Daniel Rush Finn

Clemens Professor of Economics and Theology, 1989-; Dean, School of Theology, Saint John's University, 1984-89; Professor of Economics and Theology, 1977-; B.S., Saint John Fisher College, 1968; M.A. University of Chicago, 1975; Ph.D., 1977. dfinn@csbsju.edu

Books

The Moral Ecology of Markets: Assessing Claims about Markets and Justice, Cambridge University Press,  2006.

Articles/Chapters

“Commentary on Centesimus annus,” in Kenneth Himes, ed., Modern Catholic Social Teaching: Commentaries and Interpretations, Georgetown University Press, June 2005.

"Christian Wealth: a Preface," in Rediscovering Abundance: Interdisciplinary Essays on Wealth, Income, and Their Distribution in Catholic Social Tradition, edited by Helen Alford, O.P., et. al., University of Notre Dame Press.

"Hello, Catholics: Republicans and the Targeting of Religious Votes" in Commonweal, November 4, 2005.

Book Reveiws

“Misreading the Pope,” Review of Rebecca M. Blank and William McGurn’s Is the Market Moral, Commonweal, vol. 13, #17, October 8, 2004.

Publications Forthcoming

Review of Albino Barrera, Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics, Cambridge University Press, to appear in the Journal of Markets and Morality.

Presentations

“Faith-based Community Organizations: A Transforming Power of the Churches in the Modern World,” Paper presented at conference on “The Call to Justice: The Legacy of Gaudium et spes 40 Years Later,” Pontifical Council on Justice and Peace, Vatican City, March 16-18, 2005.

“Globalization and Catholic Social Thought”, Lecture and consultation as Visiting Scholar at Benedictine University, Chicago, IL, October 20-22, 2004.

“What are Trade Agreements and Why Should We Care about Them?” lecture at “Crossing the Borders of Trade” conference sponsored by various agencies of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Tucson, Arizona, April 14-16, 2005.

Notable Activities

Vice President of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June 2004-June 2005.

Member of the Executive Committee of Board of Directors of the Society of Christian Ethics, 2005-2009.

Chair of CTSA ad hoc Committee on Convention Restructuring, 2005-2006.

Consultations with economists and theologians in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Santiago, Chile, and La Paz Bolivia, May 2004.

Chair, Central MN Life Cycle Housing Committee, 2000-present.

Recipient of the Thomas F. Divine Award from the Association for Social Economics for lifetime contributions to social economics in the social economy, January 2005.

Referee for Horizons, Journal of Religious Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, The Forum for Social Economics, Journal of Economic Education, and Review of Social Economy.

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