Meghan Clark

Institution St. John's University

Position Associate Professor of Moral Theology

Email Address clarkm1@stjohns.edu

University Profile Website URL

Prior Educational Background

Ph.D. Theological Ethics, Boston College 2009
BA, Fordham University, 2003

Research Interests

Economic Ethics
Feminist, Womanist, or Mujerista Ethics
Globalization
Human Rights
Political Ethics

Past Events

Sarajevo 2018
Trent 2010
Padua 2006

Recent Publications

Book: The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights (Fortress Press, April 2014).
Edited Book: Public Theology and the Global Common Good: Essays in Honor of David Hollenbach, co-edited with Kevin Ahern, Kristin Heyer, and Laurie Johnston (Orbis Press, September 2016).
Recent Articles: “Fratelli Tutti: Reading the Social Magisterium of Pope Francis,” Journal of Catholic Social Thought forthcoming 2022.
“Charity, Justice, and Development in Practice: A Case Study of the Daughters of Charity in East Africa” Journal of Moral Theology, June 2020., p. 1-14.
“Pope Francis & The Christological Dimensions of Solidarity in Catholic Social Teaching” Theological Studies, March 2019.
Recent Book Chapters: “Health, Human Rights, & Hope: Practicing Local Listening and Solidarity with Village Midwives in Sudan,” A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics,” CTEWC JMT Book Series, Jennie Weiss Block, M. Therese Lysaught, and Alexandre A. Martins, eds. Forthcoming 2023
The Witness of Incarnational Solidarity: Oscar Romero and Living out Gaudium et Spes” for Romero & Catholic Social Teaching edited by Todd Walatka, Forthcoming)
"Transforming Interdependence into Social Virtue: Solidarity in Catholic Social Thought,” in Solidarity, edited by Andrea Sangiovanni and Juri Viehoff (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2023) in “The Virtues” Series.
“Development as Freedom Together: Human Dignity and Human Rights in Catholic Social Teaching and Capabilities Approaches” in Integral Human Development: Catholic Social Teaching and the Capabilities Approach Edited by Severine Deneulin and Clemens Sedmak, University of Notre Dame Press (Kellog Series in International Studies, forthcoming 2023)
“Modeling a Personal Solidarity in a World of Exclusion” in Street Homelessness and Catholic Theological Ethics, Edited by James Keenan, SJ and Mark Mc Greevey (Orbis, November 2019).
Edited Journal Issues: Special Issue on Fratelli Tutti, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Spring 2022 co-edited with Dr Anna Rowlands.
Special Themed Issue on “Doing moral theology intersectionally,” Journal of Moral Theology, co-edited with Emily Reimer-Barry (USD) and Anna Perkins (University of West Indies), Forthcoming 2023
Special Issue on Street Homelessness and Catholic Social Teaching, Journal of Vincentian Social Action Volume 4 Issue 1 (2019). Co-edited with Dr. Anna Rowlands. https://scholar.stjohns.edu/jovsa/vol4/iss1/

Professional Activities and Affiliations

Assistant Coordinator/Organizing Secretary, North American Working Group, “Doing Theology from the Existential Peripheries” a project of the Migrant and Refugee Section of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development (2021-2022)
Catholic Delegation, Conversations with the Salvation Army, Dicastery for the Promoting Christian Unity (2022)
Faculty Expert, Holy See Mission to the United Nations in New York (2011-present)
Editorial Board: Journal of Moral Theology, Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Praxis: an Interdisciplinary Journal of Faith and Justice
Visiting Lecturer/Fulbright Scholar, Hekima Institute for Peace Studies and International Relations, Hekima University College Nairobi, Kenya Fall 2015
Durham Residential Research Library Visiting Fellowship, working with the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, May 2018, Durham, UK
Member, Catholic Theological Society of America, (National) 2009 – present (Board Member, 2019-2021)
Member, Society of Christian Ethics, (National), 2009- present

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