Todd A . Salzman, BA, PhD

Professor

Theology

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College of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School
Ministry (Master of Arts)
Theology
DHHC - Dowling Hall/Humanities Center - 141

Todd A . Salzman, BA, PhD

Professor

Theology

He completed his BA in Philosophy and Theology/Religious Studies at the University of San Diego, 1986. He completed his BA/MA/STB (Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus) in Theology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1990 and his Ph.D. in theology, summa cum laude with congratulations of the examining board in 1994 at the KUL. He is married to Katy and they have three children: Ian, Aaron, and Emily.

Research Focus

Biomedical Ethics; Sexual Ethics; Virtue Ethics; Ethical Theory; Politics, Theology, and Ethics; Ecclesiology; International Humanitarian Law; Gender

Department

Theology

Position

Professor

Books

  • Gummess Matthew, etal Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Unions: Foundations for the Organic Development of Catholic Sexual Doctrine 2025
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Sexual and gender doctrinal language 2025
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Union: Foundations for the Organic Development of Catholic Sexual Doctrine 2024
  • Salzman TODD A, Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Unions 2024
  • Salzman Todd A., etal Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Unions 2024
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Pope Francis, Marriage, and Same-Sex Civil Unions 2024
  • Bosinski Hartmut A. G, etal 'Who Am I to Judge?' 2022
  • T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics
    Salzman Todd A., etal Nondiscrimination Legislation and Sexual Orientation and Gender: A Critical Analysis of the Catholic Position [Book Chapter] 2021
  • "Who Am I to Judge?"
    Salzman Todd A, etal Reconstructing Complementarity as a Foundational Catholic Sexual Ethical Principle [Book Chapter] 2021
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Pope Francis and the transformation of health care ethics 2021
  • Salzman Todd A., The Structure of Theological Revolutions: How the Fight over Birth Control Transformed American Catholicism 2019
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Introduction to Catholic theological ethics 2019
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Virtue and theological ethics 2018
  • Salzman Todd A., Book Review: More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church. Edited by Christine Firer Hinze and J. Patrick Hornbeck II and More Than a Monologue: Sexual Diversity and the Catholic Church. Edited by J. Patrick Hornbeck II and Michael A 2016
  • Lawler Michael G, etal Catholic theological ethics 2016
  • The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender
    Salzman Todd A, etal People Beginning Sexual Experience [Book Chapter] 2014
  • Lawler Michael G., etal The church in the modern world: Gaudium et spes then and now 2014
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Catholic sexual ethics 2012
  • Salzman Todd A., etal Sexual ethics : a theological introduction 2012
  • Salzman Todd A., etal The Sexual Person : Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology 2008
  • Theology and conversation: Developing a relational theology
    Salzman Todd A., Experience, goods, and natural law: Dialogue as a universal ethical method [Book Chapter] 2005
  • Salzman Todd A, etal Marriage in the Catholic tradition 2004
  • Salzman Todd A., What are they saying about Catholic ethical method? 2003
  • Theology and converstion: towards a relational theology
    Salzman Todd A., Communion ecclesiology: friendship as a model of conversation within the church [Book Chapter] 2003
  • Salzman Todd, HORIZONS 2001
  • Salzman Todd A, Method and Catholic moral theology 1999
  • Salzman Todd A, Deontology and teleology: an investigation of the normative debate in Roman catholic moral theology 1995

