Faculty Directory

Andrea Vicini, S.J.

Affiliate Member of Ecclesiastical Faculty

Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics and Professor Ordinarius

Chairperson of the Ϲ College Theology Department

Selected Publications

Books

Genetica umana e bene comune (Human Genetics and the Common Good), (Cinisello Balsamo: San Paolo, 2008).

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Edited books

The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P.J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022).

Ethics Challenges in Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P.J. Landrigan and A. Vicini, eds., Global Theological Ethics 1, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021).

Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J. Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020).

Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2019).

Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015).

The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015).

Podcasts

What if We Are not Alone in the Universe?,” Pulled Up Short: Season Two, Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Ϲ College (November 15, 2021).

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Journal articles

“Indicators of the Dimensions of Trust (and Mistrust) in Early Primary Care Practice: A Qualitative Study” (et al.), BMC Primary Care 24 (2023) art. 150. DOI: 

“‘Don’t Worry, You Can Trust Me’: Indicators of the Role of Trust in Residents’ ReflectiveWriting” (et al.), Patient Education and Counseling 109, Supplement (April 2023): art. 54. DOI:  .

“The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health” (et al.), Annals of Global Health 89, no. 1 (2023): art. 23, 1-215. DOI: .

“Theory Building as Integrated Reflection: Understanding Physician Reflection Through Human Communication Research, Medical Education, and Ethics” (et al.), Journal of Health Ethics 18, no. 2 (2022): .

“When Social Justice Meets CRISPR,” Sojourners 51, no. 11 (December 2022): 14-15. 2022 Award of Excellence of The Associated Press Church Awards for: Science Writing for the World of Faith: Short Format.

“,” (with M. O’Reilly-Jacob, A.P. Duggan), Journal of Health Ethics 18, no. 1 (2022).

“The Coronavirus Pandemic: Ethical Challenges in Global Public Health,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 42, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2022).

“Artificial Intelligence and Social Control: Ethical Issues and Theological Resources,” Journal of Moral Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 41-69.

“Artificial Intelligence and Moral Theology: A Conversation” (with B. Green, M. Gaudet, L. Checketts, B. Cutter, N. Herzfeld, C. Labrecque, A. Ramelow, P. Scherz, M. Vega, J. Wales), Journal of Moral Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 13-40.

“,” La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition 5, no. 12 (December 2021), [translations in and ].

“,” La Civiltà Cattolica Edición en Español (Noviembre 5, 2021).

“Healthcare Practice at the End of Life: Addressing Opposite Attitudes and Diverse Contexts,” Concilium: The End of Life: Making Sense of Our Finitude, M. Gruber, L. Hogan, and S. Knauss, eds., no. 5 (2021): 45-55 [translations in German, Italian, and Spanish]. 

“,” La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition (September 28, 2021) [translations in Italian and ].

,” Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021): 100-109.000

“Posthumanism in Popular Culture: Ongoing Challenges,” Concilium: Posthumanism and the Incarnation in a Post/Human Age, S. Abraham, B. Caero Bustillos, and Po Ho Huang, eds., 57, no. 3 (2021): 54-63 [translations in German, French, and Italian].

“COVID-19: A Crisis and a Tragedy–What’s Next?,” Theological Studies 82, no. 1 (2021): 116-137.

“Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Bioethical Challenges and Approaches,” Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology 14, no. 3 (2020): 615-627.

“Preserving the Earth and Promoting Health: Challenges for the Common Good,” Studia Moralia 58, no. 1 (2020): 97-122.

“,” La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition 4, no. 4 (April 2020) [translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish).

“Reflecting on CRISPR Gene Editing,” Health Progress 101, no. 1 (January-February 2020): 5-9. 2021 Catholic Press Awards, for Best Writing–Analysis in the magazine division.

“,” (with B. O’Neill, S.J.), La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition 4, no. 1 (2020): 40-52 [translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish].

“,” La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition 3, no. 9 (2019): 92-104 [translations in French, Italian, and Spanish].

“Social Justice and the Promotion of the Common Good in Medical Missions to Low-Resourced Countries,” Annals of Global Health 85, no. 1 (2019): 83-84.

“Astrobiology and Us: Social and Political Implications of a ‘New’ Science,” La Civiltà Cattolica English Edition 1, no. 5 (2017): 29-41 [translations in Italian and Spanish].

“Cultivating the Inner Life of a Physician Through Written Reflection” (with A. Duggan, A. Shaughnessy), Annals of Family Medicine 15, no. 4 (2017): 379-381.

“On the Inner Life of Physicians: Analysis of Family Medicine Residents’ Written Reflections” (with A.F. Shaughnessy, A. Duggan), Journal of Religion and Health(2017):1-10.

“The Role of Emotions at the End of Human Life,” Studia Moralia 55, no. 1 (2017): 99-119.

“Learning to See Beneath the Surface: A Qualitative Analysis of Family Medicine Residents’ Reflections About Communication” (with A. Duggan, L. Allen, A. Shaughnessy), Journal of Health Communication 20, no. 12 (2015): 1441-1448.

“Longing for Transcendence: Cyborgs and Trans- and Posthumans” (with A. Brazal), Theological Studies 76, no. 1 (2015): 148-165.

“Le Neuroscienze e la Bioetica (Neurosciences and Bioethics),” La Civiltà Cattolica II, no. 3932 (2014): 143-158.

