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Christina McRorie

Associate Professor of Moral Theology

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Christina McRorie

Ph.D.

Contact

Simboli Hall 310

Telephone: 617-552-6529

Email: christina.mcrorie@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • B.A., Pepperdine University
  • M.A.R., Yale Divinity School
  • Ph.D., University of Virginia

Research Interests

Catholic Social Thought; Economic Ethics; Moral Agency; Fundamental Moral Theology; Ethics and Spirituality; Parenting

Expertise

  • Moral Theology and Christian Ethics
  • Feminist and Liberation Theologies
  • Ignatian Spirituality and History

Profile

Christina McRorie is associate professor of moral theology at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. Her research is in the areas of fundamental moral theology and Catholic social thought, and takes up questions about how our moral agency and character relate to our social contexts, including within markets. In 2026, she published The World of Markets: A Theology of Moral Agency in Economic Life, which engages economic research on decision-making in markets to identify the conditions under which markets support our growth in character, and under which they do the opposite. The World of Markets approaches this through the lens of Catholic reflection on 鈥渢he world,鈥� ultimately describing markets as ambiguous worlds that mediate both sin and grace through their influences on our moral agency.

Christina has served on the board of directors of the Society of Christian Ethics, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Moral Theology and the Journal of Catholic Social Thought. Starting in 2027, she will serve as co-editor of the Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics. In 2026, she joined the North American AI Research Group sponsored the Vatican鈥檚 Dicastery for Culture and Education, for a project focused on AI and labor.

Christina received her doctorate from the University of Virginia in 2016, and before joining Boston College she taught at Creighton University for seven years. From 2020 to 2023 she was a Research Fellow in the Collaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology project funded through the John Templeton Foundation. She also has experience leading low-income financial empowerment programming, including two years coordinating volunteer tax preparation sites with the Boston EITC Coalition.

Selected Courses

  • Fundamental Moral Theology
  • Theological Ethics and Global Development
  • Ethics and Spirituality
  • Gender, Race, and Ethics
  • Theological Ethics and the Economy
  • Introduction to Catholic Social Ethics
  • Critical Ethical Issues

Selected Publications

Books

The World of Markets: A Theology of Moral Agency in Economic Life. Georgetown University Press, Moral Traditions series (2026).

Markets and Other Social Structures: Analyzing Moral Ecologies in Christian Ethics. Co-edited with David Cloutier. Wipf and Stock/Pickwick, 2025.

Selected Recent Articles and Chapters

"Usury and Catholic Social Thought: Where Do We Go from Here?" Studies in Christian Ethics 39.3 (2026)

"Markets and Moral Formation: It's Time for an Empirical Turn," Journal of Markets and Morality (2026)

鈥淭he Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality of Parenting,鈥� Theological Studies 86.1 (2025)

鈥淐atholic Social Thought and Reparations,鈥� in Reparations and the Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair, edited by Michael Barram, Drew Hart, Gimbaya Kettering, and Michael Rhodes. Lexington Books (2023)

鈥淭he Anthropology of Liberalism: Smith and Us,鈥� Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 41A, special issue on 鈥淩eligion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism.鈥� Emerald Publishing (2023)

鈥淢odes of Interpretation (Christianity),鈥� in The Encyclopedia of Religious Ethics, edited by William Schweiker et al. Wiley-Blackwell (2022)

鈥淢oral Reasoning in 鈥榯he World,鈥欌�� Theological Studies 82.2 (2021)

鈥淟iberation Theology and Development Economics: Unlikely Allies?鈥� (co-authored with Annette Davis) Faith & Economics 78 (2021)

鈥淒id the Catholic Church Change its Mind on Usury? Yes, and No,鈥� in Churches and Moral Discernment, Volume 2: Learning From History. Faith and Order Paper 229, World Council of Churches Publications (2021)

Selected Appointments, Awards, and Grants

Member, North American AI Research Group, sponsored by the Centre for Digital Culture, Dicastery for Culture and Education, 2026 - present

Research Fellow, 鈥淐ollaborative Inquiries in Christian Theological Anthropology,鈥� funded by the John Templeton Foundation, 2020 鈥� 2023

Member, Economics Research Hub, Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge, 2021 鈥� present

Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia, 2020

Affiliated Fellow, FA Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, George Mason University, 2016 鈥� 2021

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