Dr. Judith A. Merkle is a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur from Cincinnati. She holds a MA degree from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend and a MA and PhD in Theology from the University of St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Merkle teaches in both ethics and theology and has a special interest in the relationship between church and culture.  Dr. Merkle is a full professor in the Department of Religious Studies.

Publications

                      From the Heart of the Church: The Catholic Social Tradition

                      Liturgical Press, 2004. (Polish edition, forthcoming)

                      A Different Touch: A Study of the Vows in Religious Life

                      Liturgical Press, 1998. (Italian edition, 1999) (Spanish edition, 2001.

                      Committed by Choice: Religious Life Today.

                      Liturgical Press, 1992. (Spanish edition, 1999) (Italian edition, 2000).

                      “The World and Moral Theology” in Moral Theology for the 21st Century:

                       Festschrift in Honor of Kevin T. Kelly (T and T Clark, forthcoming, 2008)

                      "Searching for the Faith to do Justice in Modern Times,” in CatholicSocial 

                      Justice: Theological and Practical Explorations. Eds. Philomena Cullen,

                      Bernard Hoose and Gerard Mannion. (Continuum, 2007)     

                     “Church, Culture and Social Carriers,” Papers from Expert Seminar on Catholic

                     Social Teaching. Website, Centre for Catholic Social Thought. Catholic University                          of Louvain, Belgium.

                     “Practicing Peace in New Places,” New Theology Review, November, 2006.

                     "From Catholic Social Teaching to Catholic Social Tradition" in Theology and                      the Social Sciences.  Edited by Michael Barnes. 

                     Proceedings of the College Theology Society. (New York: Orbis Books, 2001)

                      "Social Ethics in the New Millenium," in Ethical Dilemmas in the New Millenium 

                     (1) Proceedings of the Theology Institute, Villanova University.

                     Vol. 32.  Edited by Francis A. Eigo, O.S.A. Villanova Pennsylvania.  Villanova                      University Press, 2000.

                    "Sin" in The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought,

                     ed. Judith A. Dwyer. Liturgical Press, 1994, 883-888.