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Jeff Morgan received his PhD in Moral Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 2015 and held postdoctoral positions at Notre Dame and Villanova University before coming to Saint Joseph’s College in 2019.
Dr. Morgan teaches and writes about the history of Christian thought, fundamental moral theology, and applied ethics. His recent courses include: Introduction to the Judeo Christian Tradition; Food Ethics; and Theology and the Environment.
His scholarly work has appeared in the Journal of Religious Ethics, the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Studies in Christian Ethics, and the Heythrop Journal. His book on conscience in modern theology, The Single Individual and the Searcher of Hearts, was published with T&T Clark in 2020.
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Experience:
- Associate Professor of Theology, Saint Joseph's College, 2024-Present
- Assistant Professor of Theology, Saint Joseph's College, 2019-2023
- Catherine of Siena Teaching Fellow, Villanova University, 2016-2019
- Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Notre Dame, 2015-2016
Affiliations:
- American Academy of Religion
- Society of Christian Ethics
Recent Publications:
- The Single Individual and the Searcher of Hearts (T&T Clark 2020). https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/single-individual-and-the-searcher-of-hearts-9780567697721/
- “The Disciplines of Power, The Weight of Love, and the Politics of Necessity: Reading Augustine with Foucault,” Heythrop Journal (2019)
- “Guilt, Self-Awareness, and the Good Will in Kierkegaard’s Confessional Discourses,” Studies in Christian Ethics (2019).
- “‘And Yet All is Not Lost:’ An Account and Defense of Ecological Conversion in Laudato Si,’” The Heythrop Journal (2018).
- “A Loss of Judgment: The Dismissal of the Judicial Conscience in Recent Christian Ethics” Journal of Religious Ethics (2017).