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James Keating is Director of Theological Formation in the Institute for Priestly Formation at Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska. In 1993 Dr. James Keating was appointed by the Papal Nuncio to be Associate Professor of Moral and Spiritual Theology in the School of Theology at the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio.  He served in this capacity for 13 years until 2006 when he joined the IPF at Creighton. Deacon Keating received his Ph.D. in Roman Catholic Theology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his Master’s degree in Religious Studies from Fordham University in New York City, and his B.A in Religious Studies from Siena College. Dr. Keating has done more than 400 workshops on moral theology and spirituality nationally. He regularly conducts retreats and parish missions. Some of his more than seventy essays on Christian Ethics and Spirituality have appeared in Downside Review, Modern Theology, Irish Theological Quarterly, Communio, Linacre Quarterly, Studies in Spirituality, Milltown Studies, New Blackfriars, Church, Religious Studies and Theology, Pro Ecclesia,  Logos, New Theology Review,  New Diaconal Review, Spiritual Life, Pastoral Life, Origins, Pastoral Review, Chicago Studies, Envoy and Seminary Journal. Dr. Keating has lectured at the University of Colorado (Boulder), Wabash College, Indiana; Villanova University. He has also lectured at Fordham, Creighton, Notre Dame, Ohio State, St. John’s University (MN), Ohio University, St. Norbert College, University of South Carolina, and North Dakota State University.  He was Visiting Professor at the University of St. Mary of the Lake (Mundelein Seminary/Liturgical Institute), Chicago.

He is the co-author of the books Moral Formation in the Parish (Alba House, 1998) with Anthony Ciorra; Conscience and Prayer: The Spirit of Catholic Moral Theology (Liturgical Press/Michael Glazier, 2001).; The Way of Mystery: Eucharist and Moral Living ( Paulist Press, 2006) both with Dennis Billy, C.Ss.R. Dr. Keating is the author of Resting on the Heart of Christ: The Mission and Spirituality of the Seminary Theologian (IPF Publications,2009); A Deacon’s Retreat (Paulist Press, 2010); Pure Heart, Clear Conscience: Catholic Moral Life (Our Sunday Visitor Press, 1999, Re-issued by Liguori Press,2003), Crossing the Desert: Moral Conversion and Lent (Liguori Press, 2001), and Listening for Truth: A Life of Prayers and Virtue (Liguori Press, 2002).

Dr. Keating served as editor of the Josephinum Journal of Theology (1993-2006). He is editor of the books from Paulist Press entitled, Spirituality and Moral Theology: Essays from a Pastoral Perspective (2000); Moral Theology: Fundamental Issues and New Directions (2004); and The Deacon Reader (2006), which won First Place in the Catholic Press Association Awards. He has a weekly radio program addressing topics in Catholic spirituality and morality heard on KVSS, Omaha.  Married to Marianne, they have three sons, Kristoffer, Jonathan and Liam, and a daughter, Ina. He was ordained a deacon in 2001.