Faculty

Tobias Winright, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
twinrigh@slu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Moral Theology/Christian Ethics from the University of Notre Dame (2002)

M.Div., Duke University Divinity School (1991)

B.A., Political Science from the University of South Florida (1987)

Publications

"War, Nonviolence, and Police Action," in Gathered for the Journey: Moral Theology in Catholic Perspective, eds. M. Therese Lysaught and David Matzko McCarthy (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, forthcoming).

"Just Cause and Preemptive Strikes in the War on Terrorism: Insights from a Just-Policing Perspective,” The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics (forthcoming).

"What Might a Policing Approach Contribute to the Pacifist/Just-War Debate on Dealing with Terrorism?" in Religion and the Politics of Peace and Conflict, ed. Linda Hogan (Dublin, Ireland: Columba, 2006).

"Community Policing as a Paradigm for International Order," in Just Policing: Proposal for a Divided Church in a Violent World, edited by Gerald Schlabach (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2006).

"Death Penalty Walking,” The Cresset (Easter 2006).

"Peace Cops? Christian Peacemaking and the Implications of a Global Police Force,” Sojourners Magazine 35/3 (March 2006): 20-24.

“Advent of a New Attitude for Evaluating War?” The Cresset 69/2 (Advent/Winter 2005): 44-46.

"Pacifism In Roman Catholicism," in The Encyclopedia of Religion and War, edited by Gabriel Palmer-Fernandez (New York: Routledge, 2003).

Christian Worship & Capital Punishment (with Dr. Allyne Smith), Pamphlet #8 in the Renewing Radical Discipleship Series (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2003).

"The 'Slow War' Against Iraq: A Moral Analysis" (with Joseph E. Capizzi), The Josephinum Journal of Theology 8 (Winter/Spring 2001): 27-42.

"Bowling Alone But Not Patrolling Alone," FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin 70 (April 2001): 11-12.

"From Police Officers to Peace Officers," in The Wisdom of the Cross: Essays in Honor of John Howard Yoder, eds. Stanley Hauerwas et al. (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Press, 1999).

"Two Rival Versions of Just War Theory and the Presumption Against Harm in Policing," The Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics 18 (1998): 221-239.

"Virgil Michel on Worship and War," Worship 71 (September 1997): 451-462.

"Children: An Undeveloped Theme in Catholic Teaching" (with Todd David Whitmore) in The Challenge of Global Stewardship: Roman Catholic Responses, edited by Maura Ryan and Todd Whitmore (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997).

"Disapproving Disproportionate Response" (with Lee Camp), Perspectives 11 (November 1996): 5-6.

"The Perpetrator as Person: Theological Reflections on the Just War Tradition and the Use of Force by Police," Criminal Justice Ethics 14 (Summer/Fall 1995): 37-56.

Book Reviews

Dr. Winright has also published a number of book reviews in journals and periodicals, including Sojourners, National Catholic Reporter, Pro Ecclesia, The Christian Century, Heythrop Journal, Studies in Christian Ethics, Political Studies Review, Catholic.Books.Review.org, Theology Today, and the Review of Metaphysics.

Current Areas of Interest

Just-war theory; pacifism; just-peacemaking; just-policing; the death penalty; the connection between liturgy and ethics; environmental theology; liberation theology; Catholic social teaching

Courses Taught

Christian Morality: Principles
Theology & the Environment
Poverty, Wealth, & Justice
Ethics & Liturgy