David S. Crawford

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Family Law
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
B.A., English, University of Iowa
M.A., Writing, University of Iowa
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
M.T.S., S.T.L., S.T.D., Pontifical John Paul II Institute, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Crawford teaches and writes in the areas of fundamental moral theology, bio- and sexual ethics, marriage and family, and law.  Recent articles have addressed issues such as human action, natural law, homosexuality, condoms and HIV/AIDS, and the anthropological implications of modern civil law.  He is currently engaged in research concerning morality and nature, as well as the theological and anthropological issues arising under modern legal theory, particularly as they concern marriage, family, and the person. He is the author of Marriage and the Sequela Christi, published by the Lateran University Press.

Select Publications

• "An Appeal: Recalling the teaching of Humanae Vitae (and Veritatis Splendor)." First Things: Web Exclusives (September 2015).
• "Gay Marriage, Public Reason, and the Common Good." Communio: International Catholic Review 41 (Summer 2014): 380-437.
• "Rights without Limits: Legal-Political Reason and the Shared Logic of Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and ARTs." Humanum: Issues in Family, Culture & Science 2 (2014).
• "Is Religious Liberty Possible in a Liberal Culture?" Communio: International Catholic Review 40 (Summer-Fall 2013): 422-437.
• "Mechanism, Public Reason, and the Anthropology of Orientation." Humanum: Issues in Family, Culture & Science 3 (2012).
• "Liberal Androgyny: 'Gay Marriage' and the Meaning of Sexuality in Our Time." Communio: International Catholic Review 33 (Summer 2006): 239-265.
• "Of Spouses, the Real World, and the 'Where' of Christian Marriage." Communio: International Catholic Review 33 (Spring 2006): 100-116.
• "Love, Action, and Vows as 'Inner Form' of the Moral Life." Communio: International Catholic Review 32 (Summer 2005): 295-312.
• Marriage and the Sequela Christi: A Study of Marriage as a "State of Perfection" in the Light of Henri de Lubac's Theology of Nature and Grace. Rome: Lateran University Press, 2004.
• "Christian Community and the States of Life: A Reflection on the Anthropological Significance of Virginity and Marriage." Communio: International Catholic Review (Summer 2002): 337-365.
• "Humanae Vitae and the Perfection of Love." Communio: International Catholic Review 25 (Fall 1998): 414-433.

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