Theology Department Faculty

Andrea Vicini, S.J.

Department Chair

Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics

Professor of Theological Ethics

Selected Publications

Books

Genetica umana e bene comune (Human Genetics and the Common Good),听(Cinisello Balsamo: San Paolo, 2008).

Translation:听Gen茅tica humana e bem comum听(S茫o Paolo: Loyola, S茫o Camilo, 2011).

Edited books

The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J.听Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications听by Wipf & Stock, 2022).

Ethics Challenges in Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the听Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini, eds., Global Theological Ethics 1, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick听Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021).

Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill鈥檚 Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J.听Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020).

Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and听A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY:听Orbis Books, 2019).

Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini,听eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis听Books, 2015).

The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015).

Podcasts

"What if We Are not Alone in the Universe?,鈥 Pulled Up Short: Season Two, Carolyn A. and听Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development, 艾可直播 College (November 15,听2021).

鈥淲ater: Public Health, Justice, and the Common Good,鈥 , October 30, 2019,听..

Journal articles听

鈥淚ndicators of the Dimensions of Trust (and Mistrust) in Early Primary Care Practice: A听Qualitative Study鈥 (et al.), BMC Primary Care 24 (2023) art. 150. DOI:听

鈥溾楧on鈥檛 Worry, You Can Trust Me鈥: Indicators of the Role of Trust in Residents鈥 ReflectiveWriting鈥 (et al.), Patient Education and Counseling 109, Supplement (April 2023): art. 54. DOI:听听.

鈥淭he Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health鈥 (et al.), Annals of Global听Health 89, no. 1 (2023): art. 23, 1-215. DOI: .

鈥淭heory Building as Integrated Reflection: Understanding Physician Reflection Through Human听Communication Research, Medical Education, and Ethics鈥 (et al.), Journal of Health Ethics 18,听no. 2 (2022): .

鈥淲hen Social Justice Meets CRISPR,鈥 Sojourners 51, no. 11 (December 2022): 14-15. 2022听Award of Excellence of The Associated Press Church Awards for: Science Writing for the World听of Faith: Short Format.

鈥溾 (et al.), Journal of听Health Ethics 18, no. 1 (2022).

鈥淭he Coronavirus Pandemic: Ethical Challenges in Global Public Health,鈥 Journal of the Society听of Christian Ethics 42, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2022).

鈥,鈥 Journal听of Moral Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 41-69.

鈥溾 (et al.), Journal of Moral听Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 13-40.

鈥,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 5, no. 12听(December 2021), [translations in Italian and Spanish].

(Noviembre 5, 2021).

鈥淗ealthcare Practice at the End of Life: Addressing Opposite Attitudes and Diverse Contexts,鈥澨Concilium: The End of Life: Making Sense of Our Finitude, M. Gruber, L. Hogan, and S.听Knauss, eds., no. 5 (2021): 45-55 [translations in German, Italian, and Spanish].

鈥淐orrecting the Genome with CRISPR: Ethical Challenges,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English听Edition (September 28, 2021) [translations in Italian and French].

鈥),鈥 Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021):听100-109.

鈥淧osthumanism in Popular Culture: Ongoing Challenges,鈥 Concilium: Posthumanism and the听Incarnation in a Post/Human Age, S. Abraham, B. Caero Bustillos, and Po Ho Huang, eds., 57,听no. 3 (2021): 54-63 [translations in German, French, and Italian].

鈥淐OVID-19: A Crisis and a Tragedy鈥揥hat鈥檚 Next?,鈥 Theological Studies 82, no. 1 (2021): 116-听137.

鈥淎rtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Bioethical Challenges and Approaches,鈥 Asian Horizons:听Dharmaram Journal of Theology 14, no. 3 (2020): 615-627.

鈥淧reserving the Earth and Promoting Health: Challenges for the Common Good,鈥 Studia听Moralia 58, no. 1 (2020): 97-122.

鈥淟ife in the Time of Coronavirus,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 4, no. 4 (April 2020)听[translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish).

鈥淩eflecting on CRISPR Gene Editing,鈥 Health Progress 101, no. 1 (January-February 2020): 5-听9. 2021 Catholic Press Awards, for Best Writing鈥揂nalysis in the magazine听division.

