Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology and Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Among his recent publications is Politics, Justice, and War: Christian Governance and the Ethics of Warfare (Oxford University, 2015).
In 2002, he was appointed to The Cardinal’s Chair at The Intercultural Forum for Studies in Faith and Reason, The Saint John Paul II Cultural Center, in Washington, D.C He has been a Senior Fellow at the Culture of Life Foundation and a bioethics advisor to the Maryland State Stem Cell Commission. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame.
