University of Arizona

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Arizona presents a lecture by Prof. Joseph Capizzi of the Catholic University of America titled “When Is War Justified? A Catholic Perspective.”

Sabino Room, Arizona Student Union

Tuesday, March 22

7:00 PM

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Joseph E. Capizzi is Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America. He teaches in the areas of social and political theology, with special interests in issues in peace and war, citizenship, political authority, and Augustinian theology. He has written, lectured, and published widely on just war theory, bioethics, the history of moral theology, and political liberalism.

Dr. Capizzi is the Executive Director of the Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University. He received his B.A. from the University of Virginia, his Masters in Theological Studies from Emory University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Notre Dame. He lives in Maryland with his wife and six children.