Kevin Ahern

Department Chairperson of Religion & Philosophy

Professor, Religious Studies

Kevin Glauber Ahern, PhD is a theological ethicist and public theologian. His research focuses on the significance of Catholic institutional ministries and Christian social movements. He is an associate professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College and the past director of the Peace and Justice Studies and Labor Studies programs. He is the author of Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good. He has edited several books, including the award-winning Visions of Hope: Emerging Theologians and the Future of the Church, The Radical Bible, and the award-winning Public Theology and the Global Common Good. His most recent book is God’s Quad: Small Faith Communities on Campus and Beyond. 

Dr. Ahern is active on campus with a number of student and faculty groups. He serves as faculty advisor to Just Peace and helps to coordinate the college’s partnerships with Catholic Relief Services and initiatives to engage the legacy of Dorothy Day.

From 2003-2007, Dr. Ahern served as the president of the International Movement of Catholic Students, a global student movement in more than 70 countries. In 2016, he was elected to the leadership of IMCS's sister movement, the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs (ICMICA-Pax Romana), a global movement of intellectual and professionals committed to social action. Dr. Ahern lives in Westchester with his wife, Beth, and two young children.

 

 

Education

  • PHD, Boston College
  • MA, Boston College
  • BA, Fordham University

Courses Taught

Courses Taught at Manhattan College

  • RELS 110: The Nature and Experience of Religion
  • RELS 254: Catholic Social Teaching 
  • RELS 204: Religion and Social Justice 
  • RELS 200: Special Topic: Radical Religious 
  • LABR 201 / RELS 200 / SOC 332: Labor Studies Colloquium 

Courses Taught at Other Institutions

  • Catholic Social Teaching
  • Introduction to Catholic Social Ethics
  • Exploring Catholicism:  Tradition and Transformation
  • Catholic Social Doctrine
  • Human Rights, Humanitarian Crises and Refugees: Political, and Religious Responses
  • Ethics, Religion and International Politics