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Anna Floerke Scheid, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorEDUCATION Ph.D., Boston College (2009) C.V. [pdf] CONTACT INFORMATION Tel.: (412) 396-6532 |
COURSES TAUGHT:
Theological Ethics, Christian Social Ethics, Catholic Social Thought
RESEARCH, PUBLICATIONS, AND SERVICE
Dr. Scheid's research interests are in the area of Christian social ethics. In particular she is concerned with ethical issues surrounding human rights, conflict, and post-conflict reconciliation. She explores Christian perspectives on war and peace—especially just war theory and just peacemaking theory—and studies how restorative justice has been enacted in truth and reconciliation commissions around the world.
Selected publications and presentations:
“Under the Palaver Tree: Community Ethics for Truth-Telling and Reconciliation,” Journal for the Society of Christian Ethics 31 (2011): 17-36.
“Waging a Just Revolution: Just War Criteria in the Context of Oppression,” Society of Christian Ethics, January 2012 (Anticipated)
“Transforming Racial Conflict: Addressing White Denial through Restorative Justice,” College Theology Society, June 2011
“Reconciliation in Readiness of Mind: Including Reconciliation in jus ad bellum and jus in bello Just War Considerations,” Catholic Theological Society of America, June, 2009
Just War Considerations," Catholic Theological Society of America (June 2009);
"Together in the Landscape of Oppression: Friendship, Conscience, and Conversion in the Novels of Andre Brink," Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture, "Friendship: Quests for Character, Community, and Truth" (October 2007).
