Celebrating the Great Jesuit Sociologist, Fr. John Coleman, SJ (1937-2025)

Friends and colleagues of Fr. John Coleman, SJ will discuss his intellectual legacy.  A sociologist by training, Fr. Coleman taught and published in the areas of Catholic social teaching, religion in public life, and theology and culture.  His publications include Sociology: An Introduction with USF professor Ralph Lane, An American Strategic Theology, One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Teaching, Globalization and Catholic Social Thought, and Christian Political Ethics. 

Moderated by Fr. Lucas Sharma, SJ, a PhD student of sociology of religion, gender, and sexuality at UC San Diego. 

Panelists include:

• Jerome Baggett, PhD, Professor of Religion and Society and Ignacio Ellacuria Professor for Jesuit Studies Endowed Chair at the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University
• Maureen Day, PhD, Research Affiliate at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California
• Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD, Assistant Vice President and Director of Mission Engagement and Strategic Initiatives and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Villanova University.
• Richard Wood, PhD, President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California

Sponsored by the Joan and Ralph Lane Center for Catholic Social Thought and the Ignatian Tradition, University of San Francisco and the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California