Dr. Gerard Mannion is the Joseph and Winifred Amaturo Chair in Catholic Studies at Georgetown University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Co-Director of the Church and World Program and heads the ‘Church and the Ecumenical Future’ project. He was educated at King’s College, Cambridge University and New College, Oxford University (where he took his DPhil. in Theology and Philosophy). An Irish citizen, passionate about social justice, rugby union and music, he has authored, co-authored and edited some sixteen books and numerous articles and chapters elsewhere in the fields of ecclesiology, ethics and public theology, as well as in other aspects of systematic theology and philosophy.
Additionally, Dr. Mannion has also served as an adviser to various NGOs and charities including the Theological Reference Group of CAFOD, the Social Justice Commission, the Religious Studies Board of the UK Bishops’ Conference, the committee of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain and the Queen’s Foundation Working Party on Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church.
