John Kiess is Associate Professor of Theology and Director of the Office of Peace and Justice at Loyola University Maryland. His research interests include moral theology, political philosophy, and the ethics of war and peacebuilding. He is the author of Hannah Arendt and Theology (Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, 2016), and his work has appeared in such journals as Modern Theology, The Journal of Moral Theology, and The Christian Century.