Theology Department Faculty

Kristin E. Heyer

Professor; Joseph Chair in Theology

Selected Publications

鈥溾楬eart(s) of Flesh鈥: Structural Sin and Social Salvation,鈥 Presidential Address,听CTSAProceedings听78 (2024) 59-88,听.

The Moral Vision of Pope Francis:听Expanding the US Reception of the First Jesuit Pope,听ed. with Conor Kelly, Georgetown University Press: 2024.

鈥淓nfleshing the Work of Social Production: Gender, Race and Agency.鈥澨Journal of Moral Theology听12 (Special Issue 1): 82鈥107.听.

鈥淲alls in the Heart: Social Sin in听Fratelli Tutti,鈥Journal of Catholic Social Thought听19.1(Winter 2022) 25-40.听DOI:

Christianity and the Law of Migration: An Introduction,听ed. with Silas W. Allard and Raj Nadella. Abingdon: Routledge, 2021.

鈥淩adical听Solidarity:听Migration听in听the听USA听as听a Challenge听for听Theological听Ethics鈥 in Charles E. Curran and Lisa A. Fullam, eds.,听U.S. Moral Theology from the Margins: Readings in Moral Theology No. 19听(Paulist Press, 2020).

鈥淏ecoming Islands of Mercy in a Sea of Indifference: Migration, Social Sin, and Conversion,鈥 in Thomas Kelly and Robert Pennington eds.,听An Ethic for Bridge Building: Pope Francis鈥 Practical Theological Approach听(Herder & Herder, 2020) 77-91.

鈥,鈥澨Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society听6.1 (July 2020) 158-170听DOI:听.

鈥淢igration, Social Sin, and Solidarity,鈥 in Peter Phan, ed.,听Christian Theology in the Age of Migration:听Implications for World Christianity听(Lexington Books, 2020).

Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers from CTEWC 2018,ed. with James听F. Keenan and Andrea Vicini. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2019.

鈥淏eyond the Northern Paradigm: Catholic Theological Ethics in Global Perspective,鈥 with Linda Hogan,听Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics听39, 39.1 (Spring/Summer 2019).听

鈥淚nternalized Borders: Immigration Ethics in the Age of Trump,鈥澨Theological Studies听79.1 (March 2018) 146-164.

Public Theology and the Global Common Good: the Contribution of David Hollenbach,听ed. with Kevin Ahern, Meghan Clark, and Laurie Johnston. Orbis Press, 2016.

Conscience and Catholicism: Rights, Responsibilities and Institutional Responses, ed. with David DeCosse. Orbis Press, 2015.

Kinship Across Borders: A Christian Ethic of Immigration.听Georgetown University Press, Moral Traditions series, 2012.

Works in progess:

Moral Agency and the Promise of Freedom, under contract with Moral Traditions Series, Georgetown University Press: in progress.