John Berkman

Selected Publications

The Oxford Handbook for Theological Bioethics (forthcoming 2027)

Theological Ethology: A New Theological Vision for the Flourishing of All Creatures (forthcoming 2027)

Anscombe on Wittgenstein: Reminiscences of a Philosophical Friendship (Oxford: OUP, 2026).

“Adoption as a Spiritual Status and a Social Practice: Contextualizing the Catholic Practice of Prenatal and Postnatal Adoption” (Horn et al. eds. Human Embryo Adoption, Vol. 2, 2025).

“The Function of the Church in a Time of War: The Resolute Voices of Donald MacKinnon and Elizabeth Anscombe” (Studies in Christian Ethics, 2024).

“Euthanasia and Christian Tradition: a Critique of ‘MAID’” (Faith Seeking Understanding: Medical Assistance in Dying, Anglican Church of Canada, 2024).

“Aquinas’ Ethics Beyond Thomistic Virtue Ethics: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Spiritual Instinct, and Complete Human Perfection,” (Nova et Vetera, 2023).

“Justice and Murder: The Background to Anscombe’s ‘Modern Moral Philosophy,’ (Oxford Handbook of Elizabeth Anscombe, 2022).

The Influence of Victor White and the Blackfriars Dominicans on a young Elizabeth Anscombe,” (New Blackfriars, 2021).