EPS Web Author Profiles
Ken Grasso, PhD
Professor of Political Science, Southwest Texas State University
Dr. Kenneth L. Grasso is professor of political science at Texas State University. He has written extensively on Catholic social thought, the liberal tradition, and democratic theory. He has edited several books including Catholicism, Liberalism and Communitarianism (Rowman & Littlefield, 1995), Catholicism and Religious Freedom: Contemporary Reflections on Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Liberty (Sheed & Ward, 2006), and Rethinking Rights: Historical, Political, and Philosophical Perspectives (University of Missouri Press, 2009). He is the Second Vice-President of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists.
Areas of Specialization
Catholic social tradition; economics; theology of economics; communitarianism