Department Chair
Michael P. Walsh Professor of Bioethics
Professor of Theological Ethics
Stokes Hall 329N
Telephone: 617-552-3572
Email: andrea.vicini@bc.edu
ORCID
Andrea Vicini, S.J., is an alumnus of Boston College (S.T.L. and Ph.D.) and holds an M.D.from the University of Bologna and an S.T.D. from the Pontifical Faculty of Theology ofSouthern Italy in Napoli. At Boston College, Andrea was Gasson Professor (2009-2010) and taught as the听Gloria L. and Charles I. Clough School of Theology and Ministry (2011-2019). He also taught in Italy, Albania,Mexico, Chad, and France. He is co-chair of the international network as well as lecturer and member of associations of moral theologians and bioethicists in Italy, Europe, and the U.S. His research interests and publications include theological bioethics, global public health, new biotechnologies, environmental issues, and fundamental theological ethics. During the academic year 2015-2016, he had a researchfellowship at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ, on the Societal Implications of Astrobiology. Since 2021 he is a Fellow of the .
Books
Genetica umana e bene comune (Human Genetics and the Common Good),听(Cinisello Balsamo: San Paolo, 2008).
Translation:听Gen茅tica humana e bem comum听(S茫o Paolo: Loyola, S茫o Camilo, 2011).
Edited books
The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J.听Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications听by Wipf & Stock, 2022).
Ethics Challenges in Global Public Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the听Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini, eds., Global Theological Ethics 1, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick听Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021).
Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle Cahill鈥檚 Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J.听Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2020).
Building Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and听A. Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY:听Orbis Books, 2019).
Just Sustainability: Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini,听eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis听Books, 2015).
The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2015).
Podcasts
"What if We Are not Alone in the Universe?,鈥 Pulled Up Short: Season Two, Carolyn A. and听Peter S. Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College (November 15,听2021).
鈥淲ater: Public Health, Justice, and the Common Good,鈥 , October 30, 2019,听..
Journal articles听
鈥淚ndicators of the Dimensions of Trust (and Mistrust) in Early Primary Care Practice: A听Qualitative Study鈥 (et al.), BMC Primary Care 24 (2023) art. 150. DOI:听
鈥溾楧on鈥檛 Worry, You Can Trust Me鈥: Indicators of the Role of Trust in Residents鈥 ReflectiveWriting鈥 (et al.), Patient Education and Counseling 109, Supplement (April 2023): art. 54. DOI:听听.
鈥淭he Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health鈥 (et al.), Annals of Global听Health 89, no. 1 (2023): art. 23, 1-215. DOI: .
鈥淭heory Building as Integrated Reflection: Understanding Physician Reflection Through Human听Communication Research, Medical Education, and Ethics鈥 (et al.), Journal of Health Ethics 18,听no. 2 (2022): .
鈥淲hen Social Justice Meets CRISPR,鈥 Sojourners 51, no. 11 (December 2022): 14-15. 2022听Award of Excellence of The Associated Press Church Awards for: Science Writing for the World听of Faith: Short Format.
鈥溾 (et al.), Journal of听Health Ethics 18, no. 1 (2022).
鈥淭he Coronavirus Pandemic: Ethical Challenges in Global Public Health,鈥 Journal of the Society听of Christian Ethics 42, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2022).
鈥,鈥 Journal听of Moral Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 41-69.
鈥溾 (et al.), Journal of Moral听Theology 11, no. 1 (2022): 13-40.
鈥,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 5, no. 12听(December 2021), [translations in Italian and Spanish].
鈥听(Noviembre 5, 2021).
鈥淗ealthcare Practice at the End of Life: Addressing Opposite Attitudes and Diverse Contexts,鈥澨Concilium: The End of Life: Making Sense of Our Finitude, M. Gruber, L. Hogan, and S.听Knauss, eds., no. 5 (2021): 45-55 [translations in German, Italian, and Spanish].
鈥淐orrecting the Genome with CRISPR: Ethical Challenges,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English听Edition (September 28, 2021) [translations in Italian and French].
鈥),鈥 Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021):听100-109.
鈥淧osthumanism in Popular Culture: Ongoing Challenges,鈥 Concilium: Posthumanism and the听Incarnation in a Post/Human Age, S. Abraham, B. Caero Bustillos, and Po Ho Huang, eds., 57,听no. 3 (2021): 54-63 [translations in German, French, and Italian].
鈥淐OVID-19: A Crisis and a Tragedy鈥揥hat鈥檚 Next?,鈥 Theological Studies 82, no. 1 (2021): 116-听137.
鈥淎rtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Bioethical Challenges and Approaches,鈥 Asian Horizons:听Dharmaram Journal of Theology 14, no. 3 (2020): 615-627.
鈥淧reserving the Earth and Promoting Health: Challenges for the Common Good,鈥 Studia听Moralia 58, no. 1 (2020): 97-122.
鈥淟ife in the Time of Coronavirus,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 4, no. 4 (April 2020)听[translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish).
