Alexandre A. Martins is a theologian and bioethicist from Brazil. He received a Ph.D. in theological ethics/bioethics from Marquette University, where he studied bioethics and global public health from a liberation approach. Then he received a Post-Doctorate Degree in Democracy and Human Rights from the Human Rights Center at Law School of University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is specialized in health care ethics and social ethics, especially in the areas of public health, global health, community based-approached, and Catholic social teaching. Widely published, he has lectured in various countries. His latest books include: Covid-19, Política e Fé: Bioética em diálogo na realidade enlouquecida (O Gênio Criador, 2020), published in Brazil; and The Cry of the Poor: Liberation Ethics and Justice in Health Care (Lexington Books, 2020), published in the USA. He co-edited with Jannie Block and M. Thesere Lysayght. A Prophet to the People: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics (Pickwick Press, 2023) and with MT Dávila the Special issue in Spanish of Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021): “Covid-19 y Ética Teológica en América Latina.” Currently he is serving as Regional Coordinator, Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church for the Latin American and Caribbean region, and as Vice- President of the Brazilian Society of Moral Theology. He is also an associate professor in the Theology Department and in the College of Nursing at Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA.
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Alexandre A. Martins is a theologian and bioethicist from Brazil. He received a Ph.D. in theological ethics/bioethics from Marquette University, where he studied bioethics and global public health from a liberation approach. Then he received a Post-Doctorate Degree in Democracy and Human Rights from the Human Rights Center at Law School of University of Coimbra, Portugal. He is specialized in health care ethics and social ethics, especially in the areas of public health, global health, community based-approached, and Catholic social teaching. Widely published, he has lectured in various countries. His latest books include: Covid-19, Política e Fé: Bioética em diálogo na realidade enlouquecida (O Gênio Criador, 2020), published in Brazil; and The Cry of the Poor: Liberation Ethics and Justice in Health Care (Lexington Books, 2020), published in the USA. He co-edited with Jannie Block and M. Thesere Lysayght. A Prophet to the People: Paul Farmer’s Witness and Theological Ethics (Pickwick Press, 2023) and with MT Dávila the Special issue in Spanish of Journal of Moral Theology 10, no. 2 (2021): “Covid-19 y Ética Teológica en América Latina.” Currently he is serving as Regional Coordinator, Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church for the Latin American and Caribbean region, and as Vice- President of the Brazilian Society of Moral Theology. He is also an associate professor in the Theology Department and in the College of Nursing at Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA.
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