Jeanporter

Jean Porter born March 20, 1955 is a theologian who focuses on Christian morals and ethics. In 2005, she was the President of the Society of Christian Ethics and is a member of the Advisory Committee for Faculty Development of the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. She is currently a professor at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. Her Parents were Frank Porter and June Heidelberg Porter (June Newton-Ada Oklahoma) of Spearman Texas in Hansford County Texas. She is married to Joseph Blenkinsopp (Emeritus Faculty) John A. O’Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies Notre Dame.

Education

Jean Porter graduated Spearman High School Spearman Texas 1973 as Valedictorian. She scored a perfect 1600 test score on the SAT test. She was a national merit scholar. She was active in Speech Debate Drama and was winner for 4 years in a row of the State Debate Title Womens. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. She then got her Masters of Divinity from Weston School of Theology in 1980. In 1984, Jean Porter received her Ph. D from the Department of Religious studies at Yale University.

Career

Jean Porter is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Religious Ethics, the British Journal, and the Studies in Christian Ethics. In addition, she is a member of the Advisory Committee for Faculty Development of the Association of Theological Schools. Jean Porter received the Luce Fellowship in Theology in 1997. Additionally, in 2005, she acted as the President of the Society of Christian Ethics. Jean Porter is currently a professor at the University of Notre Dame.

Publications

Articles:

"Trajectories in Christian Ethics", in The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics, ed. William Schweiker, Oxford 2005, 227-36.
"The Common Good in Thomas Aquinas", in In Search of the Common Good", ed. Patrick Miller and Dennis McCann, New York 2005, 94-120.
"Right Reason and the Love of God: The Parameters of Aquinas' Moral Theology", in The Theology of Thomas Aquinas, ed. Rik van Nieuwenhove and Joseph Wawrykow, Notre Dame 2005, 167-91.
"Direct" and "Indirect" in Grisez's Moral Theory, Theological Studies, Dec 1996.
Natural Law as a Scriptural Concept: Theological reflections on a medieval theme, Theology Today, July 2002.
Quaestio Disputata: delaying hominization, reflections on some recent Catholic claims for delayed hominization, Theological Studies, Dec 1995.
Is the embryo a person?: Arguing with the Catholic traditions, Commonweal, Feb 2002.
The search for a global ethic, Theological Studies, Mar 2001.
Misplaced nostalgia: 'ex corde' and the medieval university, Commonweal, Apr 2001
What Kind of "War"?: World Trade Center Disaster and the response, Commonweal, Sept 2001 (final of 4 responses)
Protecting individual rights: A Deeply Catholic Tradition, Commonweal, Nov 2006

Lectures:

"The Common Good as Political Norm", under auspices of the Center for Faith and Culture, St. Mary's Seminary, Houston, October 20, 2004.
"Common Good, Ethics, Economics", study group on the common good and economic issues sponsored by the CFI, Houston.
"Political Authority and the Rule of Law in Theological Perspective," West Coast Section of the Society of Christian Ethics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, February 18, 2005.

Papers:

"The Common Good in Thomas Aquinas", Center for Thomistic Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, October 21, 2004.

Books:

Natural and Divine Law: Reclaiming the Tradition for Christian Ethics, Ottawa-Grand Rapids 1999, 340 pp.
Moral Action and Christian Ethics, Cambridge 1995, paperback ed. Cambridge 1999, xvi + 235 pp.
The Recovery of Virtue: The Relevance of Aquinas for Christian Ethics, British ed., London 1994, 208 pp.
Ministers of the Law: A Natural Law Theory of Legal Authority, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2010,

References

(1) http://theology.nd.edu/people/all/porter-jean/index.shtml

(2) http://andrewgoddard.squarespace.com/jean-porter/

(3) http://cslr.law.emory.edu/people/person/name/porter/

(4) Porter, J. (1990) The Recovery of Virtue: The Relevance of Aquinas for Christian Ethics. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press.