Kelly Johnson

Kelly Johnson is Fr. Ferree Chair of Social Justice at the University of Dayton in Ohio. Her research focuses on the relationship of the supernatural end and theological virtues to social ethics, particularly on economic practices of the Church. She works at the intersections of history, theology and ethics, exploring ways the church has understood revelation and practiced discipleship, considering, for example, arguments justifying the ownership of slaves, arguments for and against devotional mendicancy and defenses of private property, notably the emergence of "stewardship."