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Jim Bretzke, SJ, STD

Professor - Theology and Religious Studies

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eMail

jbretzke@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-4714

Location

Saint Ignatius Hall 236b

Personal Websites

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Rev. James T. Bretzke, S.J., S.T.D. is a Professor of Theology at ִ˰appԼ. He has previously taught at Boston College’s graduate from 2008—2018, after which he moved to in his native Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a year before coming to John Carroll in 2019. His doctorate is from the in Rome, where he also taught for three years before coming to the and the Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley (1993-2003). He then served as Chair of the  at the .  He has also taught for several years in Seoul, Korea at and as a Visiting Professor of Moral Theology at the of the , Philippines.

Rev. Bretzke has also published and lectured widely in various aspects of moral theology in over ninety articles and reviews, plus seven books, including, (Georgetown University Press), and both from . He is also a frequent “go-to” person for the media on issues connected to the Catholic Church nationally and internationally.

Selected Courses

  • TRS 2500:
  • TRS 3126:
  • TRS 3530/5530:
  • TRS 3537:
  • TRS 3555/5555:

Selected Publications

  • Handbook of Roman Catholic Moral Terms. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2013
  • Consecrated Phrases: A Latin Dictionary of Theological Terms. Collegeville: Liturgical Press: 2003 (third edition)
  • A Research Bibliography in Christian Ethics and Catholic Moral Theology. Lewiston NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2006
  • A Morally Complex World: Engaging Contemporary Moral Theology. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 2004
  • Bibliography on East Asian Religion and Philosophy. Studies in Asian Thought and Religion, 23. Lewiston NY: Mellen Press, 2001.

Degrees

  • ...,y
  • S.T.L., Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley
  • Th.M. Jesuit School of Theology-at-Berkeley
  • M.Div. Weston School of Theology