Charles C. Camosy, Author at Crux

Charles C. Camosy

CRUX_CONTRIBUTOR

Charlie Camosy is Associate Professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University, where he has taught since finishing his PhD in theology at Notre Dame in 2008.

Among other places, his published articles have appeared in the American Journal of Bioethics, the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, the Journal of the Catholic Health Association, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News and America magazine. He is the author of four books. Too Expensive to Treat? (Eerdmans) was a 2011 award-winner with the Catholic Media Association, Peter Singer and Christian Ethics (Cambridge) was named a 2012 “best book” with ABC Religion and Ethics, and For Love of Animals (Franciscan) was featured in the “Beliefs” section of the New York Times. His most recent book, Beyond the Abortion Wars (Eerdmans), was published in Spring of 2015.

In addition to serving as an advisor for Faith Outreach office of the Humane Society of the United States, Camosy received the 2012-13 Robert Bryne award from the Fordham Respect Life Club, and was also selected for the international working group "Contending Modernities" which attempts to bring secular liberalism, Catholicism, and Islam into dialogue about bioethics. He is the founder of the Catholic Conversation Project, serves on the board of Democrats for Life, and advises the ethics committee of the Children's Hospital of New York.

Manichean-style hatred must be resisted on both left and right

A recent ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ article denounced an ‘ecumenism of hate’ in the U.S. between fundamentalist Evangelicals and ‘Catholic Integralists,’ but Charles Camosy says that ironically, the article trafficked in the very dualistic thinking it denounced, and that ‘Manichean poison’ of either left or right damages the Body of Christ.

Making parishes more personal by making personal parishes

“National parishes” were common before 1920. They served the specific needs of ethnic Catholics, whether German, Polish, Portuguese, etc. Should the Church in the United States return to the model of “personal parishes” to better serve the specialized needs of the 21st century?

Aiming at Charlie Gard’s death? The age of creeping infanticide

Let’s be clear: The “quality of life” and “benefit from continued life” judgments being made in the Charlie Gard case have little or nothing to do with the burden of the baby’s artificial ventilation. No, if Charlie started breathing again after ventilation was removed, the judge would not be pleased with the outcome. He, along with many others, have explicitly made the judgment that Charlie’s life overall is not worth living.

On the Charlie Gard case, the Church needs to be clear and prophetic

A decision by UK courts to refuse to allow 10-month-old infant Charlie Gard, who suffers from a rare disease, to travel for experimental treatment, seems a clear case of the “throw-away culture,” and Church statements on the case need to be clear and prophetic — a point Pope Francis himself seems to grasp.

Meeting hints Dems may be open to rethinking abortion orthodoxy

Over the last several election cycles, the evidence has become undeniable that the Democratic Party’s rigid pro-abortion orthodoxy is costing it at the ballot box, making a “50-state strategy” essentially impossible. A remarkable meeting on Tuesday between DNC Chair Tom Perez and Democrats for Life suggests the party may be ready to rethink its approach, at least in terms of tolerance for pro-life voices.