Lisa Sowle Cahill Recognized for a Lifetime of Achievement in the Study of Christian Ethics

Lisa Sowle Cahill, the Monan Professor of Theology at Boston College, has received the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Christian Ethics. Dr. Cahill was recognized at the society’s annual meeting in Chicago for “the important role that she has played in shaping the field of Christian ethics in over four decades within the academy, the church, and civil society.”

Dr. Cahill is the author of 10 books including Global Justice, Christology, and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2013). She has also authored hundreds of articles and book chapters on topics such as sex and gender, bioethics, war and peacemaking, Catholic social teaching, Christology and ethics, and the history of Christian ethics. She serves on 11 editorial boards and has co-edited seven books. She is a former president of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Dr. Cahill is a graduate of Santa Clara University in California. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.