Vincentian Chair of Social Justice

Lecture 4 Information

Catholic Intellectual Tradition and the University: “Business, Economic Life, and The Catholic Intellectual Tradition.”
Monday, November 9                                   
1:50  p.m.
D'Angelo Center, Room 416        

Each year, the Vincentian Chair of Social Justice (VCSJ) selects a justice theme with the help of the wider St. John’s community. National and international scholars then contribute to the theme’s exploration. The Catholic Intellectual Tradition( CIT) has a 2,000 year history in the origin and expression of human and Christian development. Across all fields of culture and education it 

has contributed to the values and voices of believing participants. From Liberal Arts to modern science, the CIT engages in the affirmation of human dignity and the search for truth. Faith and reason are companions on the path to human knowledge that draws together people of all traditions in the search for the truth that touches us all. 

Rev. Albino Barrera, O.P., STL, Ph.D., 
Professor, Economics and Theology, Providence College

Fr. Barrera is the fourth speaker in this years VCSJ Speaker Series. Fr. Barrera is a member of the St. Joseph Province (New York) of the Order of Preachers and was ordained to the priesthood in 1993. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University with a specialization in development economics. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) from the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. Fr. Barrera teaches and writes on the theology of economic life and on the economics of the Catholic Church’s care for the marginalized. He has explored how economics and moral theology can mutually reinforce each other in facilitating human flourishing. His most recent book is Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics (Cambridge, November 2023). He is the lead editor of The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics (Oxford, February 2024).

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