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Servais Pinckaers Fellow in Catholic Ethics, the Word on Fire Institute
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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
MA (Yale University) and Ph.D. (University of Chicago) in Religious Ethics
Servais Pinckaers Fellow of Catholic Ethics at the Word on Fire Insitute
Dr. Petrusek specializes in philosophical and theological ethics, though lectures widely in English and Spanish on philosophy, Christian theology, politics, social issues, and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. He is a Word on Fire Institute Fellow, host of the show Reasons to Believe on WordNet TV, and a member of the Catholic Speaker's Organization. Dr. Petrusek is a practicing Roman Catholic and lives with his wife and children in the Inland Empire.
SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
Books and Articles
Books
Evangelizing Politics: An Antidote to Ideology, Word on Fire Insitute Press, forthcoming 2023.
Co-editor, Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries, Cascade Books, 2022.
Co-author, Jordan Peterson, God, and Christianity: The Search for a Meaningful Life, Word on Fire Insitute Press, 2021.
Co-editor,Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity, University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.
Book Chapters
"Retrieving (Meta)ethics in an Age of Advocacy," in Ethics and Advocacy: Bridges and Boundaries, Cascade Books, 2022.
“Introduction,” co-authored in Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity, University of Notre Dame Press, 2020
“Protestant and Orthodox Perspectives on Dignity: A Response,” in Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity, University of Notre Dame Press, 2020
“Afterword,” co-authored with Jonathan Rothchild, in Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity, University of Notre Dame Press, 2020
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
“The Mysticism of Encounter: How Pope Francis Provides Fresh Grounds for Solidarity by Overcoming Flaws in the Post-Colonial and Civilizational-Clash Paradigms of the ‘Other,’” Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 16:2, 2019, 1-28.
“Dialoguing from a Fixed Point: How Aristotle and Pope Francis Illuminate the Promise—and Limits—of Inclusion in Catholic Higher Education,” the Journal of Catholic Higher Education, 36:2 (2017), 145-170.
“Making the Fundamental Option Fully Free: How Human Capabilities Help Clarify Karl Rahner’s Conception of Justice,” Philosophy and Theology, (2017) 29 (2): 433-460, DOI: 10.5840/philtheol201782888.
“The Image of God and Moral Action: Challenging the Practicality of the Imago Dei,” Studies in Christian Ethics, (2017) 30 (1): 1-27, DOI: 10.1177/0953946816674150.
“Human Capacities and the Problem of Universally Equal Dignity: Two Philosophical Test Cases and a Theistic Response,” Journal of Moral Theology, (2016) 5 (1): 37-64.
“The Relevance of Karl Rahner’s View of Dignity for the Catholic Social Thought Tradition,” Philosophy and Theology, (2015) 27 (2): 513-538, DOI: 10.5840/philtheol201511542.
SPEAKING/LECTURE REQUESTS
Inquiry Instructions
I am happy to speak to your large or small group, in English or Spanish. If interested, please visit my Catholic Speakers page and/or send an email to info@CatholicSpeakers.com
EN ESPAÑOL
Bienvenidos
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