James Bretzke

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Jim Bretzke, SJ, STD

Professor - Theology and Religious Studies

eMail

jbretzke@jcu.edu

Phone Number

216-397-4714

Location

Saint Ignatius Hall 236b

Personal Websites

Rev. James T. Bretzke, S.J., S.T.D. is a Professor of Theology at �Ӱ��̳. 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 �Ӱ��̳ 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

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

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