鈥淩eflecting on CRISPR Gene Editing,鈥 Health Progress 101, no. 1 (January-February 2020): 5-听9. 2021 Catholic Press Awards, for Best Writing鈥揂nalysis in the magazine听division.
鈥,鈥 (with B. O鈥橬eill, S.J.), La Civilt脿 Cattolica听English Edition 4, no. 1 (2020): 40-52 [translations in Catalan, Italian, and Spanish].
鈥,鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica English Edition 3, no. 9听(2019): 92-104 [translations in French, Italian, and Spanish].
鈥淪ocial Justice and the Promotion of the Common Good in Medical Missions to Low-Resourced听Countries,鈥 Annals of Global Health 85, no. 1 (2019): 83-84.
鈥淎strobiology and Us: Social and Political Implications of a 鈥楴ew鈥 Science,鈥 La Civilt脿听Cattolica English Edition 1, no. 5 (2017): 29-41 [translations in Italian and Spanish].
鈥淐ultivating the Inner Life of a Physician Through Written Reflection鈥 (et al.), Annals of Family听Medicine 15, no. 4 (2017): 379-381.
鈥淥n the Inner Life of Physicians: Analysis of Family Medicine Residents鈥 Written Reflections鈥澨(et al.), Journal of Religion and Health (2017):1-10.
鈥淭he Role of Emotions at the End of Human Life,鈥 Studia Moralia 55, no. 1 (2017): 99-119.
鈥淟earning to See Beneath the Surface: A Qualitative Analysis of Family Medicine Residents鈥櫶齊eflections About Communication鈥 (et al.), Journal of Health Communication 20, no. 12 (2015):听1441-1448.
鈥淟onging for Transcendence: Cyborgs and Trans- and Posthumans鈥 (with A. Brazal),听Theological Studies 76, no. 1 (2015): 148-165.
鈥淟e Neuroscienze e la Bioetica (Neurosciences and Bioethics),鈥 La Civilt脿 Cattolica II, no. 3932听(2014): 143-158.
鈥淢apeamento do C茅rebro: Uma Quest茫o 脡tica? (Mapping the Brain: An Ethical Issue?),鈥澨Bioethikos 7, no. 4 (2013): 426-430.
鈥淏ioethics: Basic Questions and Extraordinary Developments,鈥 Theological Studies 73, no. 1听(2012): 169-187.
鈥淓thical Challenges of Human Genetics Today: From the Lab, through the Clinic, to the Pews,鈥澨Studia Moralia 50, no. 1 (2012): 145-174.
鈥淚maging in Severe Disorders of Consciousness: Rethinking Consciousness, Identity and Care in听a Relational Key,鈥 Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 32, no. 1 (2012): 169-191.
鈥淟a Loi Morale Naturelle: Perspectives Internationales pour la R茅flexion Bio茅thique听Contemporaine (The Moral Natural Law: International Perspectives for Today鈥檚 Bioethical听Reflection),鈥 Revue de l鈥橧nstitut Catholique de Paris 鈥 Transversalit茅s 122 (2012): 125-151.
鈥淟e Cas de la Grippe Aviaire H5N1: La Recherche en Biologie entre Questions, Pauses et听Limites (The Case of the H5N1 Avian Flu: The Research in Biology between Questions, Pauses,听and Limits),鈥 脡迟耻诲别蝉 417, no. 4 (2012): 317-327.
鈥淣ew Insights in Environmental and Sustainable Ethics,鈥 Asian Horizons: Dharmaram Journal听of Theology 6, no. 2 (2012): 309-328.
鈥淎llocazione delle Risorse Sanitarie: Come Promuovere la Giustizia e il Bene Comune? (The听Allocation of Health Care Resources: How Can We Promote Justice and the Common Good?),鈥澨Rivista di Teologia Morale 43.169, no. 1 (2011): 69-78.
鈥淓tica Teologica, Pratica Medica e Sanit脿: Per una Maggiore e Migliore Giustizia (Theological听Ethics, Medical Practice, and Healthcare: To Promote a Greater and Better Justice),鈥 Studia听Moralia 49, no. 2 (2011): 439-463.
鈥淥 Futuro da Bio茅tica (The Future of Bioethics)鈥 (with J.F. Keenan), Bioethikos 5, no. 1 (2011):听10-20.
鈥淥ncofertility and the Boundaries of Moral Reflection鈥 (with P. Lauritzen), Theological Studies听72, no. 1 (2011): 116-130.
鈥淟a Riforma Sanitaria negli Stati Uniti (The Health Care Reform in the USA),鈥 La Civilt脿听Cattolica II, 3839 (2010): 466-478.
鈥淭he Search for a Universal Ethic: The International Theological Commission鈥檚 2009 Document听on Natural Law,鈥 Concilium: Human Nature and Natural Law, L. Sowle Cahill, H. Haker, and E.听Messi Metogo, eds., 3 (2010): 111-117.
