Miguel Romero, Th.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Health Care Ethics
Education
- B.A. Colorado College
- M.Div. Fuller Theological Seminary
- Th.D. Duke University Divinity School
Publications and Media Placements
Books and Edited Volumes
- Editor: The Journal of Moral Theology: 鈥淓ngaging Disability,鈥� edited by Miguel J. Romero and Mary Jo Iozzio, Vol. 6, Special Issue 2 (Sept 2017).
- Forthcoming Manuscript: Destiny of the Wounded Creature: St. Thomas Aquinas on Disability. Advance contract with Catholic University of America Press. Manuscript under review. Target date: TBD.
- Forthcoming Manuscript: My Brother鈥檚 Keeper: A Thomistic Theology of Mercy and Liberation.
Articles, Essays, and Book Chapters
- Forthcoming Book chapter, with Jason Eberl (SLU): 鈥淭he Tree of Life: Aquinas, Disability, and Transhumanism.鈥�
- Forthcoming Article: 鈥淒isability, Deification, & Beatitude,鈥� submitted to The Thomist for peer review.
- 鈥淒isability, Catholic Questions, and the Quandaries of Biomedicine and Secular Society,鈥� National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer 2020): 277-310.
- 鈥淒isability, Theological Method, and Authorial Positionality: A Critical Engagement with Wondrously Wounded, by Brian Brock,鈥� Syndicate Journal (Oct 2020).
- 鈥淩emembering 鈥楳indless鈥� Persons: Intellectual Disability, Spanish Colonialism, and the Disappearance of a Medieval Account of Persons Who Lack the Use of Reason,鈥� chapter five in Disability in Medieval Philosophy & Theology, ed. Scott Williams (Routledge Press, 2020).
- 鈥淪pecies, Intellect, and the Non-Deliberate Actus Hominis: A Review and Response to Aquinas on Custom, by William Mattison III,鈥� Journal of Moral Theology virtual roundtable (March 2020).
- 鈥淟a Celebrazione del Mistero Cristiano,鈥� chapter 2 in Catechesi e Persone Con Disabilita: Un鈥檃ttenzione Necessaria Nella Vita Quotidiana Della Chiesa, edited by Francesco Spinelli and Eugene R. Sylva (San Paulo, 2018): 35-51.
- 鈥淢ercy, Mental Illness, and the Moral Significance of Christian History: The Story of Fr. Juan Gilabert-Jofre, O.de.M.,鈥� Journal of Disability & Religion, Vol. 22, No. 2 (May 2018).
- 鈥淭he Goodness and Beauty of Our Fragile Flesh: Moral Theologians and Our Engagement with Disability,鈥� Journal of Moral Theology: Engaging Disability, Vol. 6, Special Issue 2 (2017): 206-253.
- 鈥淭o Think Theologically About Disability,鈥� Culture E Fede (Pontificium Consilium de Cultura), vol. XXIV, n. 3 (2016). 203-204.
- Refereed: 鈥淗appiness and Those Who Lack the Use of Reason,鈥� The Thomist 80 (2016): 49-96.
- 鈥淐ognitive Impairment, Moral Virtue, and Our Life in Christ,鈥� Church Life, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2014): 79-94.
- 鈥淭he Call To Mercy: Veritatis Splendor and the Preferential Option for the Poor,鈥� Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 11, No. 4. (2013): 1205鈥�27.
- 鈥淎quinas on the Corporis Infirmitas: Broken Flesh and The Grammar of Grace,鈥� book chapter in Disability in the Christian Tradition: A Reader, eds. Swinton and Brock (Eerdmans, 2012): 101鈥�151.
- 鈥淟iberation, Development, and Human Advancement: Catholic
Principle Author on Collaborative Documents
- 鈥淭he Mission of NCPD: The Fundamentals, Aims, and Recent History,鈥� a study produced for the National Catholic Partnership on Disability: March 2021.
- 鈥淪peaking of Disability: Pastoral Guidelines on Appropriate Language Relating to Persons Who Have a Disability,鈥� a resource provided by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability: May 2020.
- 鈥淐ompanion to the USCCB Sacramental Guidelines on Disability and Sacramental Access,鈥� a resource provided by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability: Nov 2019.
- Affirmation of and Commitment to the Call of the Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities: A Resolution Issued by the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability on the 40th Anniversary of the Pastoral Statement,鈥� a resource provided by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability: Sept 2018.
Honors and Awards
- Doctoral Fellow and Dissertation Fellow (2008-2012), Hispanic Theological Initiative.
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Academy of Catholic Theology (ACT), member 2019 鈥� Present.
- Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians in the US (ACHTUS), member 2011 鈥� Present.
- Catholic Theological Society of America (CTSA), member 2017 鈥� Present.
- New Wine, New Wineskins (NWNW), member 2010 鈥� Present.