Schweiker, William

William Schweiker is an American theologian and ethicist who has made significant contributions to religious ethics and theological hermeneutics. He serves as the Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His work focuses on the intersection of religion, ethics, and global issues, developing what he calls "theological humanism" - an approach that seeks to integrate religious wisdom with contemporary moral challenges. As editor of The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics (2005), Schweiker brought together diverse perspectives on how religious traditions address ethical questions. His scholarship emphasizes the importance of comparative religious ethics and the role of interpretation in moral reasoning. Schweiker has written extensively on responsibility ethics, time and eternity in theological perspective, and the relationship between power and the sacred, making him a leading voice in contemporary theological ethics.