Linda Hogan

Linda F. Hogan (born 1964) is an Irish ethicist, ecumenist and academic, specialising in Christian ethics, political ethics, human rights, gender, and ecumenism. She is Professor of Ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin, where she was also its vice-provost from 2011 to 2016. She worked as a lecturer at the University of Chester and University of Leeds before joining the staff of Trinity College, Dublin.

Early life and education Hogan is from Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland. She was educated at St. Brigid's College, an all-girls Catholic school in Callan. She remained at Maynooth to study for a two-year Master of Arts (MA) degree. During this time, she met Fr James F. Keenan, a Jesuit and ethicist: together, they would found the Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church in 2003. She was part of the university's Centre for Gender and Women's Studies and its Centre for Business Ethics.

In 2001, Hogan returned to Trinity College, Dublin as a lecturer in its School of Ecumenics. From 2011 to 2016, she was Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Trinity College Dublin. In 2021 she was considered for the role of Provost of the college when the position was being considered for one of three women, including Linda Doyle and Jane Ohlmeyer, making it the first time a woman was provost since the founding of the college: Doyle was subsequently elected.

Views In 2012, Hogan was a sponsor of the Catholic Scholars' Declaration on Authority in the Church: amongst other things, this called for more autonomy for bishops, active laity involvement in church governance, and democracy in the selection of bishops and other church leaders.

In reference to the 2015 referendum on same-sex marriage, Hogan argued that there was no theological impediment to same-sex civil marriage and that the "Christian tradition affirms the fundamental equality and dignity of all people, whether we are heterosexual or gay".

Honours In 2007, she was made a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, an honorary appointment.

In 2023 she was elected a member of the Royal Irish Academy.

Selected works From Women’s Experience to Feminist Theology (1998) Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield Confronting the Truth: Conscience in the Catholic tradition (2000) Paulist Press, New York, NY

Keeping Faith with Human Rights (Moral Traditions series) (2015) Georgetown University Press, Washington, DC