J. Bryan Hehir

J Bryan Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and secretary for social services and president of Catholic Charities in the Boston Archdiocese. Previously, he was president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, a professor, then dean, at Harvard Divinity School, faculty member of the School of Foreign Service and Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, and staff member of the US Catholic Conference of Bishops. Hehir’s research and writing focus on ethics and foreign policy and religion’s role in politics and society. Publications include The Moral Measurement of War and Social Values and Public Policy.

J Bryan Hehir is the Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life. He is also the Secretary for Health Care and Social Services in the Archdiocese of Boston. His research and writing focus on ethics and foreign policy and the role of religion in world politics and in American society. He served on the faculty of Georgetown University (1984 to 1992) and the Harvard Divinity School (1993 to 2001). His writings include: "The Moral Measurement of War: A Tradition of Continuity and Change"; Military Intervention and National Sovereignty"; "Strategic Logic and the Killing of Civilians" and "Theology, Social Teaching and Catholic Charities."