Member of the SMU faculty
ccurran@smu.edu
214.768.4073

Education
S.T.D., (Doctorate in Sacred Theology), with a specialization in moral theology, Academia Alfonsiana, Rome, Italy, 1961; S.T.D., Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italk, 1961; S.T.L. (Licentiate in Sacred Theology), Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1959; B.A., St. Bernard's College, Rochester, NY, 1955

Teaching Specialties and Research Interests
Fundamental moral theology, social ethics, role of the Church as a moral and political actor in society, Catholic moral theology

Selected Publications
Catholic Social Teaching 1891-Present: A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2002); The Catholic Moral Tradition Today: A Synthesis (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1999); Moral Theology at the End of the Century (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1999); The Origins of Moral Theology in the United States: Three Different Approaches (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1997); co-editor of the twelve-volume series from Paulist Press: Readings in Moral Theology. For a complete bibliography of Curran, see Thomas W. O'Brien, "Bibliography of Charles E. Curran 1961-90: Thirty Years of Catholic Moral Theology," Horizons 18 (1991): 263-78, and O'Brien, "Bibliography of Charles E. Curran, 1990-2000: Another Decade of Catholic Moral Theology," Horizons 28 (2001): 307-13.

Professional Distinctions
President of three national academic societies: The Catholic Theological Society of America, Society of Christian Ethics, and American Theological Society; member of the editorial boards of: Annual of the Society of Christian Ethics, The Ecumenist, Horizons, Journal of Religious Ethics, and Theoforum; recipient of the John Courtney Murray Award of the Catholic Theological Society of America for distinguished achievement in theology; Roman Catholic Priest of the Diocese of Rochester, New York (ordained 1958)