Kenneth Craycraft, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor of Moral Theology
James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology
Education
J.D., Duke University School of Law
Ph.D., Boston College
M.A., University of Cincinnati
M.A., M.Div., Cincinnati Christian University
B.A., Malone University
Research Interests
The intersection of politics and religion; Catholic social teaching; Catholic sexual ethics; Catholicism and popular culture
Profile
Dr. Kenneth Craycraft joined the Mount St. Mary’s Seminary & School of Theology faculty in 2016, first as an adjunct lecturer and then as an associate professor of moral theology in 2019. In 2020, he was named the James J. Gardner Family Chair of Moral Theology, and in 2024 he advanced to the rank of full professor.
Dr. Craycraft earned a Ph.D. in Theology from Boston College in 1993 and a juris doctorate from Duke University in 2001.
Dr. Craycraft’s scholarship includes many invited lectures and presentations, book reviews and journal articles. He is a regular contributor to the public-facing Our Sunday Visitor, The Catholic Telegraph and The Catholic Herald, as well as a frequent contributor to many other popular journals and magazines. Dr. Craycraft’s most recent book is entitled Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America.
Selected Publications
Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2024.
“‘It Neither Picks My Pocket Nor Breaks My Leg’: Rationalist Faith, Private Conscience.” Communio: International Catholic Review 43, no. 3 (Fall 2021): 487-517.
The American Myth of Religious Freedom (Spence, 1999).
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