F. Russell Hittinger
Robert J. Randall Distinguished Visiting Professor in Christian Culture, Providence College (2007-08)
Warren Professor of Catholic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Research Professor of Law,
University of Tulsa (1996-present)
Russell Hittinger is an internationally recognized contributor to major
contemporary debates in jurisprudence, law, and ethics and has held professorships
at the Catholic University of America, Princeton University, Fordham University,
and New York University. He has served on the Virginia Governor's Council
for Self-Determination and State Sovereignty and is currently a member
of the Ethics Task Force of the St. Francis Health Care System in Tulsa.
He also serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of
Jurisprudence and First Things. His many honors include
the Josephine Yalch Zekan Award for the best scholarly article in faith
and law and a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship for university
teachers. Professor Hittinger spent his time at the Center researching
the development of papal views of modern political,
legal, and cultural liberties from the French Revolution to the present
day. His books include The First Grace: Rediscovering Natural Law in a Post-Christian Age (ISI, 2003) and A Critique of the Natural Law Theory (University of Notre Dame Press, 1987).
Professor Hittinger has been an invited speaker for our "Culture of Death," "Culture of Life," "From Death to Life," "Formation and Renewal," and "Modernity: Yearning for the Infinite" conferences. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture in the fall of 2000.