鈥,鈥 (with B. O鈥橬eill, S.J.), La Civilt脿 Cattolica听English Edition 4, no. 1 (2020): 40-52 [translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish].

鈥,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 3, no. 9听(2019): 92-104 [translations in French, Italian, and Spanish].

鈥淪ocial Justice and the Promotion of the Common Good in Medical Missions to Low-Resourced听Countries,鈥 Annals of Global Health 85, no. 1 (2019): 83-84.

鈥淎strobiology and Us: Social and Political Implications of a 鈥楴ew鈥 Science,鈥 La Civilt脿听Cattolica English Edition 1, no. 5 (2017): 29-41 [translations in Italian and Spanish].

鈥淐ultivating the Inner Life of a Physician Through Written Reflection鈥 (et al.), Annals of Family听Medicine 15, no. 4 (2017): 379-381.

鈥淥n the Inner Life of Physicians: Analysis of Family Medicine Residents鈥 Written Reflections鈥澨(et al.), Journal of Religion and Health (2017):1-10.

鈥淭he Role of Emotions at the End of Human Life,鈥 Studia Moralia 55, no. 1 (2017): 99-119.

鈥淟earning to See Beneath the Surface: A Qualitative Analysis of Family Medicine Residents鈥櫶齊eflections About Communication鈥 (et al.), Journal of Health Communication 20, no. 12 (2015):听1441-1448.

鈥淟onging for Transcendence: Cyborgs and Trans- and Posthumans鈥 (with A. Brazal),听Theological Studies 76, no. 1 (2015): 148-165.

鈥淟e Neuroscienze e la Bioetica (Neurosciences and Bioethics),鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica II, no. 3932听(2014): 143-158.

鈥淢apeamento do C茅rebro: Uma Quest茫o 脡tica? (Mapping the Brain: An Ethical Issue?),鈥澨Bioethikos 7, no. 4 (2013): 426-430.

鈥淏ioethics: Basic Questions and Extraordinary Developments,鈥 Theological Studies 73, no. 1听(2012): 169-187.

鈥淓thical Challenges of Human Genetics Today: From the Lab, through the Clinic, to the Pews,鈥澨Studia Moralia 50, no. 1 (2012): 145-174.

鈥淚maging in Severe Disorders of Consciousness: Rethinking Consciousness, Identity and Care in听a Relational Key,鈥 Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 32, no. 1 (2012): 169-191.

鈥淟a Loi Morale Naturelle: Perspectives Internationales pour la R茅flexion Bio茅thique听Contemporaine (The Moral Natural Law: International Perspectives for Today鈥檚 Bioethical听Reflection),鈥 Revue de l鈥橧nstitut Catholique de Paris 鈥 Transversalit茅s 122 (2012): 125-151.

鈥淟e Cas de la Grippe Aviaire H5N1: La Recherche en Biologie entre Questions, Pauses et听Limites (The Case of the H5N1 Avian Flu: The Research in Biology between Questions, Pauses,听and Limits),鈥 脡迟耻诲别蝉 417, no. 4 (2012): 317-327.

鈥淣ew Insights in Environmental and Sustainable Ethics,鈥 Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal听of Theology 6, no. 2 (2012): 309-328.

鈥淎llocazione delle Risorse Sanitarie: Come Promuovere la Giustizia e il Bene Comune? (The听Allocation of Health Care Resources: How Can We Promote Justice and the Common Good?),鈥澨Rivista di Teologia Morale 43.169, no. 1 (2011): 69-78.

鈥淓tica Teologica, Pratica Medica e Sanit脿: Per una Maggiore e Migliore Giustizia (Theological听Ethics, Medical Practice, and Healthcare: To Promote a Greater and Better Justice),鈥 Studia听Moralia 49, no. 2 (2011): 439-463.

鈥淥 Futuro da Bio茅tica (The Future of Bioethics)鈥 (with J.F. Keenan), Bioethikos 5, no. 1 (2011):听10-20.

