Rev. Norbert J. Rigali, S.J.

Professor Emeritus
S.T.L., University of Innsbruck
Ph.D., University of Munich

Contact information

Office: Maher 296, Phone: (619) 260-4056, Fax: (619) 260-2260,
E-mail: nrigali@sandiego.edu

Research specialties

Fundamental moral theology

Teaching specialties

Christian ethics, Catholic social doctrine

Recent publications (1998-present)

“Moral Theology and the Church’s Response to Sexual Abuse.” (Currently being considered for publication.)

“The Ecclesial Responsibilities of Theologians, Forty Years after Vatican II.” Horizons 33/2 (Fall 2006) 298-302.

“From ‘Moral Theology’ to the ‘Theology of the Christian Life’: An Overview.” Origins 34/6 (24 June 2004) 85-91. Also published as “New Horizons in Moral Theology,” in New Horizons in Theology, College Theology Society Annual Volume 50, ed. Terrence W. Tilley (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2005) 40-55.

“On Theology of the Christian Life.” In Moral Theology: New Directions and Fundamental Issues for James P. Hanigan, ed. James Keating (New York: Paulist Press, 2004) 3-23.

“Words and Contraception.” America 183/8 (23 September 2000) 8-11.

“In the Next Quarter-Century.” Horizons 26/2 (Fall 1999) 303-306.

Bibliography 1968-98 (pdf)*

*From Todd A. Salzman, ed., Method and Catholic Moral Theology: The Ongoing Reconstruction – Festschrift for Norbert J. Rigali, S.J., 275-279. Omaha, Nebraska: Creighton University Press, 1999.