Jean Porter

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana ~Reverend John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology. Leading scholar in moral theology and Christian ethics. Research focuses on the foundation and history of Christian moral thought, especially in the scholastic period. Books include Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics (1999), which offers an interpretation of the scholastic concept of natural law, and Nature as Reason: A Thomistic Theory of the Natural Law (2005), which develops a contemporary theological account of natural law. Served as President of the Society of Christian Ethics and currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics and Studies in Christian Ethics. Received the Luce Fellowship in Theology (2005).~~