paul and Virtue Ethics with Daniel Harrington (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2010).
Catholic Theological Ethics, Past, Present, and Future: The Trento Conference edited (Orbis, 2011); (Bangalore: Theological Publications in India, 2012). (Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2013).
A History of Catholic Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century: From Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences (New York: Continuum, 2010).