Jason A. Springs earned his Ph.D. in Religion and Society from Harvard University’s Committee on the Study of Religion (2005).
His research and teaching broadly integrate religious ethics with moral philosophy and political and social theories in modern European and North American contexts. He is particularly interested in conceptions of religious toleration and the challenges posed by religious pluralism for transforming conflict; ethical, philosophical and theological dimensions of recognition, restorative justice and forgiveness in the wake of conflict; and democratic theories and practices as frameworks for peacebuilding.
His current project examines dynamics of secularization in contemporary Europe with specific attention to an apparent impasse between individual rights and universal values in opposition to multiculturalism and group rights. The project aims to identify and utilize the positive and constructive contributions religious traditions might make in conflict transformation and peacebuilding.
His journal articles appear in the Journal of Religious Ethics, Modern Theology, Contemporary Pragmatism, and the Journal of the American Academy of Religion. Prior to joining the Kroc Institute in 2008, he held appointments as a Fellow in Christian Thought and Practice at Princeton University’s Center for the Study of Religion and as Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at American University in Washington, D.C.
