Th.M., Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley (1982)
Diploma in Korean Language, Yonsei University (1984)
S.T.L., Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley (1985)
S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University (1989)
Research Interests
Biblical Ethics
Ecclesiology and Church Leadership
Fundamental Moral Theology
Globalization
Inculturation Theologies
Past Events
Trent 2010
Recent Publications
“Christian Ethics, Norms, and the Moral Evaluation of an Act.” In T. & T. Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics. Edited by Tobias Winright. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, (November 2020).
Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2013.
Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Dictionary of Theological Terms. 3rd ed., Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2013. “Intrinsic Evil in Veritatis Splendor and Two Contemporary Debates.”
Chapter 5 in The Concept of Intrinsic Evil and Catholic Theological Ethics, 55-66. Edited by Nenad Polgar and Joseph A. Selling. Lanham MD: Lexington Press, 2019.
“Responsum ad Dubia: Harmonizing Veritatis splendor and Amoris laetitia through a Conscience-Informed Casuistry.” Journal of Catholic Social Thought 15/1 (Winter 2018): 211-222.
“Conscience and Veritatis splendor in the Church Today.” Studia Moralia 55/2 (2017): 271-295.
"From Moral Act to Moral Event: Joseph Selling's Contribution in Re focusing Roman Catholic Fundamental Moral Theology" Louvain Studies 40 (Winter 2017): 84-97.
"Conscience and the Synod: An Evolving Quaestio Disputata." Journal of Moral Theology 5/2 (June 2016) 167-173.
“The Francis Effect on the Munus Docendi and Gubernandi of the Church.” Horizons 42/2 (December 2015): 368-403.
“Debating Intrinsic Evil: Navigation between Shibboleth and Gauntlet.” Horizons 41/1 (June 2014): 116-129.