Freshman class

West meets East

James T. Bretzke, SJ, professor of moral theology

STD, The Pontifical Gregorian University

Representative publication: "The Faith of the Church, the Magisterium, and the Theologian: Proper and Improper Interpretations of the Notification," in Hope & Solidarity: Jon Sobrino's Challenge to Christian Theology, edited by Stephen J. Pope (Orbis, 2008)

My primary area of research is fundamental moral theology. I am working on a book dealing with the interpretation of the Roman Catholic Magisterium's teachings on contemporary moral issues in the areas of politics, bioethics, sexual ethics, and social ethics. Having studied and taught in Europe and Asia for more than a decade, I am particularly interested in cross-cultural comparisons, examining, for example, Confucian and Christian approaches to ethics.