James Hanvey
specializes in systematic theology and Catholic Social Thought and
Ignatian Spirituality. He received his doctorate from Oxford
University on the Hegelian metaphysics of Trinitarian Theology and
has taught systematic theology at Heythrop College, University of
London. He was head of the Theology Department at Heythrop until he
founded and was director of the Heythrop Institute for Religion,
Ethics and Society in 2004. When he finished as director he was
seconded to work as the theological consultant to the Catholic
Bishops Conference of England and Wales. Although his main field is
systematics, he has also held the Veale Chair in Ignatian
Spirituality, The Milltown Institute, Dublin and he has also
lectured and written on education, health care, and the
Church's response to contemporary culture. He co-authored
and influential report commissioned by the Catholic Education
Service (England and Wales) entitled, 'On the Way to
Life' which explored the challenges for Catholic Education
in secular post-modern culture. He is currently working on a new
book: The Theological Foundations of Catholic Social Teaching - The
Witness of the Spirit as well as preparing a collection of papers
on the theology of health care and contributory papers to various
forthcoming publications: a legal collection on Human Dignity and
papers on the anniversary of Vatican II.
