Julia A . Fleming, MA, PhD
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College of Arts and Sciences
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center
Julia A . Fleming, MA, PhD
Professor
Dr. Fleming is the current Chair of the Department of Theology, after serving as Associate Chair from 2006-2011. She regularly offers courses in Christian Ethics and helps to introduce freshmen to the Christian theological heritage.
Teaching Interests
- Comprehensive Doctoral Exams: Moral Theology, Patristic Theology
Research Focus
History of Moral Theology Roman Catholic Social EthicsDepartment
Theology
Position
Professor
Books
- Legitimate Punishments? Transitions in Roman Catholic Teaching on Warfare, Slavery, Mutillation, and the Death Penalty. 2018
- "Three Lessons from St. Alphonsus Liguori's Analysis of Restitution." 2018
- Un'altra modernita. Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz (1606-1682) tra enciclopedia e probabilismo
Fleming, J. The Analysis of Actions with Double Effects in Caramuel's Theologia Praeterintentionalis., p. 207-222 2012 - A Companion to Clare of Assis: Life, Writings and Spirituality
Fleming, Julia Legend of St. Agnes [translation], p. 316-8 2010 - Il Tractatus expendens propositiones damnatas ab Alexander VII di Juan Caramuel Lobkowitz: Studio introduttivo ed edizione critica
Fleming, Julia Preface 2010 - Georgetown University Press
Defending Probablism: The Moral Theology of Juan Caramuel. 2006
Articles
- Journal of Religion and Society
"A Jesuit Exchange on Lynching." 2018 - Journal of Religion & Society Supplement Series
"Reforming Our Responses to Crime: Recent Papal Contributions" 2018 - Journal of Religion & Society
"Roman Catholic Teaching and the Death Penalty: Actual Use Versus Hypothetical Use."
Supplement 14, p. 133-49 2017 - Journal of Moral Theology
“Seventeenth-Century Casuistry regarding Persons with Disabilities: Antonino Diana’s Tract ‘On the Mute, Deaf, and Blind.’”
6, special issue, p. 112-137 2017 - Journal of Religion & Society Supplement Series
'The Heresy of the Ancestors: A Case Study in Religion and Identity from Early Modern Catholicism.' 2016 - Journal of Moral Theology
'Seventeenth-Century Casuistry regarding Persons with Disabilities: Antonino Diana's Tract 'On the Mute, Deaf, and Blind''
Special Issue: June 2017 2016 - Theological Studies
Fleming, Julia Jean Pierre Gury's Sources: a Missing Chapter in the History of Double Effect
74, p. 420-441 2013 - Journal of Religion & Society
Fleming, Julia The Ethics of Therapeutic Abortion and An American Catholic Medical School: Charles Coppens, S.J. and the Creighton Medical College, p. 112-133 2011 - Gambling Culture: Christian Reflection: A Series in Faith and Ethics
Fleming, Julia State Lotteries: Gambling With the Common Good, p. 29-36 2011 - Theological Studies
Fleming, Julia When 'Meats are Like Medicines': Vitoria and Lessius on the Role of Food in the Duty to Preserve Life
69, p. 99-115 2008
Editing and Reviews
- Catholic Historical Review
Review of Uncertainty in Post-Reformation Catholicism: A History of Probabilism by Stefania Tutino, Oxford University Press, 2018. 2018 - Review of Tolerance Among the Virtues, by John R. Bowlin.
78, p. 785-86. 2017 - Theological Studies
Review of Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why it Matters. By Dorothy C. Bass, Kathleen A. Cahalan, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, James R. Nieman, and Christian B. Scharen. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.
78, p. 281-82 2016 - Theological Studies
Review of Vainglory: The Forgotten Vice. By Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2014
77, no. 1, p. 270 2016 - Theological Studies
Review of The Edge of Words: God and the Habits of Language by Rowan Williams.
76, p. 892 2015 - Journal of Church & State
Fleming, Julia The Moral Dynamics of Economic Life: An Extension and Critique of Caritas in veritate [Review]
55, p. 144-146 2013 - Theological Studies
Fleming, Julia A. A History of Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century: from Confessing Sins to Liberating Consciences
71, p. 975-977 2010 - Theological Studies
Fleming, Julia Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: a History
70, p. 493-494 2009 - Irish Theological Quarterly
Fleming, Julia [Review of Irish Jansenists 1600-1670: Religion and Politics in Flanders, France, Ireland, and Rome by Thomas Connor]
74, p. 97-99 2009 - Theological Studies
Fleming, Julia [Review of Catholic Moral Theology in the United States: A History by Charles E. Curran]
70, p. 493-494 2009 - Journal of Church & State
Fleming, Julia Review of John Witte, Jr. and Frank S. Alexander, The Teachings of Modern Roman Catholcism on Law, Politics, & Human Nature
50, p. 161-163 2008 - Journal of Religion & Society
Fleming, Julia. Star Trek and sacred ground: explorations of Star trek, religion and American culture.
2 2000
Presentations
- One of six speakers regarding the Ignatian Pilgrimage sponsored by the Division of Mission and Ministry. 2018
- "Reforming Our Response to Crime: Recent Papal Contributions." Kripke Symposium on Religion and Reform. 2018
- "Three Lessons from Saint Alphonsus Liguori's Analysis of Restitution." Social Reconciliation Symposium, Creighton University. 2017
- "The Death Penalty and Roman Catholic Teaching." St. Wenceslaus Church, Omaha, Nebraska. 2016
- Presentation to OTOC meeting regarding death penalty research. 2016
- "Roman Catholic Teaching on the Death Penalty: Actual Exercise Versus Hypothetical Exercise." Kripke Center Symposium on Religion and Politics. 2016
- Response to Natalia Imperatori Lee, as part of Creighton's Commemoration of Vatican II: The Church Serves the World: Gaudium et Spes and Dignitatis Humanae. 2015
- "The Heresy of the Ancestors: A Case Study in Religion and Identity in Early Modern Catholicism." Kripke Center Symposium on Religion and Identity 2015
- "The Intimacy of Casuistry." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Christian Ethics, January, 2014. 2014
- Presentation for the Catechumenate class at St. John's Church 2013
- "Animating Core, Animating Mission: The Role of Departments of Theology and Religious Studies." Presented at the March meeting of the ACJU Chairs of Departments of Theology and Religious Studies, Regis University 2012
- Presentation for the Catechumen class at St, John's Church 2012
- "Response to Ryan Dulkin." Presented by invitation of the Society of Jewish Ethics, at their annual meeting in conjunction with the Society of Christian Ethics, 2012
- Presentation for the Center for Health Policy and Ethics. "The Training of the Virtuous Physician at a Catholic University: the Contribution of Creightons Father Charles Coppens, S.J." 2011
- Presentation on Laborem Exercens for the faculty/staff seminar on Catholic Social Teaching. 2011
- "But What Good Are These For So Many? Unnatural Disasters, Compassion Paralysis, and Christian Ethical Imagination." 2011
- "The Ethics of Therapeutic Abortion and An American Catholic Medical School: Charles Coppens, S.J. and the Creighton Medical School." Presentation for the Kripke Center Symposium on Religion, Health, and Healing, 2010