Steven P. Millies is Professor of Public Theology and Director of The Bernardin Center at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He earned his B.A. from Loyola University Chicago and his M.A. and Ph.D., from The Catholic University of America. His scholarship explores the Catholic church’s relationship to politics in a perspective that embraces history, theology, law, ethics, sociology, philosophy, and political theory. He was associate professor of political science at the University of South Carolina Aiken. His book, Joseph Bernardin: Seeking Common Ground (Liturgical Press, 2016), won first place in the biography category for the Catholic Press Association’s 2017 Book Awards.