Catholic Teaching and Statecraft

By Joseph E. Capizzi on March 6, 2020

Joseph Capizzi, professor of moral theology and ethics and executive director of the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America, spoke about how Catholics have approached government and statecraft.

Joseph E. Capizzi is a professor of moral theology and ethics and the executive director of the Institute for Human Ecology 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 is the author of Politics, Justice, and War: Christian Governance and the Ethics of Warfare (Oxford University Press, 2015).

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