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J. Bryan Hehir
Born
Joseph Bryan Hehir

1940 (age 83–84)
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 Roman Catholic priest and theologian. Hehir was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984.[1]

Career

Hehir serves as the Secretary for Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. He is also the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Hehir was formerly a faculty member at Georgetown University and at the Harvard Divinity School.[2]

In 2004, he was awarded the Laetare Medal by the University of Notre Dame, the oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.[3]

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. ^ "J. Bryan Hehir". Harvard University. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Recipients | The Laetare Medal". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Awards
Preceded by Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award
1983
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Philip Gleason
Marianist Award for Intellectual Contributions
1995
Succeeded by