James F. Smurl

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James Frederick Smurl (born August 20, 1934 in Plains Township , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , † May 26, 2007 in Greenfield , Massachusetts ) was an American Roman Catholic theologian and religious scholar .

Life

Smurl graduated from Saint Mary's University with a BA in 1955 . At the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome , he received his doctorate in 1959 as Sanctae Theologiae Licentiatus (STL). He had already been ordained a priest there a year earlier. In 1963 he received his doctorate from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC as a Sanctae Theologiae Doctor . In 1967 Smurl married a woman, whose three children he adopted. He was the first professor of religion at Indiana University Bloomington from 1973 until his retirement in 1998 . In 1984, Smurl signed the position paper, A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion , which appeared in The New York Times .

Works (selection)

  • Religious Ethics: A Systems Approach. Prentice Hall, 1972.
  • A primer in ethics. Wyndham Hall, 1985.
  • The Burdens of Justice. Loyola University Press, 1994.

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SURNAME Smurl, James F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smurl, James Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Roman Catholic theologian and religious scholar
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Plains Township , Lucerne County , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 2007
Place of death Greenfield , Massachusetts