E. Christian Brugger, D. Phil.

E. Christian Brugger is Associate Professor of Moral Theology at Saint John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor of Theology and Director of Integrative Research at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington, VA, and has also been Assistant Professor of Ethics in the department of religious studies at Loyola University New Orleans. 

Dr. Brugger received a BA in Biology from Rutgers University in 1987, an MA in moral theology from Seton Hall School of Theology in 1994, a Th.M. in moral philosophy from Harvard University in 1996, an M.St. in Christian Ethics from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1997 and a D.Phil. in the same from St. Hugh's College, Oxford, in 2000. 

His areas of scholarly interest are natural law, moral methodology, action theory, bioethics, integration of psychology and philosophy, moral psychology, marriage family & sexual ethics, just war theory and capital punishment. 

He is the author of "Capital Punishment and Roman Catholic Moral Tradition" (Notre Dame Press, 2003) and has published widely on topics in ethics in journals like The Thomist, Communio, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, First Things, National Review Online, New Oxford Review, and Science & Theology News.

Dr. Brugger lives in Denver, CO , with his wife Melissa and his four children.  He has been a senior fellow at the Westchester Institute since 2002, and is also a Fellow in Ethics with the Culture of Life Foundation.

Recent Articles & Publications:

Making Sense Out of the Senseless - Despair and uncomfortable questions (NRO)

Catholic Moral Teaching and the Problem of Capital Punishment (pdf) 

Aquinas on Killing (pdf)

Action, Intention and Self-Determination (pdf)