Assistant Professor
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
St. John’s Hall B20-6
(718) 990-5260
fitzgej1@stjohns.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D., 2008, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, Moral Theology/Ethics

J.D., 2001, The University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

A.B., 1997, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Philosophy

Profile

Dr. Fitzgerald joined the faculty at St. John’s in the fall of 2008.  Prior to that, he was an adjunct professor at Fordham University and Villanova University.  His current specialization is in moral theology of health care, and he has also taught and researched in the areas of fundamental moral theology, philosophy of religion, and interreligious dialogue.  One of his current research projects is completing a book manuscript of his dissertation, “Doing Good (or Evil) and Personal Fulfillment in the Thought of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II.”  Dr. Fitzgerald is a member of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America, and an active participant in the Pet Therapy Program at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. 

Publications

“Review of Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Drawing Honey from the Rock, by Alan L. Berger and David Patterson with David P. Gushee, John T. Pawlikowski, and John K. Roth.”  Studies in American Jewish Literature 30 (2011): 114-118.

“Timeless Troubles: The Challenge of Prophecy to the Eternity Solution to the Foreknowledge/Freedom Dilemma.”  Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 82 (2009): 203-215.

“Today’s Catholic Law Schools in Theory and Practice: Are We Preserving Our Identity?”  Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy 15 (2001): 245-306.

Presentations

“A Sign of the Divine? Cultural Interpretations of the Marian Phenomena at Fátima.”  Catholic Theological Society of America, Annual Convention (presented to the Mary in Global and Contemporary Perspective Interest Group).  Miami, FL.  June 2013 (forthcoming).

“Can Philosophy of Religion Be Pastoral?  The Problem of Evil and Caring for the Sick.”  The Program on Medicine and Religion at the University of Chicago, Inaugural National Conference.  Chicago, IL.  May 2012.

“An Augmented Problem of Evil: The Question of Divinely Ordained Genocide in the Old Testament.”  Society of Christian Philosophers, Annual Central Regional Meeting.  Shawnee, OK.  April 2009.

“Christian Witness on Abortion: The Examples of Paul Ramsey and Stanley Hauerwas.”  American Academy of Religion, Annual Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting.  Baltimore, MD.  March 2009.