David M. Lantigua
دانشیار · late scholastic moral and political thought
University of Notre Dameمعرفی
David M. Lantigua is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics at the Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame. He is a Kellogg Institute faculty fellow since 2017 and specializes in late scholastic moral and political thought within the Catholic social tradition.
- Education: PhD in Moral Theology/Christian Ethics (2012), University of Notre Dame
His research focuses on Latin American theology, popular movements, human rights historiography, and Pope Francis’s contributions to Catholic social teaching. He has authored and edited works on early modern Spanish legal thought, Bartolomé de las Casas, and comparative religious ethics.
In Óscar Romero and Catholic Social Teaching (2024), he explores the intersection of Catholic social thought with Salvadoran Archbishop Romero’s praxis of human dignity and solidarity. His publications reflect interdisciplinary engagement with theology, ethics, colonial history, and global human rights discourse.
- Scientific Awards: Kellogg Institute faculty fellow (2017–present)
Lantigua contributes to academic conferences like the Romero Days series and collaborates on projects analyzing religious ethics, international relations, and decolonial theology. He has received grants for dissertation research in Salamanca, Spain (2011) and engages media and public discourse on Catholicism, human rights, and political theology.
