Patricia Beattie Jung

Background

Patricia Beattie Jung was born on September 21, 1949 in Great Falls, Montana, United States. She is a daughter of Arthur S. and June Beattie.

Education

In 1971 Patricia Beattie Jung received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Santa Clara University. In 1974 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1979.

Career

From 1979 to 1987 Patricia Beattie Jung was an assistant professor of religion at Concordia College. From 1988 to 1995 she served as an associate professor of theological ethics at Wartburg Theological Seminary. From 1995 to 2008 Jung was a professor of moral theology at Loyola University Chicago.

From 2008 to 2014 Jung worked as a professor of christian ethics at Saint Paul School of Theology, and has been a visiting professor since 2014. She has published several books.

Achievements

• Patricia Beattie Jung is best known as the author of Heterosexism: An Ethical Challenge and Moral Issues and Christian Responses. Her works received high praise from critics.

Works

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  • Good Sex: Feminist Perspectives from the World's Religions

    (What is "good sex" in the globalized world of the twenty-...)

    2001
  • Moral Issues and Christian Responses

    (This book provides an introduction to contemporary moral ...)

    1996
  • Sexual Diversity and Catholicism: Toward The Development Of Moral Theology

    (Sexual Diversity and Catholicism focuses specifically on ...)

    2001
  • Heterosexism: An Ethical Challenge

    (A ground-breaking book that shows that the prevailing sex...)

    1993

Membership

Patricia Beattie Jung is a member of the Catholic Theological Society of America, the Society of Christian Ethics, the American Academy of Religion.

Connections

On June 1, 1974 Patricia Beattie Jung married L. Shannon Jung. They have three children: Michael, Robert, Nathan.

Father:

Arthur S. Beattie

Mother:

June Beattie

Spouse:

L. Shannon Jung

Son:

Robert Jung

Son:

Michael Jung

Son:

Nathan Jung

References

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