People
Jean Porter
John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology
(specializing in moral theology/Christian ethics)
(B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1976; M.Div., Weston School of Theology, 1980; Ph.D. Yale, Department of Religious Studies, 1984)
Profile
Professor Porter's research interests lie primarily in the areas of foundational moral theology and the history of Christian moral thought, especially in the scholastic period. Her most recent publications include Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics (Ottawa: Novalis/Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999), which offers an interpretation of the scholastic concept of natural law, and Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of Natural Law (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), which develops a contemporary theological account of natural law. In addition, she is the author of two other books and over thirty scholarly articles in refereed journals or as chapters of books. In 1997, she received a prestigious Luce Fellowship in Theology, and in 2005 she served as the President of the Society of Christian Ethics. In addition, she serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Religious Ethics, as well as the British journal Studies in Christian Ethics. She is currently working on a theory of positive law based on the theory of natural law developed in her most recent book.
Contact
431 Malloy Hall
574-631-6565
Jean.Porter.3@nd.edu