Jean Porter (theologian)
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Jean Porter | |
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Born | 1955 Oklahoma, US |
Occupation | theologian |
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Alma mater | Yale University |
Influences | Thomas Aquinas |
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Jean Porter is an American theologian, currently the John A. O'Brien Endowed Professor of Theology at University of Notre Dame.[1]
Porter received a BA in philosophy from The University of Texas in 1976, an M.Div. from Weston School of Theology in 1980, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1984.
Prior to teaching at Notre Dame, she taught at Vanderbilt Divinity School from 1984–1990.
She was President of the Society of Christian Ethics from 2005-2006 and serves on the editorial boards of the , , and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
She gave the Stone lectures at Princeton in 2011 and the Gradwell Lecture at Liverpool Hope University in 2004.
Major works:
- Ministers of the Law: A Natural Law Theory of Legal Authority. Eerdmans. 2010. ISBN 0802865631. Winner of a Catholic Press Association Book Award, 2011
- Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law. Eerdmans. 2005. ISBN 0802849067.
- Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics. Eerdmans. 1999. ISBN 0802846971.
- Moral Action and Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press. 1995. ISBN 0521657105.
- The Recovery of Virtue: The Relevance of Aquinas for Christian Ethics. Westminster. 1990. ISBN 0281047324.
References[]
- ^ "Jean Porter". nd.edu. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
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