J. Bryan Hehir
J. Bryan Hehir | |
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Born | 1940 (age 81–82) Lowell, Massachusetts, US |
Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (1984) |
Ecclesiastical career | |
Religion | Christianity (Roman Catholic) |
Church | Latin Church |
Ordained | 1966 (priest) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The Ethics of Intervention (1976) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | Christian ethics |
Institutions |
Joseph Bryan Hehir (born 1940) is an Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Hehir was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984.[1]
Career[]
Hehir serves as the Secretary for Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. He is also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Hehir was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at the Harvard Divinity School.[2]
Hehir was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.[3] He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[4] In 2004, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.[5]
References[]
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows / Meet the Class of March 1984. Bryan Hehir Religion and Foreign Policy Scholar". MacArthur Foundation. 1 March 1984. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "J. Bryan Hehir". Harvard University. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "J. Bryan Hehir". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
- ^ "Recipients | The Laetare Medal". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
- 1940 births
- 20th-century American Roman Catholic priests
- Georgetown University faculty
- Harvard University alumni
- Harvard Kennedy School faculty
- Living people
- MacArthur Fellows
- Laetare Medal recipients
- Chelmsford High School alumni
- Harvard Divinity School faculty
- 21st-century American Roman Catholic priests
- American academic biography stubs
- Members of the American Philosophical Society