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David Cloutier

United States
Institution The Catholic University of America
Position Associate Professor of Theology
Email Address cloutierd@cua.edu
University Profile Website URL
Prior Educational Background
  • B.A. Carleton College
  • Ph.D. Duke University
Research Interests
  • Economic Ethics
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Gender and Sexual Ethics
  • Political Ethics
  • Social Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
Past Events
  • Sarajevo 2018
  • Trent 2010
Recent Publications
  • The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age (Georgetown University Press, 2015)
  • Catholic Moral Theology and the Virtues: Integrating Psychology in Models of Moral Agency (w/AH Ahrens), Theological Studies 81 (2) (2020), 326-347
  • Cavanaugh and Grimes on Structural Evils of Violence and Race: Overcoming Conflicts in Contemporary Social Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 37 (2) (2017), 59-78
  • Exclusion, Fragmentation, and Theft: A Survey and Synthesis of Moral Approaches to Economic Inequality, Journal of Moral Theology 7 (1) (2018), 141-172
  • Walking God's Earth: The Environment and Catholic Faith (Liturgical Press, 2014)
  • Beyond Judgmentalism and Non-Judgmentalism: A Theological Approach to Public Discourse about Social Sins, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 39 (2019)
  • Moral Theology in Service of the Work of the Spirit: Synthesizing Pinckaers and Pope Francis Against the Moralities of Obligation, Journal of Moral Theology 8 (Special Issue 2) (2019), 13-30
  • Naming Our Sins: How Recognizing the Seven Deadly Vices Can Renew the Sacrament of Reconciliation (ed. w/Jana Bennett) (Catholic University of America Press, 2019)
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • Academy of Catholic Theology