John Courtney Murray

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John Courtney Murray was an American Jesuit priest and theologian best known for shaping modern Catholic thought on religious freedom and church–state relations, particularly through his influence on the Second Vatican Council.

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instanceOf Catholic theologian
Jesuit priest
human
advocated compatibility of Catholicism with American democracy
religious liberty in pluralistic societies
buriedIn Jesuit Cemetery at Wernersville, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
clergyOf Catholic Church in the United States NERFINISHED
contributedTo Dignitatis humanae NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1904-09-12
dateOfDeath 1967-08-16
educatedAt Boston College NERFINISHED
Woodstock College NERFINISHED
era 20th-century theology
familyName Murray NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork ecclesiology
moral theology
political theology
givenName John NERFINISHED
hasGender male
influenced Second Vatican Council NERFINISHED
influencedBy American constitutional tradition
Thomas Aquinas NERFINISHED
knownFor defense of religious liberty as a human right
development of Catholic doctrine on church–state separation
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
name John Courtney Murray NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableFor work on church–state relations
work on religious freedom in Catholic thought
notableWork The Problem of God NERFINISHED
We Hold These Truths NERFINISHED
occupation priest
theologian
participatedIn Second Vatican Council theological preparations NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Queens NERFINISHED
positionHeld editor at Theological journal America
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
subjectOf scholarly studies on Vatican II and religious freedom
theologicalTradition Roman Catholic theology NERFINISHED

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Reinhold Niebuhr influenced John Courtney Murray