Andrew Skotnicki

Professor of Religious Studies | Manhattan College

Andrew Skotnicki is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College. Skotnicki’s primary research is in the theological and moral implications of criminal justice, and his general interests are in the areas of Christian social ethics and the sociology of religion. His most recent book, Injustice and Prophecy in the Age of Mass Incarceration: The Politics of Sanity, draws on criminology, theology, philosophy, sociology, and psychiatric history to consider the increasingly intractable issue of mass incarceration. This work invites a new, collaborative conversation on penal reform as a fundamentally ‘life-affirming’ project and defends the dignity of those diagnosed as mentally unstable and their capacity for spiritual transcendence. His 2019 book, Conversion and the Rehabilitation of the Penal System: A Theological Rereading of Criminal Justice, was the recipient of the 2019 Aldersgate Prize. In addition to these works, Skotnicki has published numerous essays and contributed chapters for edited works on the theological and ethical implications of criminal justice. Skotnicki received an undergraduate degree in history from Marquette University, an MA in ecclesiastical history from the Washington Theological Union, and a PhD in religion and society from the Graduate Theological Union. For more information, visit his profile here.