Christine Firer Hinze is Professor of Theological and Social Ethics in the Department of Theology, previous chair (2020-2024) emeritus (2010-2020) Director of the Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University.  She holds a BA in religion and an MA in theology from the Catholic University of America, and a PhD in Christian social ethics from the University of Chicago. Her teaching and research focus on foundational and applied issues in Christian social ethics with special emphasis on the dynamics of social transformation, Catholic social thought, and economic and work justice for vulnerable women, families and groups. She is the author of Radical Sufficiency: Work, Livelihood and a U.S. Catholic Economic Ethic (Georgetown University Press, 2021); Glass Ceilings, Dirt Floors: Women, Work, and the Global Economy (Madeleva Lecture Series, Paulist Press, 2015); Comprehending Power in Christian Social Ethics (Oxford, 1995); two co-edited books, and scores of scholarly essays in books and in journals including Theological Studies, The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics,The Journal of Catholic Social Thought, Studies in Christian Ethics (UK), and the Irish Theological Quarterly.

Christine was born in Chicago and raised in the city of Detroit, where she served in central-city ministry and taught high school prior to her doctoral studies. She taught at St. Norbert College and Marquette University prior to her 2006 appointment at Fordham. Christine and her husband Brad, also a Fordham theologian, are the parents of two grown sons, longtime members of Ignatian Christian Life Communities (CLC), and members of Our Lady of Angels Parish, Bronx, NY.