Berkley Center

Michael Kirwan, SJ, is the head of the theology department at Heythrop College, London. He has been a Jesuit since 1980 and studies political theology with a focus on European political theology and Latin American liberation theology. He is also a regular guest lecturer at the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Prague and a member of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion. His works include, among others, "Liberation Theology and Catholic Social Teaching" (2012), Girard and Theology (2009), and Political Theology: A New Introduction (2008).