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Jonathan Rothchild - Loyola Marymount University. Los Angeles, CA, US

Jonathan Rothchild

Professor of Theological Studies | Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Biography

Dr. Rothchild is Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. His research analyzes contemporary moral issues and social and legal structures through the lenses of Christian theology and ethics.

Education (3)

University of Chicago: Ph.D., Divinity School 2004

University of Chicago: M.A., Divinity School 1999

Georgetown University: B.A., Theology 1996

Areas of Expertise (5)

Contemporary Moral Issues

Christian Theology

Christian Ethics

Theological Ethics

Law and Religion

Affiliations (3)

  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • American Academy of Religion
  • North American Paul Tillich Society

Courses (8)

Punishment and Mercy

Punishment and Mercy

God and The Good: An Introduction to Christian Ethics

God and The Good: An Introduction to Christian Ethics

Christian Marriage and Sexuality

Christian Marriage and Sexuality

God and the Human Experience

God and the Human Experience

Foundations of Theological Ethics

Foundations of Theological Ethics

Issues in Moral Theology Today

Issues in Moral Theology Today

Theology, Law, Science

Theology, Law, Science

Topics in Theological Ethics

Topics in Theological Ethics

Articles (8)

Federalism, Subsidiarity, and Voting Rights: Critiquing the Shelby County decision through Johannes Althusius and Catholic Social Teaching

The Journal of Law and Religion 32.1 (March 2017): 147-171.

“Federalism, Subsidiarity, and Voting Rights: Critiquing the Shelby County decision through Johannes Althusius and Catholic Social Teaching” (accepted; forthcoming in The Journal of Law and Religion).

Childhood without Life, Life without Childhood: Theological and Legal Critiques of Current Juvenile Justice Policies

Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics

“Childhood without Life, Life without Childhood: Theological and Legal Critiques of Current Juvenile Justice Policies,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 33:1 (2013): 124-157.

Transforming the Circle: Tillich's Dialectic Conception of Love and the Meaning of History

International Jahrbuch on Tillich's Philosophy of History

“Transforming the Circle: Tillich's Dialectic Conception of Love and the Meaning of History.” International Jahrbuch on Tillich's Philosophy of History, edited by Danz, Christian, Marc Dumas, Werner Schüßler, Mary Ann Stenger, and Erdmann Strum. Volume 8:1 (October, 2013): 15-32.

Dispenser of the Mercy of the Government: Pardons, the Rule of Law, and Felony Disenfranchisement

Journal of Religious Ethics

“Dispenser of the Mercy of the Government: Pardons, the Rule of Law, and Felony Disenfranchisement,” Journal of Religious Ethics 39:1 (2011) 48-70.

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See CV for complete list

See CV for complete list

Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity

Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.

Co-edited with Matthew Petrusek

Value and Vulnerability: An Interfaith Dialogue on Human Dignity.

Doing Justice to Mercy: Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice

Charlottesville: The University of Virginia Press, 2007

Co-edited with Matthew Meyer Boulton and Kevin Jung

Doing Justice to Mercy: Religion, Law, and Criminal Justice

“Guilt and Shame, Justice and Mercy: Mediating Actions and Whole Persons in Criminal Justice Processes”

Journal of Religious Ethics 48.3 (2020): 418–435.

“Guilt and Shame, Justice and Mercy: Mediating Actions and Whole Persons in Criminal Justice Processes”