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Todd A. Salzman, PhD
Faculty Associate, Center Health Policy and Ethics
Professor, Department of Theology
Chair, Department of Theology 2006-present
Associate Chair, Department of Theology 1999-2006
PhD, 1994 Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
MA, STB, 1991, Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
BA, 1990, Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
BA, 1986, Philosophy and Theology and Religious Studies,
University of San Diego
Dr. Todd Salzman
Creighton University
Department of Theology
Humanities Center 129
2500 California Plaza
Omaha, NE 68178
(402) 280.5756 tel
toddsalzman@creighton.edu
Biography
Dr. Salzman has a PhD in Theology from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He completed his dissertation in 1994, taught at the University of San Diego from 1995-1997, and came to Creighton in 1997. He has published four books, over 25 scholarly articles, and presented numerous papers at national and international conferences. Dr. Salzman’s essay, “‘Rape Camps,’ Forced Impregnation, and Ethnic Cleansing: Religious, Cultural, and Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former Yugoslavia,” was honored by the United Nations and various Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in New York in 2001. He is married to Katy Salzman, and they have identical twin boys (Ian and Aaron, 7) and a daughter (Emily, 3).
His primary areas of interest include:
Fundamental Moral Theology
(Ethical Method, Natural Law, Conscience, Virtue Ethics,
Spirituality and Moral Theology)
Biomedical Ethics
Sexual Ethics
International Humanitarian Law
Catholicism and Politics
Selected Publications
Books
2008 Salzman, Todd A. and Michael G. Lawler, The Sexual Person: Toward a Renewed Catholic Anthropology (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008).
2004 Marriage in the Catholic Tradition: Scripture, Tradition, and Experience. Todd A. Salzman, Thomas M. Kelly, and John J. O’Keefe (eds.). New York: Crossroad.
2003 Salzman, Todd A. What are They Saying about Roman Catholic Ethical Method? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press.
1999 Method and Catholic Moral Theology: The Ongoing Reconstruction. Todd A. Salzman (ed.). Omaha, NE: Creighton University Press. (List of Contributors: Lisa Sowle Cahill, Charles E. Curran, Richard M. Gula, S.S., Bernard Hoose, James F. Keenan, S.J., Richard A. McCormick, S.J., Mark O’Keefe, O.S.B., Jean Porter, Todd A. Salzman, Joseph A. Selling, Edward Collins Vacek, S.J., and James J. Walter).
1995 Salzman, Todd A. Deontology and Teleology: An Investigation of the Normative Debate in Roman Catholic Moral Theology. Leuven: Peeters Press.
Articles
2008 Salzman, Todd A. and Michael G. Lawler. “The Truly Human Sexual Act and Complementarity: Proposing a Reconstruction.” In Linda Hogan, ed., Traditions in Dialogue: Applied Ethics in a World Church (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Press, 2008).
2006 Salzman, Todd A. and Michael G. Lawler. “Friendship, Marriage, and Sacrament: Philia as a Model of Christian Love.” Chicago Studies 45/2 (Summer 2006): 147-61.
2006 Salzman, Todd A. and Michael G. Lawler. “New Natural Law Theory and Foundational Sexual Ethical Principles: A Critique and a Proposal.” Heythrop Journal 47/2 (April 2006): 182-205.
2006 Salzman, Todd A.and Michael G. Lawler. “Quaestio Disputata. Catholic Sexual Ethics: Complementarity and the Truly Human.” Theological Studies 67/3 (September 2006) 625-52.
2004 Salzman, Todd A. “Signs of the Times: Ethical Method, Noninfallible Magisterial Teaching, and the Formation of Conscience: Two Divergent Models.” New Theology Review 17/4 (November 2004) 76-79.
2002 Salzman, Todd A. “The Basic Goods Theory and Revisionism: A Methodological Comparison on the Use of Tradition as a Source of Moral Knowledge.” Studia Moralia 40 (June 2002) 171-204.
2002 “Communion Ecclesiology: Friendship as a Model of Dialogue within the Church.” Chicago Studies 41/3 (Fall/Winter 2002) 316-32.
