James F. Keenan SJ is a moral theologian, bioethicist, writer, and the Canisius Professor of theology at Boston College.

Keenan has been an Advisor to the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance since 2000, and has been a Group Leader for the Surgeon General's Task Force on Responsible Sexual Conduct (2000-2002), a Convener for the AIDS Study Group, Society of Christian Ethics (1996-2001), and is a director on the Board of Directors for the Society of Christian Ethics (2001-), among other positions.

[2] In a June 18, 2018 article for Chicago Catholic, Keenan argued that US Attorney General Jeff Sessions had misconstrued Paul's admonition for Christians to obey lawful authority, when Sessions cited Romans 13 in defense of the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families.

[6] Keenan has also contributed many articles to such general periodicals as Commonweal, Church, and America - mostly, but not exclusively, concerning either ethics or bioethics.

[10] James Keenan is also a Series Editor of Moral Traditions (Georgetown University Press, 1993-).