“Mapeamento do Cérebro: Uma Questão Ética? (Mapping the Brain: An Ethical Issue?),” Bioethikos 7, no. 4 (2013): 426-430.

“Bioethics: Basic Questions and Extraordinary Developments,” Theological Studies 73, no. 1 (2012): 169-187.

“Ethical Challenges of Human Genetics Today: From the Lab, through the Clinic, to the Pews,” Studia Moralia 50, no. 1 (2012): 145-174.

“Imaging in Severe Disorders of Consciousness: Rethinking Consciousness, Identity and Care in a Relational Key,” Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 32, no. 1 (2012): 169-191.

“La Loi Morale Naturelle: Perspectives Internationales pour la Réflexion Bioéthique Contemporaine (The Moral Natural Law: International Perspectives for Today’s Bioethical Reflection),” Revue de l’Institut Catholique de Paris - Transversalités 122 (2012): 125-151.

“Le Cas de la Grippe Aviaire H5N1: La Recherche en Biologie entre Questions, Pauses et Limites (The Case of the H5N1 Avian Flu: The Research in Biology between Questions, Pauses, and Limits),” Éٳܻ 417, no. 4 (2012): 317-327.

“New Insights in Environmental and Sustainable Ethics,” Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal of Theology 6, no. 2 (2012): 309-328.

“Allocazione delle Risorse Sanitarie: Come Promuovere la Giustizia e il Bene Comune? (The Allocation of Health Care Resources: How Can We Promote Justice and the Common Good?),” Rivista di Teologia Morale 43.169, no. 1 (2011): 69-78.

“Etica Teologica, Pratica Medica e Sanità: Per una Maggiore e Migliore Giustizia (Theological Ethics, Medical Practice, and Healthcare: To Promote a Greater and Better Justice),” Studia Moralia 49, no. 2 (2011): 439-463.

“O Futuro da Bioética (The Future of Bioethics)” (with J.F. Keenan), Bioethikos 5, no. 1 (2011): 10-20.

“Oncofertility and the Boundaries of Moral Reflection” (with P. Lauritzen), Theological Studies 72, no. 1 (2011): 116-130.

“La Riforma Sanitaria negli Stati Uniti (The Health Care Reform in the USA),” La Civiltà Cattolica II, 3839 (2010): 466-478.

“The Search for a Universal Ethic: The International Theological Commission’s 2009 Document on Natural Law,” Concilium: Human Nature and Natural Law, L. Sowle Cahill, H. Haker, and E. Messi Metogo, eds., 3 (2010): 111-117.

Book chapters

“The Legacy of Paul Farmer for Theological Ethics,” in A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics, J. Weiss Block, M. T. Lysaught, and A. A. Martins, eds., Global Theological Ethics 3, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2023), 299-312.

“Neuroscience and Theological Bioethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue,” in Neurowissenschaften in der Diskussion – Anregungen zum Weiterdenken / The Moral Brain: – Stimuli for Further Reflection, S. Müller and P.J. Morciniec, N. Polgar, eds., Bioethik in der Diskussion / Bioethics in Discussion 4, (Wien: Facultas, 2022), 25-44.

“The Challenging Global Cancer Pandemic,” in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), iii-ix.

“Cancer in the Context of Global Inequities and Disparities in COVID Times: An Ethical Reflection,” in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics – Book Series, vol. 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), 143-151.

“Global Public Health and the Promotion of the Common Good,” in Ethics of Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini, eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 1-12.

“An Ethical Agenda for Global Public Health” (with P. Farmer), in Ethics of Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini, eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 193-198.

“Christian Ethics: Past, Present, and Future,” in T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics, T. Winright, ed., (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020), 483-485.

“Transformative Engagement in Dialogue,” in Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill’s Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J. Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020), xi-xxiii.

“Who Are We, Where Do We Come From, and How Did We Get to Sarajevo?,” in Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2019), 12-14.

“Environmental Ethics as Bioethics” (with T. Winright), in Catholic Bioethics and Social Justice: The Praxis of US Health Care in a Globalized World, M.T. Lysaught and M. McCarthy, eds. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018) 377-388.

“Empowered by the Holy Spirit,” in The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire, R. Lennan and N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2017) 162-172.

“Anthropocentric, Theocentric, Biocentric, and Cosmocentric: Ecotheological Visions in Tension,” in M. Patenge, R. Beck, and M. Luber, eds., Schöpfung bewahren: Theologie und Kirche als Impulsgeber für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (Preserving Creation: Theology and Church as Stimuli for a Sustainable Development), Weltkirche und Mission 7, (Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 2016), 164-188.

“A Renewed Hope,” in The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015), 273-278.

“On Just Sustainability and Its Challenges,” (with C. Z. Peppard), in Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015), 1-8.

“Hope Springs: Shaping the Moral Life,” Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment, R. Lennan and N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013), 168-181.

“Roman Catholic Commitment to Promoting Sustainability,” in Protecting Nature, Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P. Gagliardi, A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2013), 253-258.

“Roman Catholic Contributions to Address the Current Ecological Crisis,” in Protecting Nature, Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P. Gagliardi, A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2013), 113-138.

“Living with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of Poverty and Suffering,” in Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics, C. Scharen and A.M. Vigen, eds., (London: Continuum, 2011), 161-183.