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Daniel P. Scheid
Associate Professor of Moral Theology
Daniel P. Scheid
Ph.D.
Contact
Simboli Hall 313
Telephone: 617-552-6524
Email: scheidda@bc.edu
Education
- A.B., Princeton University
- M.A., Catholic Theological Union
- Ph.D., Boston College
Research Interests
Ecological ethics and Eco-Theology; Comparative Theology; Catholic Social Teaching
Expertise
- Moral Theology and Christian Ethics
Profile
Daniel P. Scheid, Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry, received his Ph.D. in Theological Ethics from Boston College, his M.A. from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and his A.B. in History from Princeton University. Before joining Boston College, he taught for eighteen years in the Department of Theology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dan鈥檚 research focuses on interreligious ecological ethics, drawing on Catholic social thought, the doctrine of creation, and the methodology of comparative theology. Among numerous journal articles and book chapters, he is the author of The Cosmic Common Good: Religious Grounds for Ecological Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2016), which articulates key principles of Catholic social thought through an ecological lens and places these in dialogue with Hindu, Buddhist, and Native American religious traditions.
Dan is a member of multiple professional organizations, including the Catholic Theological Society of America (currently serving on the Board of Directors 2025-2027), the Society of Christian Ethics, the American Academy of Religion, the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and the American Teilhard Association. Dan and his wife Anna have three children.