Publications

  • The Irish theological quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Response to Thomas Finegan’s “An Unnoticed Body-Person Dualism: A Rejoinder to Lawler and Salzman” 2025
  • Studia teologiczno-historyczne Śląska opolskiego
    Lawler Michael G., etal Inconsistencies in Catholic Social and Sexual Ethics: Towards a Reconciliation
    45:1, p. 15 - 42 2025
  • Journal of moral theology
    Lawler Michael G., etal Veritatis Splendor After Thirty Years: Exposition and Critique
    14:SI 1 2025
  • Studia teologiczno-historyczne Śląska opolskiego
    Salzman Todd A., etal Climate Change and Its Effects: Theological Reflections
    44:2, p. 15 - 40 2025
  • Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
    , Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality, ed. Thomas Arentzen, Ashley M. Purpura, and Aristotle Papanikolaou
    45:2, p. 345 - 346 2025
  • Theological studies (Baltimore)
    Salzman Todd, etal Pope Francis, Dignitas Infinita, and an Evolving Catholic Anthropology: Doctrinal Implications
    85:4, p. 628 - 651 2024
  • Theology & sexuality
    Salzman Todd A., etal Catholic teaching on same-sex parenting: a critical analysis, p. 1 - 20 2024
  • The Irish theological quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Marrying Body and Theology: A Response to Thomas Finegan 2024
  • Sexes
    Lawler Michael, etal Catholic Arguments against Homosexual Acts and Relationships: Emotional Revulsion or Rational Argument?
    3:4, p. 564 - 577 2022
  • The Irish theological quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Pope Francis, Civil Unions, and Same-Sex Marriage: Theological Reflections 2022
  • Journal of Catholic social thought
    , Sex, Love, and Families: Catholic Perspectives
    18:2, p. 334 - 337 2021
  • Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society
    Polgar Nenad, etal Introduction
    6:1, p. 1 - 8 2020
  • Furrow
    Lawler Michael G., etal Pope Francis, Ecology and Climate Change
    70:11, p. 579 - 587 2019
  • Furrow
    Lawler Michael G., etal 'You Always Have the Poor with You'
    69:10, p. 528 - 537 2018
  • Linacre Quarterly
    Casey Murray Joseph, etal Reducing the Risk of Gynecologic Cancer in Hereditary Breast Ovarian Cancer Syndrome Mutation Carriers
    85:3, p. 225 - 240 2018
  • Furrow
    Lawler Michael G., etal Pope Francis and His Predecessors — A Remarkable and Unremarked Continuity
    68:11, p. 579 - 589 2017
  • Theological Studies
    Lawler Michael G., etal Catholic Doctrine on Divorce and Remarriage: A Practical Theological Examination
    78:2, p. 326 - 347 2017
  • Irish Theological Quarterly
    Salzman Todd A., etal Natural Law and Perspectivism: A Case for Plural Definitions of Objective Morality
    82:1, p. 3 - 18 2017
  • Supplement Series for the Journal of Religion & Society
    Salzman Todd A., etal Religious Liberty and Gender and Sexual Orientation Nondiscrimination Legislation: A Critical Analysis of the Catholic Perspective
    14, p. - 2017
  • Furrow
    Salzman Todd A., etal 'Amoris Laetitia' and Catholic Morals
    67:12, p. 666 - 675 2016
  • National Catholic Reporter
    Salzman Todd A., etal Nondiscrimination Laws Merit Church Support. (Cover Story)
    52:14, p. (4 pages) 2016
  • Irish Theological Quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Conscience and Experience: Choosing the True and the Good
    81:1, p. 34 - 54 2016
  • Salzman Todd, A FALSE CHOICE 2015
  • Journal of Religion and Society
    Salzman Todd A., etal Theology, Science, and Sexual Anthropology: A Methodological Investigation, p. 46 - 72 2015
  • Salzman Todd A., Planning Family 2014
  • American Journal of Bioethics
    Casey Murray J., etal Therapeutic, prophylactic, untoward, and contraceptive effects of combined oral contraceptives: catholic teaching, natural law, and the principle of double effect when deciding to prescribe and use
    14:7, p. 20 - 34 2014
  • Theological Studies
    Salzman Todd A., etal Method and Catholic Theological Ethics in the Twenty-First Century
    74:4, p. 903 - 933 2013
  • Theological Studies
    Lawler Michael G., etal Virtue Ethics
    74:2, p. 442 - 473 2013
  • Modern believing
    Lawler Michael, etal Usury and Homosexual Behaviour: Parallel Theological Tracks?
    54:3, p. 193 - 200 2013
  • America
    Salzman Todd A., Putting Sex into Context [book review]
    208:14, p. 32 - 33 2013
  • Furrow
