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David Cloutier, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Moral Theology

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Faith Mullen, J.D.

Martha Cruz Zuniga, Ph.D.

Merylann Mimi J. Schuttloffel, Ph.D.

Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, D.Min., Ph.D.

Christopher Ruddy, Ph.D.

Enrique S. Pumar, Ph.D.

Andreas Widmer, M.A.

Lucia Silecchia, J.D.

Jack Yoest, M.B.A.

Chad C. Pecknold, Ph.D.

Andrew V. Abela, Ph.D.

David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP

Robert A. Destro, J.D.

James F. Brennan, Ph.D.

John J. Convey, Ph.D.

Patricia Andrasik, AIA, IIDA, LEED AP, M.Arch.

Brian T. Engelland, Ph.D.

Kurt Martens, J.C.D.

Venigalla B. Rao, Ph.D.

Clifford S. Fishman, J.D.

Ernest Suarez, Ph.D.

Julia Young, Ph.D.

Niki Akhavan, Ph.D.

Sarah Brown Ferrario, Ph.D.

Tobias Hoffmann, Ph.D.

Alexander Levin, Ph.D.

Trevor Lipscombe, Ph.D.

John Garvey, J.D.

John K. White, Ph.D.

Sandra L. Hanson, Ph.D.

John S. Grabowski, Ph.D.

Dorle Hellmuth, Ph.D.

V. Bradley Lewis, Ph.D.

Rev. Michael Witczak, S.L.D.

Sharyn L. Battersby, Ed.D.

Megan M. La Belle, J.D.

David Lipton, J.D.

Patricia C. McMullen, PhD, JD, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN

Michaela L. Zajicek-Farber, MSW, LCSW-C, BCD, PhD

J.P. Sandy Ogilvy, J.D., LL.M.

Antonio F. Perez, J.D.

Claes G. Ryn, Ph.D.

Msgr. Paul McPartlan, S.T.L., D.Phil.

Robin Darling Young, Ph.D.

Rev. Regis J. Armstrong, O.F.M. Cap., Ph.D.

Sandra Barrueco, Ph.D.

Julio Bermudez, Ph.D.

Gregory T. Doolan, Ph.D.

Melissa D. Grady, Ph.D., MSW, LICSW, LCSW

Kathryn Kelly, J.D.

William D. Kirst, M.B.A.

Arpad von Klimo, Ph.D, Habil.

Lilla Kopar, Ph.D.

Mary G. Leary, J.D.

Brendan A. Rich, Ph.D.

Mark L. Rienzi, J.D.

Andrew H. Weaver, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Winston, J.D.

Andrew Yeo, Ph.D.

Agnes Cave, Ph.D.

Mark J. Clark, Ph.D.

Charles B. Jones, Ph.D.

Robert D. Miller, II, O.F.S., Ph.D.

Michael Root, Ph.D.

Barry M. Wagner, Ph.D.

Frederic Sautet, Ph.D.

Maria Sophia Aguirre, Ph.D.

Daniel F. Attridge, J.D.

Nader Namazi, Ph.D.

Melissa Moschella, Ph.D.

Lawrence J. Morris, J.D., LL.M.

Jon Monaghan, M.F.A.

Msgr. Kevin W. Irwin, S.T.D.

Anthony Chiappetta, M.Ed.

Eileen A. Dombo, Ph.D., LICSW

Vadim D. Knyazev, Ph.D.

Timothy B. Noone, Ph.D., M.S.L.

Carlos Reimers, Ph.D.

John C. McCarthy, Ph.D.

Renate Chancellor, Ph.D.

Heidi Mandanis Schooner, J.D.

Joseph E. Capizzi, Ph.D.

Matthew Green, Ph.D.

Cara H. Drinan, J.D.

Ian Boxall, D.Phil.

Andrew Simpson, D.M.

Charles C. Nguyen, D.Sc.

J. Steven Brown, Ph.D., P.E.

Rev. Jude DeAngelo, M.Div.

Murry Sidlin, M.M.

Stephen Gorbos, D.M.A.

Anita G. Cook, Ph.D.

Rosalind M. Flynn, Ph.D.

Daniel R. Gibbons, Ph.D.

Janet Merritt, Ph.D., RN PMHCNS-BC

Abhijit Sarkar, Ph.D.

Petra Goodman, Ph.D.

Sue Yeon Syn, Ph.D.

William Rainford, LMSW, Ph.D.

Sharon Christman, M.M.

Marietta Hedges

Michael Gorman, Ph.D.

Kevin Forbes, Ph.D.

Hyojin Kim, Ph.D.

Paul Scherz, Ph.D.

Aaron Michael Butts, Ph.D.

William D. Dinges, Ph.D.

Jay D. Brock, M.F.A.

Angela McRae, Ph.D.

Jennifer Paxton, Ph.D.

Jandro L. Abot, Ph.D.

Jennifer R. Davis, Ph.D.

Susanna Frederick Fischer, LL.M.

Veryl Miles, J.D.

Nora M. Heimann, Ph.D.

Sarah Helene Duggin, M.Div, J.D.

Marin Roger Scordato, J.D.

Chelsea Stieber, Ph.D.

Christopher B. Raub, Ph.D.

Geoffrey R. Watson, J.D.

Rev. Raymond Studzinski, O.S.B.

Adnan Morshed, Ph.D.

Rev. D. Paul Sullins, Ph.D.

Vincent Kiernan, Ph.D.

David Cloutier, Ph.D.

Jay W. Richards, Ph.D.

Michael Pakaluk, Ph.D.

Jonathan Buttaci, Ph.D.

Bismark Agbelie, Ph.D.

Maryann Cusimano Love, Ph.D.

Nicholas Dujmovic, Ph.D.

Angela Knobel, Ph.D.

William L. Daniel, J.C.D., Ph.D.

Timothy McDonnell, D.M.A.

Michael Kimmage, Ph.D.

Duilia de Mello, Ph.D.

John A. Judge, Ph.D.

Diego Turo, Ph.D.

Aaron Dominguez, Ph.D.

Chen Guangcheng

Anthony P Cannizzaro, PhD

Richard Hassing, Ph.D.

Francisco J. Lara , Ph.D.

Elizabeth Shaw, Ph.D.

Edward M. Cook, Ph.D.

Michael J. New, Ph.D.

Gil Barndollar, Ph.D.

School

School of Theology and Religious Studies

Expertise

Environmental ethics

Economic ethics

Sexual ethics

Morality

Contemporary Catholicism in the U.S.

General questions on Catholic morality and public life

Related Experience

Cloutier is also president of the Board of Directors of the Common Market, a $20 million consuer food co-operative in Frederick, Md.

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A guide to clothing brands and the way their garment workers are treated September 24, 2019

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New book looks at why the 7 deadly vices still matter June 22, 2019

Publications

The Vice of Luxury

The Vice of Luxury (Georgetown University Press, 2015) is a scholarly study of the problem of economic excess, traditionally criticized as "luxury" puts the problem in the context of current society's consumption habits; integrates economics and theology; award-winner in the PROSE annual national competition of academic press books.
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Walking God's Earth: the Environment and Catholic Faith

Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Faith (Liturgical Press, 2014) is a comprehensive yet accessible overview of Catholic teaching and practice about the environment.
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