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Jennifer A. Herdt
Associate Professor of Theology
(B.A., Oberlin College, 1989; M.A., Princeton University, 1991; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994)
Profile
Professor Herdt's primary interests are in the history of moral thought since the 17th century, classical and contemporary virtue ethics, and contemporary Protestant social ethics and political theology. She is the author of Religion and Faction in Hume's Moral Philosophy (Cambridge: 1997) and of over twenty articles and book chapters, which have appeared in a variety of journals, including the Journal of Religious Ethics, the Journal of Religion, and the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly.
Her current major project is a book manuscript titled Putting on Virtue: The Legacy of the Splendid Vices. She has been the recipient of a Carey Senior Fellowship at the Erasmus Institute (2004-2005), a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Center for Philosophy of Religion (1998-1999), a Mellon Graduate Prize Fellowship from the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University (1992), and a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities (1989). In 2006-2007, she is serving as Executive Fellow of the College of Arts and Letters. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Religious Ethics and on the Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics.
Contact
242 Malloy Hall
574-631-3837
Herdt.1@nd.edu