鈥淥ncofertility and the Boundaries of Moral Reflection鈥 (with P. Lauritzen), Theological Studies听72, no. 1 (2011): 116-130.

鈥淟a Riforma Sanitaria negli Stati Uniti (The Health Care Reform in the USA),鈥 La Civilt脿听Cattolica II, 3839 (2010): 466-478.

鈥淭he Search for a Universal Ethic: The International Theological Commission鈥檚 2009 Document听on Natural Law,鈥 Concilium: Human Nature and Natural Law, L. Sowle Cahill, H. Haker, and E.听Messi Metogo, eds., 3 (2010): 111-117.

Book chapters

鈥淭he Legacy of Paul Farmer for Theological Ethics,鈥 in A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul听Farmer鈥檚 Witness and Theological Ethics, J. Weiss Block, M. T. Lysaught, and A. A. Martins,听eds., Global Theological Ethics 3, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2023),听299-312.

鈥淣euroscience and Theological Bioethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue,鈥 in Neurowissenschaften in der Diskussion 鈥 Anregungen zum Weiterdenken / The Moral Brain: 鈥 Stimuli for Further Reflection, S. M眉ller and P.J. Morciniec, N. Polgar, eds., Bioethik in der听Diskussion / Bioethics in Discussion 4, (Wien: Facultas, 2022), 25-44.

鈥淭he Challenging Global Cancer Pandemic,鈥 in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health,听Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological听Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), iii-ix.

鈥淐ancer in the Context of Global Inequities and Disparities in COVID Times: An Ethical听Reflection,鈥 in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A.听Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 鈥 Book Series, vol. 2,听(Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), 143-151.

鈥淕lobal Public Health and the Promotion of the Common Good,鈥 in Ethics of Global Public听Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini,听eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 1-12.

鈥淎n Ethical Agenda for Global Public Health鈥 (with P. Farmer), in Ethics of Global Public听Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini,听eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 193-198.

鈥淐hristian Ethics: Past, Present, and Future,鈥 in T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics, T.听Winright, ed., (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020), 483-485.

鈥淭ransformative Engagement in Dialogue,鈥 in Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle听Cahill鈥檚 Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J. Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll,听NY: Orbis Books, 2020), xi-xxiii.

鈥淲ho Are We, Where Do We Come From, and How Did We Get to Sarajevo?,鈥 in Building听Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and A.听Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY:听Orbis Books, 2019), 12-14.

鈥淓nvironmental Ethics as Bioethics鈥 (with T. Winright), in Catholic Bioethics and Social听Justice: The Praxis of US Health Care in a Globalized World, M.T. Lysaught and M. McCarthy,听eds. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018) 377-388.

鈥淓mpowered by the Holy Spirit,鈥 in The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire, R. Lennan and听N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2017) 162-172.听

鈥淎nthropocentric, Theocentric, Biocentric, and Cosmocentric: Ecotheological Visions in听Tension,鈥 in M. Patenge, R. Beck, and M. Luber, eds., Sch枚pfung bewahren: Theologie und听Kirche als Impulsgeber f眉r eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (Preserving Creation: Theology and听Church as Stimuli for a Sustainable Development), Weltkirche und Mission 7, (Regensburg:听Friedrich Pustet, 2016), 164-188.

鈥淎 Renewed Hope,鈥 in The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ:听Paulist Press, 2015), 273-278.

鈥淥n Just Sustainability and Its Challenges,鈥 (with C. Z. Peppard), in Just Sustainability:听Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic听Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015), 1-8.

鈥淗ope Springs: Shaping the Moral Life,鈥 in Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment, R. Lennan听and N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013), 168-181.

鈥淩oman Catholic Commitment to Promoting Sustainability,鈥 in Protecting Nature, Saving听Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P. Gagliardi,听A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2013),听253-258.

鈥淩oman Catholic Contributions to Address the Current Ecological Crisis,鈥 in Protecting Nature,听Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P.听Gagliardi, A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio听Cini, 2013), 113-138.

鈥淟iving with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of听Poverty and Suffering,鈥 in Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics, C. Scharen and A.M.听Vigen, eds., (London: Continuum, 2011), 161-183.