13 Facts About Roger Haight

Roger Haight was born on 1936 and is an American Jesuit theologian and former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Roger Haight was the recipient of the Alumnus of the Year award from the Divinity School of the University of Chicago in April, 2006.

Roger Haight taught at the Jesuit graduate schools of theology in Manila, Chicago, Toronto, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Roger Haight has been a visiting professor at universities in Lima, Nairobi, Paris, and in the Indian city of Pune.

In 2004, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith barred Roger Haight from teaching at the Weston School of Theology in response to questions about his book Jesus Symbol of God.

In September 2004, Roger Haight began teaching at Union Theological Seminary, a leading multi-denominational seminary, as an adjunct professor of theology.

In January 2009, the CDF barred Roger Haight from writing on theology and forbade him to teach anywhere, including non-Catholic institutions.

In 2015, the era of Pope Francis, Roger Haight was somewhat reinstated, teaching at the Jesuit theologate in Toronto.

Roger Haight had published, in 2014, An Alternate Vision: An Interpretation of Liberation Theology.

Roger Haight contributed to the Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary series commemorating 50 years after Vatican II, with an interview on "Spirituality Today for all Seekers: The Gift of the Spiritual Exercises for All Seekers", which addresses the question of how to connect with the spirituality of people who do not consider themselves religious.

Roger Haight received the John Courtney Murray Award from the Catholic Theological Society of America in 2023.

The clarifications Roger Haight provided in 2000 were judged unsatisfactory by the CDF and in January 2001 it initiated a formal investigation which led to his 2004 removal from Catholic universities and 2009 complete prohibition from teaching and writing.

Scholars are divided on whether the Vatican's reaction is counterproductive by ending debate within scholarly circles or whether it was necessary since Roger Haight's ideas were being taught at a popular level.