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David Hollenbach

United States
Institution Georgetown University
Position Pedro Arrupe Distinguished Research Professor, School of Foreign Service, and Senior Fellow, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Email Address david.hollenbach@georgetown.edu
Prior Educational Background
  • Ph.D., 1975: Yale University (Religious Ethics), Department of Religious Studies
  • M.Div., 1971: Woodstock College
  • M.A., 1968: St. Louis University, Department of Philosophy
  • Ph.L., 1968: St. Louis University, College of Philosophy and Letters
  • B.S., 1964: St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia (Physics)
Research Interests
  • Economic Ethics
  • Environmental/Ecological Ethics
  • Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
  • Globalization
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • Philosophical Ethics
  • Political Ethics
  • Social Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Past Events
  • Trent 2010
  • Padua 2006
Recent Publications
  • Humanity in Crisis: Ethical and Religious Response to Refugees. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2019.
  • “Human Rights in Catholic Social Thought: A Living Tradition and Some Urgent Challenges Today.” The Michael Devlin Lecture, Faculty of Theology, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Ireland. Irish Theological Quarterly, May 21, 2019. Available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0021140019849422
  • “The Glory of God And The Global Common Good: Solidarity in a Turbulent World,” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America 72 (2017): 51-60. Presidential Address given at the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 11, 2017.
  • The Jesuits and the 'More Universal Good': At Vatican II and Today." In Thomas Banchoff and José Casanova, eds., The Jesuits and Globalization: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Challenges. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2016, 169-187.
  • “La ‘Méthode du Dialogue’ de François, Stimulante mais Incomplete,” CERAS (Centre de Recherche et d'Action Sociales, Paris, France), February, 2016, online publication: www.doctrine-sociale-catholique.fr/index.php?id=8131
  • "Religious Freedom in Global Context Today: Some Contributions by Vatican II and John Courtney Murray." In Massimo Faggioli and Andrew Vicini, eds., The Legacy of Vatican II. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015, 248-272.
  • "Human Dignity: Experience and History, Practical Reason and Faith," In Christopher McCrudden, ed., Understanding Human Dignity. Proceedings of the British Academy, no. 192. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 123-139.
  • The Global Face of Public Faith: Politics, Human Rights, and Christian Ethics. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. Chinese translation, with new Foreword by the author: 公共信仰的全球面相﹕政治，人權與基督教倫理. 公共神學系列 (Series on Public Theology). 香港 (Hong Kong): 漢語基督教文化研究所 (Institute of Sino-Christian Studies), 2013.
  • The Common Good and Christian Ethics. New Studies in Christian Ethics. Cambridge University Press, 2002. French translation: Bien Commun et Éthique Chrétienne, with preface by Gaël Giraud, S.J., trans. Robert Kremer and Cozette Griffin-Kremer. Paris: Editions Facultés Jésuites de Paris, 2018.