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Matthew Shadle

United States
Institution Marymount University
Position Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies
Email Address mshadle@marymount.edu
University Profile Website URL
Prior Educational Background
  • Ph.D. in Theology, University of Dayton, 2007
  • M.A. in Theological Studies, University of Dayton, 2003
  • B.A. in Religion, Hendrix College, 2001
Research Interests
  • Economic Ethics
  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Globalization
  • History of Theological Ethics
  • Human Rights
  • Immigration
  • Liberation Theologies
  • Nonviolence
  • Political Ethics
  • Social Ethics
  • War, Peace, and Peacebuilding
Past Events
  • Trent 2010
Recent Publications
  • Interrupting Capitalism: Catholic Social Thought and the Economy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • The Origins of War: A Catholic Perspective. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011.
  • “Killer Robots and Cyber Warfare: Technology and War in the 21st Century.” In T&T Clark Companion to Christian Ethics, ed. Tobias L. Winright. New York: T&T Clark. Forthcoming.
  • “Secularization as the Historical Condition for the Distinctive Lay Vocation.” In Full, Conscious and Active: Lay Participation in the Church’s Dialogue with the World, ed. Donna L. Orsuto and Robert S. White, 79-88. Rome: Libreria Edizione Vaticana, 2020.
  • “Interrogating the Legal/Illegal Frame: Trump Administration Immigration Policy and the Christian Response.” In Journal of Ecumenical Studies 55 (2020): 91-103.
  • “Critical Realism and the Economy.” In Moral Agency, Social Structures, and Culture: A Primer on Critical Realism for Christian Ethics, ed. Daniel Finn, 73-87. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2020.
  • “Culture.” In Moral Agency, Social Structures, and Culture: A Primer on Critical Realism for Christian Ethics, ed. Daniel Finn, 43-57. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2020.
  • “Economic Activity in Gaudium et Spes: Opening to the World or Theological Vocation?” In Catholicism Opening to the World and Other Confessions: Vatican II and Its Impact, ed. Vladimir Latinovic, Gerard Mannion, and Jason Welle, O.F.M., 59-75. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
  • “Public Reason as Historical Reason: Post-Conciliar Social Teaching in the United States.” In Weaving the American Catholic Tapestry: Essays in Honor of William L. Portier, ed. Derek C. Hatch and Timothy R. Gabrielli, 219-36. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2017.
  • “Pope Francis on the Economy: A Challenge to Both Right and Left.” In Horizons 42 (2015): 28-34.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
  • American Academy of Religion
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • College Theology Society
  • Society of Christian Ethics