Justin M. Anderson, Ph.D.

Professor and Chair of Moral Theology
School of Theology

Justin M. Anderson is Professor and Chair of Moral Theology at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University. Dr. Anderson's current research focuses on the Catholic intellectual tradition’s understanding of scandal and the rational limits to avoiding scandal, especially in the name of truth. He is author of the book Virtue and Grace in the Theology of Thomas Aquinas (Cambridge University Press, 2020), co-editor of a series of books on the Jesuit intellectual tradition, and co-author of Pursuing the Honorable: Honor and Today's Military (Lexington Books, 2019). His articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals such as Irish Theological Quarterly, International Philosophical Quarterly, and Nova et Vetera (English edition). Dr. Anderson is co-founder of the international research group "Thomas Aquinas and Canon Law." He is a member of the Academy of Catholic Theology and the American Catholic Philosophical Association. He earned his Ph.D. (2011) from the Institute of Philosophy at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Louvain). In 2021, he was selected as Seton Hall University Researcher of the Year.

Courses Dr. Anderson frequently teaches include Fundamental Moral Theology I and II, Catholic Social Teaching, Christian Marriage, Moral Evil and Moral Absolutes, Christian Decision Making, and Secularism and Catholicism.