Stewart Clem, PhD
Assistant Professor of Moral Theology
Director, Ashley-O'Rourke Center for Health Ministry Leadership
clem@ai.edu
314-256-8875
Education
PhD, University of Notre Dame
MDiv, Duke University
MA, Oklahoma State University
BA, Oklahoma State University
About
Fr. Clem is a priest in the Episcopal Church. Before coming to Aquinas Institute of Theology, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. His research interests include the thought of Thomas Aquinas, virtue ethics, the natural law tradition, health care ethics, and the intersection of religion and morality.
Selected Courses
- The Summa of Aquinas: Human Person & Society
- The Summa of Aquinas: God & Creation
- Justice and Catholic Social Teaching
- Ethics of Human Sexuality
- Foundations of Catholic Morality
- Contemporary Issues in Health Care Ethics
Selected Publications
"Can Ethics Be Secular? Rethinking 'Christian Ethics' in the 21st Century," Journal of Religious Ethics (forthcoming)
"Moral Rights and the Meaning of Torture: A Response to Nigel Biggar," Anglican Theological Review (forthcoming)
"Lying to the Nazi at the Door: A Thomistic Reframing of the Classic Moral Dilemma," Journal of Religious Ethics, Vol. 49, No. 1 (March 2021)
"Unlearning Ourselves: The Incarnational Asceticism of John Henry Newman's Anglican Sermons," Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 103, No. 1 (Winter 2021)
"The Epistemic Relevance of the Virtue of Justice," Philosophia, Vol. 41, No. 2 (June 2013) 301-311.