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William O'Neill

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William O'Neill, S.J., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Social Ethics

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William O鈥橬eill, S.J. is a member of the Society of Jesus and associate professor of social ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology of 糖心传媒, and a visiting professor at the Jesuit School of Theology, 鈥淗ekima鈥 in Nairobi. He received his doctorate from Yale in 1988. His writing include The Ethics of Our Climate: Hermeneutics and Ethical Theory and book chapters and journal articles addressing questions of human rights, social reconciliation, restorative justice, refugee and immigration policy, and the Church and public reason. He has worked with refugees in Tanzania and Malawi and done research on human rights in South Africa and Rwanda. He likewise serves as Catholic Chaplain at the Federal Woman鈥檚 Prison in Dublin CA and is a member of the Anglican/Roman Catholic Dialogue. Recent publications include: 鈥淓thics of Migration in the U.S.鈥 in Living with(out) Borders; 鈥溾橳he Bond of Peace鈥: A Hermeneutical Rapprochement?鈥 in Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 鈥溾橣irst be Reconciled鈥欌 (Mt. 5:24): Restorative Justice and Deliberative Democracy鈥 in Democracy, Culture, Catholicism; 鈥淭he Wisdom of Serpents: Conscience, Power, and Politics in the Abortion Controversy鈥 in Conscience & Catholicism and 鈥淪ouvenir du Mal et Reconciliation Sociale鈥 chapter in volume dedicated to Genocide in Rwanda and the Reconstruction of Knowledge: R茅cit du G茅nocide, Travers茅e de la M茅moire, La Pensee et les Hommes.