    Lawler Michael G., etal Moral Theology and the Will of God — Critical Discernment
    63:10, p. 484 - 490 2012
  • American Journal of Bioethics
    Casey Murray Joseph, etal Ethical Dilemma of Mandated Contraception in Pharmaceutical Research at Catholic Medical Institutions
    12:7, p. 34 - 37 2012
  • Irish Theological Quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Karl Rahner's Theology of Dying and Death: Normative Implications for the Permanent Vegetative State Patient
    77:2, p. 141 - 164 2012
  • Louvain Studies
    Salzman Todd A., etal Theology, Science, and Sexual Anthropologies: An Investigation
    35:1-2, p. 69 - 97 2011
  • Irish Theological Quarterly
    Lawler Michael G., etal Human Experience and Catholic Moral Theology
    76:1, p. 35 - 56 2011
  • America
    Lawler Michael G., etal Beyond Catechesis
    205:6, p. 16 - 19 2011
  • Furrow
    Lawler Michael G., etal Soul Mates — A Theological Approach to Relationship
    61:7/8, p. 425 - 432 2010
  • INTAMS review
    Lawler Michael G., etal A Pastoral Letter of the United States Catholic Bishops
    15:2, p. 214 - 228 2009
  • Furrow
    Salzman Todd A., etal Soulmates: A Theological Approach
    61:8-Jul, p. 425 - 432 2009
  • INTAMS
    Salzman Todd A., etal A Pastoral Letter of the United States Catholic Bishops: A Commentary
    15:2, p. 214 - 228 2009
  • Irish Theological Quarterly
    Salzman Todd A., etal Karl Rahner and Human Nature: Implications for Ethics
    74:4, p. 389 - 418 2009
  • Conversations in Religion and Theology
    Salzman Todd A., etal A Dialogue with Barbara Hilkert Andolsen about Our Book: The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology
    8:1, p. 92 - 98 2009
  • Patheos.com
    Salzman Todd A., etal Charisms and Magisterial Teaching 2009
  • INTAMS review
    Salzman Todd A., etal Experience and Moral Theology
    14:2, p. 156 - 169 2008
  • Theological Studies
    Salzman Todd A., etal Truly Human Sexual Acts: a Response to Patrick Lee and Robert George
    69:3, p. 663 - 680 2008
  • Theological Studies
    Salzman Todd A., Creation and Covenant; the Significance of Sexual Difference in and for the Moral Theology of Marriage
    69:2, p. 463 - 465 2008
  • Furrow
    Salzman Todd A., etal Homosexuals and Their Children: What Is the Scientific Evidence?
    59:5, p. 285 - 288 2008
  • Heythrop Journal
    Lawler M., etal New natural law theory and foundational ethical principles: A critique and a proposal
    47, p. 182 - 205 2006
  • Chicago Studies
    Salzman Todd A., Friendship, marriage, and sacrament: Philia as a model of Christian love
    45:2, p. 147 - 161 2006
  • Theological Studies
    Salzman Todd A., A morally complex world: Engaging contemporary moral theology
    66:2, p. 474 - 476 2005
  • Salzman Todd A., Experience and natural law a universal method for approaching particular values 2005
  • Biblical Theology Bulletin
    Salzman Todd A., Sexual diversity and Catholicism: toward the development of moral theology; [REVIEW]
    32:1, p. 40 2002
  • Heythrop Journal
    Salzman Todd A., The Basic Goods Theory and Revisionism: A Methodological Comparison on the Use of Reason and Experience as Sources of Moral Knowledge
    42:4, p. 423 - 450 2001
  • Salzman Todd A., Dismantling privilege: an ethics of accountability; [REVIEW] 2001
  • Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology
    Salzman Todd A., The basic goods theory and revisionism
    42:4, p. 423 - 450 2001
  • Salzman Todd A., On suicide: a discourse on voluntary death 2000
  • The Linacre quarterly
    Salzman Todd, Catholic Social Teaching, the Common Good, and Health Care in the United States: Seeking a Universal Model of Health Care Coverage
    67:3, p. 67 - 78 2000
  • Salzman Todd A., Sexual ethics and the New Testament: behavior and belief[Book Review] 2000
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Salzman Todd A., Bosnia: a short history
    1 1999
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Salzman Todd A., The genetic gods: evolution and belief in human affairs
    1 1999
  • Journal of Religion & Society
    Salzman Todd A., Heavenly Serbia: from myth to genocide
    1 1999
  • Human Rights Quarterly
    Salzman Todd A., Rape Camps as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing
    20:2, p. 348 - 378 1998
  • Studia Moralia
    Salzman T, B. Schüller's hermeneutic of C.D. Broad's deontology and teleology: a critical analysis
    34:1, p. 63 - 96 1996