The Reverend Dr.

J. Bryan Hehir
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship (1984)
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Roman Catholic)
ChurchLatin Church
Ordained1966 (priest)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Ethics of Intervention (1976)
Academic work
DisciplineTheology
Sub-disciplineChristian ethics
Institutions

Joseph Bryan Hehir (born 1940) is an American Catholic priest, philosopher, and theologian in the United States. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984.[1]

Career

Hehir has served as the Secretary of Health and Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. He was also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government until his retirement in 2021.[2]

Hehir was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at the Harvard Divinity School.[3]

Hehir was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.[4] He became a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2002.[5]

In 2004, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.[6]

References

  1. ^ "MacArthur Fellows / Meet the Class of March 1984. Bryan Hehir Religion and Foreign Policy Scholar". MacArthur Foundation. 1 March 1984. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Six faculty retirements". www.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  3. ^ "J. Bryan Hehir". Harvard University. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ "J. Bryan Hehir". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  5. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  6. ^ "Recipients | The Laetare Medal". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Awards Preceded byPaulo Evaristo Arns Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award 1983 Succeeded byRamón Custodio [es] Preceded byPhilip Gleason Marianist Award for Intellectual Contributions 1995 Succeeded byCharles Taylor


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