2001 Salzman, Todd A. “The Basic Goods Theory and Revisionism: A Methodological Comparison on the Use of Scripture as a Source of Moral Knowledge.” Louvain Studies 29 (July 2001) 117-46.
2001 “The Basic Goods Theory and Revisionism: A Methodological Comparison on the Use of Reason and Experience as Sources of Moral Knowledge.” Heythrop Journal 42 (October 2001) 423-50.
2000 Salzman, Todd A. “Catholic Social Teaching, the Common Good, and Health Care in the United States: Seeking A Universal Model of Health Care Coverage.” Linacre Quarterly 67 (August 2000) 67-77.
1998 Salzman, Todd A. “Friendship as Virtue.” Chicago Studies 37 (August 1998) 209-27.
1998 Salzman, Todd A. “Rape Camps as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing: Religious, Cultural and Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former Yugoslavia.” Human Rights Quarterly 20 (May 1998) 348-78. (Reprinted in: Kathleen A. Tiemann (ed.), Crossroads: Readings in Social Problems. Boston: Allyn & Bacon: 2002).
1997 Salzman, Todd A. “Catholics & Colonialism: The Church’s Failure in Rwanda.” Commonweal 124 (May 23, 1997) 17-19. (Reprinted in: Rebecca T. Alpert (ed.). Voices of the Religious Left: A Contemporary Sourcebook. Temple University Press, 2000).
1996 Salzman, Todd A. “B. Schüller’s Hermeneutic of C.D. Broad’s Deontology and Teleology: A Critical Analysis.” Studia Moralia 34 (March 1996) 63-96.
National and International Conference Presentations
2006 “Catholic Sexual Ethics: The ‘Truly Human’ and ‘Complementarity’.” Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church, Padua, Italy, July 8.
2006 “The New Natural Law Theory and Sexual Ethical Principles: A Critique and A Proposal.” Society of Christian Ethics, Phoenix, Arizona, January 5.
2003 “Experience, Goods, and Natural Law: Dialogue as a Universal Ethical Method.” Leuven Encounter in Systematic Theology IV: Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology, Leuven, Belgium, November 6.
2002 “Ethics and World Religions.” Chair of Session. Rocky Mountain/Great Plains Regional AAR/SBL Meeting, Omaha, NE, April 19.
2001 “Friendship as a Foundation for Communication Between the Universal and Particular Church.” Leuven Encounter in Systematic Theology III: Theology and Conversation: Developing a Relational Theology, Leuven, Belgium, November 9.
2001 “Women and War Day: Presentation on Wars Dirty Secrets.” The United Nations, New York, NY, October 11.
1999 “Roman Catholic Social Teaching and Health Care: Seeking A Universal Model of Health Care Coverage.” The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature: National Meeting, Boston, MA, November 22.
1999 “Forced Impregnation as a Form of Genocide: Developments in International Humanitarian Law?” The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature: National Meeting, Boston, MA, November 22.
1999 “Conscience and Authority: Various Models of Discourse.” The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature: Mid-Western Regional Meeting, St. Paul, MN, April 9.
1998 “Rape Camps as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing: Religious, Cultural and Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former Yugoslavia.” Society for Values in Higher Education, Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, August 8.
1998 “Natural Law or Divine Revelation: Is Christian Ethics Specific?” The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature: Rocky Mountain – Great Plains Regional Meeting, Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE, March 20.
1996 “‘Rape-Camps’ as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing: Religious/Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former Yugoslavia.” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 23.
1996 “Is Blood Thicker than Water? An Analysis of the Roles of Ethnicity and Religion in the Rwandan Genocide.” American Academy of Religion, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 26.
Honors
2004 Distinguished Membership in the National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS)
1994 Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Summa Cum Laude with the Congratulations of the Board of Examiners
Dr. Salzman is active in various societies and institutes including
Society for Christian Ethics
American Academy of Religion
Society for Values in Higher Education
Catholic Theological Society of America
Medical Humanities Institute (San Diego, CA)