Theology Department Faculty
James Keenan, S.J.
Vice Provost for Global Engagement
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
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GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT
- Visiting Professor, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram, Bangalore
- Visiting Professor, Gregorian University, Rome
- Visiting Professor, Ateneo de Manila
Books
A History of Catholic Theological Ethics, Paulist Press, 2022听
Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, co-edited with Kristin Heyer and Andrea Vicini (Marynoll: Orbis books, July 2019)
Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics, coedited with Mark McGreevy, (Marynoll: Orbis books, July 2019)
Contingent Faculty edited with Matt Gaudet, Journal of Moral Theology 8.1 (Spring 2019)
Amoris Laetitia: A New Momentum for Moral Formation and Pastoral Practice edited with Grant Gallicho (Mahwah: Paulist Press, 2018)
The Bible and Catholic Theological Ethics edited with Yiu Sing L煤c谩s Chan and Ronaldo Zacharias, (Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2017).
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A L煤c谩s Chan Reader: Pioneering Essays on Biblical and Asian Theological Ethics, edited with George Griener (Bangalore: Dharmarham, 2017)
Doing Catholic Theological Ethics in a Cross Cultural and Interreligious Asian Context edited with Yiu Sing L煤c谩s Chan and Shaji George Kochuthara, Bangalore: Dharmaram Press, 2016.
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University Ethics: How Colleges can Build and Benefit from a Culture of Ethics, Rowman and Littlefield, May 2015