Duke University

The Thomistic Institute chapter at Columbia University presents a lecture by Prof. Joseph Capizzi of Catholic University of America titled “Why the Catholic Church is Not Pacifist: Understanding the Church’s View on War and Peace.”

Perkins 217

Thursday, Feb. 13.

7:00 PM

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker: Prof. Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism. Dr. Capizzi is also the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children.