Book chapters
鈥淭he Legacy of Paul Farmer for Theological Ethics,鈥 in A Prophet to the Peoples: Paul听Farmer鈥檚 Witness and Theological Ethics, J. Weiss Block, M. T. Lysaught, and A. A. Martins,听eds., Global Theological Ethics 3, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2023),听299-312.
鈥淣euroscience and Theological Bioethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue,鈥 in Neurowissenschaften in der Diskussion 鈥 Anregungen zum Weiterdenken / The Moral Brain: 鈥 Stimuli for Further Reflection, S. M眉ller and P.J. Morciniec, N. Polgar, eds., Bioethik in der听Diskussion / Bioethics in Discussion 4, (Wien: Facultas, 2022), 25-44.
鈥淭he Challenging Global Cancer Pandemic,鈥 in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health,听Ethics, and Social Justice, A. Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological听Ethics 2, (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), iii-ix.
鈥淐ancer in the Context of Global Inequities and Disparities in COVID Times: An Ethical听Reflection,鈥 in The Rising Global Cancer Pandemic: Health, Ethics, and Social Justice, A.听Vicini, P. J. Landrigan, and K. Straif, eds., Global Theological Ethics 鈥 Book Series, vol. 2,听(Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2022), 143-151.
鈥淕lobal Public Health and the Promotion of the Common Good,鈥 in Ethics of Global Public听Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini,听eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 1-12.
鈥淎n Ethical Agenda for Global Public Health鈥 (with P. Farmer), in Ethics of Global Public听Health: Climate Change, Pollution, and the Health of the Poor, P. J. Landrigan and A. Vicini,听eds. (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications by Wipf & Stock, 2021), 193-198.
鈥淐hristian Ethics: Past, Present, and Future,鈥 in T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Ethics, T.听Winright, ed., (London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020), 483-485.
鈥淭ransformative Engagement in Dialogue,鈥 in Reimagining the Moral Life: On Lisa Sowle听Cahill鈥檚 Contributions to Christian Ethics, K.J. Choi, S. Moses, and A. Vicini, eds., (Maryknoll,听NY: Orbis Books, 2020), xi-xxiii.
鈥淲ho Are We, Where Do We Come From, and How Did We Get to Sarajevo?,鈥 in Building听Bridges in Sarajevo: The Plenary Papers of Sarajevo 2018, J.F. Keenan, K. Heyer, and A.听Vicini, eds., Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 7, (Maryknoll, NY:听Orbis Books, 2019), 12-14.
鈥淓nvironmental Ethics as Bioethics鈥 (with T. Winright), in Catholic Bioethics and Social听Justice: The Praxis of US Health Care in a Globalized World, M.T. Lysaught and M. McCarthy,听eds. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2018) 377-388.
鈥淓mpowered by the Holy Spirit,鈥 in The Holy Spirit: Setting the World on Fire, R. Lennan and听N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2017) 162-172.听
鈥淎nthropocentric, Theocentric, Biocentric, and Cosmocentric: Ecotheological Visions in听Tension,鈥 in M. Patenge, R. Beck, and M. Luber, eds., Sch枚pfung bewahren: Theologie und听Kirche als Impulsgeber f眉r eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (Preserving Creation: Theology and听Church as Stimuli for a Sustainable Development), Weltkirche und Mission 7, (Regensburg:听Friedrich Pustet, 2016), 164-188.
鈥淎 Renewed Hope,鈥 in The Legacy of Vatican II, M. Faggioli and A. Vicini, eds., (Mahwah, NJ:听Paulist Press, 2015), 273-278.
鈥淥n Just Sustainability and Its Challenges,鈥 (with C. Z. Peppard), in Just Sustainability:听Technology, Ecology, and Resource Extraction, C.Z. Peppard and A. Vicini, eds., Catholic听Theological Ethics in the World Church Series, Vol. 3, (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015), 1-8.
鈥淗ope Springs: Shaping the Moral Life,鈥 in Hope: Promise, Possibility, and Fulfillment, R. Lennan听and N. Pineda-Madrid, eds., (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2013), 168-181.
鈥淩oman Catholic Commitment to Promoting Sustainability,鈥 in Protecting Nature, Saving听Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P. Gagliardi,听A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 2013),听253-258.
鈥淩oman Catholic Contributions to Address the Current Ecological Crisis,鈥 in Protecting Nature,听Saving Creation: Ecological Conflicts, Religious Passions, and Political Quandaries, P.听Gagliardi, A.M. Reijnen, P. Valentini, eds. (London: Palgrave Macmilllan, Fondazione Giorgio听Cini, 2013), 113-138.
鈥淟iving with Indigenous Communities in Chiapas, Mexico: The Transformative Power of听Poverty and Suffering,鈥 in Ethnography as Christian Theology and Ethics, C. Scharen and A.M.听Vigen, eds., (London: Continuum, 2011), 161-183.